Marion McLaughlin and Flick Goodhall, Autistic Storytelling

In this webinar, Marion McLaughlin and Flick Goodhall discuss the power of Autistic storytelling. Video Transcript Marion – Hi, everyone, and welcome to our webinar on “Autistic Storytelling,” and thank you so much to Reframing Autism for giving us this lovely opportunity. We’d like to introduce ourselves, let you know who it is that you’re […]

Kristy Forbes, Flourishing with Acceptance

Originally aired at Reframing Autism’s 2021 Symposium on Autistic Flourishing: Acceptance, Authenticity, Autonomy, Australian-based Autism and neurodiversity support specialist Kristy Forbes’ presentation explores some of the key concepts around Autism acceptance, including damaging narratives, supporting the individual, Autistic culture and lifestyle, Autistic identity and challenging internalised ableism.

Tim Chan, Flourishing after School

In this presentation, first broadcast at Reframing Autism’s 2021 Symposium on Autistic Flourishing: Acceptance, Authenticity, Autonomy, Tim Chan shares his knowledge on the conditions in which Autistic people with Complex Communication Needs can flourish into adulthood.

Dr Kristie Patten, Flourishing in Therapy

First aired at Reframing Autism’s 2021 Symposium on Autistic Flourishing: Acceptance, Authenticity, Autonomy, Dr Kristie Patten’s presentation focuses on the idea of reframing therapy to embrace a strengths-based paradigm shift, in collaboration with stakeholder engagement and in partnership with Autistic individuals.

Dr Melanie Heyworth, Triple A Rated Goals

In this video, originally released at Reframing Autism’s 2021 Symposium on Autistic Flourishing: Acceptance, Authenticity, Autonomy, Reframing Autism’s CEO and Autistic Autism researcher Melanie Heyworth reflects on the specific conditions that promote genuine, authentic, Autistic flourishing or happiness.

McAlister Greiner Huynh, Flourishing in Education

In this presentation, first aired at Reframing Autism’s 2021 Symposium on Autistic Flourishing: Acceptance, Authenticity, Autonomy, McAlister Greiner Huynh, also known as The Neurodivergent Teacher, looks at how to help Autistic students to flourish as their authentic selves in their education by designing our classrooms, schools and places of learning with neurodiversity in mind.

Medha Gupta, Flourishing in Otherness

Originally aired at Reframing Autism’s 2021 Symposium on Autistic Flourishing: Acceptance, Authenticity, Autonomy, this presentation by Medha Gupta, a young, queer, Autistic woman of colour, from an immigrant family, explores some of the positive outcomes of always being “the other”. Medha is currently undertaking a Masters in Data Science and Health Technology and serves as […]

Sex Education and Autistic LGBTQIA+ Young People

Sex Education and Autistic/LGBTQIA+ Young People, by Dr Emma Goodall, was one of the outstanding keynote presentations at Reframing Autism’s Intersectional Identities: Autism, Gender, Sexuality Symposium in June 2021. Emma is an Autistic researcher, author, educator and life coach. In this webinar, Emma explores key concepts and considerations around sexuality and relationships.

What do you do when your child comes to you and says …: Practical support strategies

From the 2021 Symposium on Intersectional Identities: Autism, Gender, Sexuality, Reframing Autism and The Autistic Realm Australia (TARA) are pleased to present Autistic parent and TARA board member Anna Cristina on “What do you do when your child comes to you and says…: Practical support strategies.”