Fall Neurodiversity Conferences - Part One
So. I was going to post about a bunch of these conferences at once in a very useful comparison article, but I don't seem to be finished yet. I think I may have ADHD.
I will finish the comparison article, but I can't wait until I'm done to tell you about an event that's going on right now. This unique conference started Tuesday, and after watching most of the first two days I've got to say it's worth attending some or all of the last day live if you can - tomorrow from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm ET. It's a great chance to interact with people with lived experience.
Recordings of all presentations will be available after the conference ends, so don't worry about what you've missed. And if you can't make it at all, we've got your back! We'll be sharing all of the content we can in coming Learn One Thing meetings.
Thanks to Christina Li for finding this one! 🙏🏽🤍
“dedicated to autistic voices to better provide perspectives to those who serve and advocate for the autistic community. ”
Why go? (AKA Hey, this is about autism! What's that got to do with us?):
The adult ADHD and autistic communities actually have a lot in common, in terms of both the neurological and societal challenges we face. Everything at this conference is specifically "designed, developed and facilitated by autistic speakers". This is an opportunity to hear from a community which shares some of our challenges, whose advocacy movement is older than our own. It's a chance to:
listen to autistic adults share their perspectives with folks who serve and advocate for their community, learn how to better share our own perspectives with folks who serve and advocate for us
learn how many features/traits we have in common
gain language for and knowledge about shared features/traits autistic adults have a greater awareness of because they've traditionally been more identified with autism
learn how to become better allies to our fellow neurodivergents
Hosted by: Penn State & the TRIO Training Academy
Bonus knowledge: the Pennsylvania State University is home to J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain's Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program.
Location: Virtual
Price: FREE, US$20, or US$40-120 (voluntary price categories)
Speaker Perspectives: Experts & advocates with lived experience.
Topics Include:
Day 3/Tomorrow -
If you register, let us know what you think! If you don’t, have a look at the conference agenda and tell us what interesting. We’ll do our best to share the knowledge at upcoming Learn One Thing sessions. How do you let us know these things?
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