Intensity: 3 hours
Education about the neurodiversity movement builds on the neurodiversity paradigm. It answers three important questions:
- Why is there an urgent need for a paradigm shift?
- Who is involved in the shift?
- Who must learn from the neurodiversity movement?
Please note that this course is not intended to answer all the questions that you may have about Autistic culture, and Autistic people and their needs. Instead it is intended to raise your level of awareness about human ways of being that lie beyond your own lived experience and beyond your own cultural background and internalised social expectations, and thereby to assist you in understanding the relevance of the neurodiversity movement at this critical juncture in human history.
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
- Historic background
- Cultural bias against creativity, critical thinking and transdisciplinary collaboration
- What is happening in the neurodiversity movement right now
- Behaviourism in parenting, education, workplaces, economics, and the sciences
- Disability in a sick society
- Cultural safety and the human rights perspective
- Psychological safety
- What therapies and medical practices do Autistic adults consider unsafe / safe / useful?
- Autistic communities
- Towards comprehensive bans of conversion therapies
- Overcoming cultural inertia in a time of exponential change
- Design BY and WITH neurodivergent people
- Advice process
- Introduction to Open Space as a transformational tool
- Guidance for making good use of Open Space
- Critical thinking tools for creative experimentation
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.
