The Human at the Heart: Rethinking Disability and Autism Care

Date and time: 19:00hrs UK/BST, Thurs 25th September 2025

The Human at the Heart: Rethinking Disability and Autism Care

For more than 30 years, Steven has been working with adults and children with learning disabilities, autism, and special needs. But, what exactly has this work involved? Join Steven as he explores this, informed from his experience, in conversation with Humphrey Hawksley, as they also consider what we might need to rethink when it comes to care.

Steven's work is built on the understanding of the importance of ensuring the person is always at the very heart of decision-making about their own life, working in partnership with their family and involved professionals. He will discuss how this works in practice, especially in different settings, including supported living, residential care, assessment and treatment settings and family homes.

Who is this talk for?

This talk is for anyone with an interest in children’s wellbeing and development. It will be most compelling for professionals who support and work with children who have autism, special needs and learning disabilities. This might include those who work in residential child care and foster care and those involved in social work, education, therapy and counselling.

About our guest.

Dr Steven Carnaby is a Chartered Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years’ experience working with adults and children with learning disabilities, and autism. He has experience across a range of settings including supported living, residential care, assessment and treatment settings and family homes. He is a registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council and an Associate Fellow with the British Psychological Society.

His background is in direct support, both as a support worker and manager of services, and is passionate about developing and facilitating high quality support with and for people and their networks.

Attendees of the live event will also be able to submit questions to Steven throughout the talk.

About our host - Humphrey Hawksley

Author, commentator and broadcaster, Humphrey Hawksley has reported on key trends, events and conflicts from all over the world, most notably in the tole of BBC foreign correspondent. His work includes documentaries examining; human rights abuse in global trade, failures of international development, the global nuclear industry, and democracy across different societies.

Humphrey is the author of the acclaimed ‘Future History’ series and has published four international thrillers. His work has appeared in most major broadsheets, and he has lectured at some of the most the most prestigious universities.

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