Autumn On-Line Conference Tues 5 October and Wed 6 October 

Autism West Midlands are delighted to bring you our second on-line conference. After the success of last year’s October event, we have arranged another two days of talks from expert speakers on a range of topics which will be of interest to parents, autistic adults and professionals across the West Midlands and beyond.

Tickets cost £20 and will enable delegates to listen live across the two days or catch up with the recordings alter.
The speakers and topics are:

• What makes a positive difference to the lives of autistic children and adults and their families – Dr Glenys Jones, University of Birmingham
• Anxiety and autism - adapting therapeutic strategies and when to seek help - Dr Harvinder Tagger, Clinical Psychologist & Psychological Therapies Lead – Solar (Solihull)
• Autism and sexualised behaviour, strategies to help - Shereen Khan, Barnardo’s - Autism Services
• Autistic understanding and acceptance: a personal insight - Tigger Pritchard, Expert by Experience
• Behaviours of concern, thinking out of the box - Lee Burden, Senior trainer / behavioural specialist, Autism West Midlands
• Benefits of parent-to-parent support – Walsall & Wolverhampton Parent Support Group, Experts by Experience
• Good autism support in mainstream schools, what does it look like? – Johanna Condon, Autism Strategic Lead, SEND and Wellbeing, Birmingham City Council
• Pathological Demand Avoidance - Tigger Pritchard, Expert by Experience
• The value of peer support to autistic parents – Autistic Parents UK, Experts by Experience
• A woman’s collective; discussing life as autistic women - members of AWM’s Women’s Discussion Group, Experts by Experience

For more information and to purchase a ticket visit our events listing 

If you are an organisation requiring invoicing for multiple tickets or you have any other queries, contact Hilary McGlynn hilarym@austismwestmidlands.org.uk