Calendar of Events

4:45 pm EDT YOUTUBE:

Replacing the DSM with the Neurodiversity Paradigm and Autistic Culture

HOST: Autistic Collaboration Trust

Neurodivergent perspectives on the importance of replacing the DSM with the neurodiversity paradigm, and on the practical implications for Autistic culture in our local geographies (US, UK, Canada, Aotearoa). A conversation about the implicit cultural bias that is baked into the DSM and how this bias perpetuates the matrix of domination that can be traced back to the beginnings of the colonial era, and through to the emergence of hierarchically organised human civilisations.

Panelists:

Karen Timm, Neurodivergent Infinity Network of Educators, Canada

Tim Beck,Landmark College, United States

Stellan Kersey,Landmark College, United States

Quinn Dexter,Autistic Collaboration Trust, United Kingdom

Jorn Bettin, Autistic Collaboration Trust, Aotearoa

3:00-4:00 pm EDT

Managing Transitions-The Autistic View: How Autistic Young People and Adults can Work Together to Manage Transitions

Presentation by Jude Morrow, Neurodiversity Training International

Format: YouTube Scheduled Livestream

6:00 pm EDT

LIVE Presentation : Morénike Giwa Onaiwu

Format: Zoom

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3:00 - 4:30 Global Panel:

Human Rights--The Case Against Conversion Therapy and (Previously broadcast as part of the Global Disability Summit, February 2022)

Organised by:

• Autistic Strategies Network, South Africa;

• Kenyans Living with Autism, Kenya;

• Autistic Collaboration Trust, Aotearoa.

This event is also part of the global project of Autistic communities, towards the ban of harmful behaviour modification techniques (Applied Behaviour Analysis, or ABA, and various forms of conversion therapies).

Techniques such as Applied Behaviour Analysis or ABA are pseudoscientific practices of trying to change an individual’s behaviour to conform to the social expectations of a particular culture using psychological and physical interventions. Various jurisdictions around the world have passed laws against LGTBQIA+ conversion therapy. However, the same underlying techniques of coercion continue to be applied to young Autistic children and other vulnerable people.

We are building on the results achieved to date, focusing on the human rights violations in countries that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Declaration of Helsinki that is relevant for all members of the World Medical Association’s (WMA).

4:30 EDT PANEL: Building Community to Rebuild an Anti-Ableist Society

FORMAT: Parent/Guardian, Educator, Carer Mixed Panel

Featuring: Baljit, Sikhs for Autism; Karen Muriuki, Kenyans Living with Autism; Opal Nichols, Autistics Unmasked; Jeanne Clifton, Actually Autistic Educator; Lulu Larcenciel; Charlie Brevity, Tanya Melnyczuk, Autistic Strategies Network

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