Intensity: 3 hours
Education about Autistic culture and lived experience builds on the results of the neurodiversity movement. It answers three important questions:
- What is Autistic culture?
- How does it relate to other cultures?
- How does it relate to the neurodiversity movement?
This course has been developed specifically to help you not only better understand Autistic people and their needs, but also to allow you to appreciate Autistic people as an intersectional community with a specific culture. The lived experiences and the guidance provided as part of this course will assist you in communicating and collaborating with Autistic colleagues, patients, and family members.
Registration
| Bookings | Price (incl GST) | Price (excl GST) |
|---|---|---|
| For healthcare professionals | NZD 248.00 | NZD 215.65 |
| For tertiary students | NZD 112.00 | NZD 97.39 |
| For members of low income households | NZD 56.00 | NZD 48.70 |
| If you are unable to pay, S23M can offer a grant |
This professional education course has been developed by and with Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent volunteers from the Autistic Collaboration Trust. In order to continue to develop and deliver high quality education, we have partnered with S23M, a healthcare solutions advisory company in Aotearoa New Zealand that is operated entirely by Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent educators and digital health technology professionals. 80% of the revenue from this course is used to fund course delivery and provide livelihoods for S23M employees and their families, and 20% of the revenue is donated to the the Autistic Collaboration Trust, to support and scale peer support initiatives and advocacy campaigns.
For bulk registrations for larger organisations or teams, please use our online inquiry form to outline your needs, and our team will contact you to confirm the most appropriate delivery format, the cost, suitable dates and times, and as needed the location(s) for on-site delivery.
Content
- Discovering Autistic way of being
- Autistic language
- Learning without imitation
- Autistic collaboration
- Competency networks
- Minimising misunderstandings
- Exposing social injustice
- Raising healthy children
- Creating thriving communities
- Towards mutual understanding and a better world
- Difference drives humanity forward
- Autistic clinicians, nurses, social workers, lawyers, accountants, scientists of all stripes, mathematicians, artists, musicians, engineers, and entrepreneurs
- Deep innovation
- Evolutionary design
For paediatricians
- What do paediatricians need to know about Autistic culture?
- What do Autistic people want paediatricians to know?
- What books could a paediatrician or parent read if they wanted to learn more?
- Other useful resources for paediatricians and parents
Learning resources
- Videos and related course notes
- Comprehension quiz
- A dedicated Q&A workspace for collective learning in a safe anonymous environment is made available separately for each cohort
Usage conditions
- Files can only be downloaded by registered course participants with a validated email address.
- An organisation may not retain downloaded copies of the videos and course notes for longer than 30 days.
- Any registered course participant may (re)download videos and course notes as needed for further study during the 12 months following registration.
- The Q&A workspace assigned to an organisation and the content that emerges from the interactions between course participants and our educators can be downloaded and retained indefinitely.
