ACRE was founded in 2014 with support from the Department of Health: Autism Innovation Fund. The centre is the result of a collaboration between the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth and Southampton City Council, Portsmouth City Council, Hampshire County Council and Isle of Wight Council.
Since then, ACRE has conducted research and developed evidence-based resources to improve employment opportunities for autistic people.
We are really pleased to announce that James Baggott, Juliette Gudknecht and Katie Munday have joined the team.
James is an autistic researcher with with experience working in autism from an academic, educational, and personal background. His doctoral project explores how auditory sensory differences in autistic children impacts their education. For more information about James please visit: Career Stories: James Baggott
Juliette (she/her) is an autistic research student interested in stigma, language use, and well-being in neurodivergent conditions. She is the CEO of Autism and Neurodivergency Advocacy Association and is actively involved in a United Nations/UNESCO youth group. For more information about Juliette please visit: juliettegud.com
Katie (they/their) is a community researcher, which as part of their doctoral studies will explore Trans and Gender Diverse Autistic Adults Experiences of Health and Social Care Inequities in the UK. For more information about Katie please visit: autisticltd.co.uk
We are delighted to announce a series of seminars exploring the autism's double empathy problem (Milton, 2012), its implications for higher education and for the removal of barriers for autistic students at HE.
The seminar series is funded by the British Psychological Society awarded to Emine Gurbuz, Steven Kapp, Beatriz López and Damian Milton.
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For any enquiries, please contact us at: acre@port.ac.uk