The Participatory Autism Research Collective, in partnership with the Critical Autism and Disabilities Studies Research Group at LSBU, are pleased to present this interactive session exploring a range of issues with guest speakers.

This follows on from the success of our previous conferences, both in person & virtual, and provides an opportunity to build on shared knowledge & experience through learning, open discussion & networking.

We aim to provide an environment for autistic researchers to present their work relating to critical autism studies and with so many colleagues conducting a wealth of vital research, one annual event was simply not enough. Our confirmed speakers can be found below and we look forward to introducing more of these events in the future...

This set of workshops will focus on the theme of education.

Provisional programme

4.30pm - Introductions – Damian Milton

4.40pm – Accommodating Autism: The University and Its Practices of Inclusion – Mel Ptacek

5.10pm – Deterritorializing Autism in Education: Participatory Research with Autistic Young People around the Transition to Post-16 Education and Training – Michelle Dunne

5.40pm – Comfort break/networking

6pm – A critical evaluation of the statement from Conn (2019), autistic students are let down by mainstream education (age range 11-16 years) – Charlotte Mulcock

6.30pm - "I liked school, but school didn’t like me”: reflections on the autistic mainstream primary school experience – Jo Billington

7pm - Summary & close

This conference will be delivered via Zoom. We will sent out the joining instructions the day before the event.

You can register for the PARC Winter Conference taking place on 6 December from 9am - 2pm here.