Shine A Light: Student voices on Autism

Join us in celebrating Autism Acceptance week at this event showcasing students' work on Autism, workshops being led by faculty and more!

By ACoRNS Sussex

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Date and time

Wednesday, April 2 · 1 - 4pm GMT+1

Location

Pevensey I

94 North - South Road Falmer BN1 9RQ United Kingdom

Agenda

Workshops

Student Talks

1:10 PM - 2:00 PM

Creating Video Stories on Life Transitions

Nicola Yuill

Join Professor Nicola Yuill's workshop in 2A3 (Developmental Psychology) to see how you could video story-making to reflect on and support you in your experience of life transitions

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

The Autism-Kindness Connection

Meral Alizada

Join Meral Alizada's workshop (Meral is a Kindness Advocate, Keynote Speaker, Trainer and Founder of Results of Kindness) in 2A1 delving into the powerful relationship between autism and kindness- re...

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Unusual sensory experiences and abilities in Autism

Jamie Ward

Join Professor Jamie Ward's workshop in 2A3 (Cognitive Neuroscience) presenting an accessible summary of academic evidence showing a range of differences in perceptual experience linked to autism inc...

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Stress, Wellbeing and Self-care in Students

Kate Cavanagh

Join Professor Kate Cavanagh's workshop in 2A1 (Clincal Psychology) focusing on stress and wellbeing at university

About this event

Event lasts 3 hours

Explore a showcase of Psychology students’ contributions to autism research, including posters, infographics from Global Classrooms, and student project talks with Q&A

Dedicated workshops on topics such as well-being in autism and creating lived experience videos, along with a sensory room for students to unwind

And more!

This event is open to everyone, workshops are booking specific.

Organized by

ACoRNS Sussex

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