On the 10th July 2020 a group of like minded people came together to present The Autism and PDA Collaboration Conference. The day consisted of presentations from young people with PDA, an autistic academic, a professional and a parent. This was a fantastic event, the different perspectives from the speaker made it feel very comprehensive. We hope you enjoy the recordings. *Please be aware of some language that may not be suitable for children in some presentations. Parental discretion is advised.
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Introduction (0:27)
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Harry Thompson - PDA Extraordinaire - PDA from the Inside (62:27)
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Mollie Sherwin - PDAer and Speaker on Personal Experience of Living with PDA. SPEAKING ABOUT: Life as an Autistic teenager experiencing PDA following the release of a book about education, her life, and how this affected friendships and teenage life. (73:38)
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Dr Chloe Farahar - Co-founder & a practitioner for the So, You’re Autistic? support programme, and Aucademy. Chloe is also a consultant delivering training & workshops on autistic experience, neurodiversity, & stigma-reduction. SPEAKING ABOUT: Autistic wellbeing (anxiety; overwhelm; harmful stims; voice hearing; depression; etc.); what does and does not work (e.g. adapted CBT); the importance of Autistic identity, culture, community, and space for wellbeing. (63:02)
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Laura Kerbey - Founder of Positive Autism Support and Training. SPEAKING ABOUT: Supporting children with anxiety and other emotions, as well as talking about siblings, and parent resilience. (58:09)
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Jodie Isitt - Parent and Author - Autism with Love SPEAKING ABOUT: The parental experience; how to mange situations with schools and doctors when they don't believe you when you're child is Autistic and experiences PDA; tips to dealing with schools; why professionals needs to understand parents shouldn't have to be experts learning the law etc. so that you miss out on parenting your children. (36:23)
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Question and Answer Session (59:25)
