Autistic Communication Webinar
Saturday 26th September 5pm to 7pm GMT (9am PST)
Price includes recording, slides and cert
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This webinar will explain Autistic Communication from the Autistic viewpoint and in line with recent research from Edinburgh University. Our presenters are both Autistic. Evaleen Whelton runs AUsome Training and Konfident Kidz and is the creator of The Konnect Series of Social Skills Activity Books and the Get Konnected Course. These are the first of their kind, making them the world's only program designed for Autistic children and teens by an Autistic teacher with an appreciation and understanding of Autistic Communication. Evaleen refers to "non-autistic" language rather than "social skills" because Autistic people have our own way of communicating.
Communication is not just speech and we will explore this also as some Autistic children and adults may be non-speaking or partially non-speaking. To discuss Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) , endever* corbin will be joining us. (they/them/theirs or xe/xem/xyrs) is a mostly-nonspeaking Autistic who enjoys presenting about AAC (augmentative/alternative communication) and autism. They have been using formal AAC for about 3 years, and informal solutions as long as they can remember. Xe writes about disability, gender, and AAC on xyr blog (http://anotherqueerautistic.wordpress.com)
endever* more informally yells about ableism and xyr special interests on Twitter (@endeverstar). As they are multiply disabled, trans, queer, and poor, they try to bring an intersectional lens to all their advocacy. Prior to pandemic life, xe liked volunteering at the library, but now that everything's shut down xe focuses most of xyr free time on keeping up xyr Etsy, where xe makes buttons and other crafts designed for marginalized people. Probably endever*'s favorite thing in the world is spending time with Autistic children and young AAC users
This webinar will explain Autistic Communication from the Autistic viewpoint and in line with recent research from Edinburgh University.
Our presenters are both Autistic. Evaleen Whelton runs AUsome Training and Konfident Kidz and is the creator of The Konnect Series of Social Skills Activity Books and the Get Konnected Course. These are the first of their kind, making them the world’s only program designed for Autistic children and teens by an Autistic teacher with an appreciation and understanding of Autistic Communication. Evaleen refers to “non-autistic” language rather than “social skills” because Autistic people have our own way of communicating.
Communication is not just speech and we will explore this also as some Autistic children and adults may be non-speaking or partially non-speaking.
To discuss Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) , endever* corbin will be joining us.
(they/them/theirs or xe/xem/xyrs) is a mostly-nonspeaking Autistic who enjoys presenting about AAC (augmentative/alternative communication) and autism. They have been using formal AAC for about 3 years, and informal solutions as long as they can remember. Xe writes about disability, gender, and AAC on xyr blog (http://anotherqueerautistic.wordpress.com) and more informally yells about ableism and xyr special interests on Twitter (@endeverstar). As they are multiply disabled, trans, queer, and poor, they try to bring an intersectional lens to all their advocacy. Prior to pandemic life, xe liked volunteering at the library, but now that everything’s shut down xe focuses most of xyr free time on keeping up xyr Etsy, where xe makes buttons and other crafts designed for marginalized people. Probably endever*’s favorite thing in the world is spending time with Autistic children and young AAC users