Supporting Autistic Students: Changing the Narrative

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How can all of us in the field of education––whether we're teachers, administrators, researchers, or policy-makers––better support the inclusion, success, and well-being of autistic students? Autistic scholar and educator Nick Walker argues that whatever the specifics of our work, any truly effective effort at such support must begin with fundamental shifts in our own internalized narratives and biases.

Nick Walker is a queer, transgender, flamingly autistic writer and educator, best known for her foundational work on the neurodiversity paradigm and Neuroqueer Theory. She is a professor of psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies, senior aikido instructor at the Aiki Arts Center in Berkeley, and author of the book Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities.

This event is hosted by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education.