Archived Webinars
2025 Webinars
If you missed any of our web events, they may be found below. You can also visit our YouTube page for all AIR-P related videos.
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are increasingly popular and are emerging as an empirically supported practice for autistic people. Mindfulness-based interventions are thought to directly target emotion regulation and self-compassion, and can be tailored to sensory needs, cognitive needs, and communication preferences. Despite growing interest in mindfulness for autistic people, there are few clinical delivery resources to support providers untrained in the use of mindfulness with autistic clients. This session will provide an overview of mindfulness approaches for autistic people with and without intellectual disability, including the Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement (EASE) program (Conner et al., 2019; Beck et al., 2020). The session will conclude with common challenges and solutions for providers intending to use mindfulness with autistic people (Beck et al., 2020).
Previous Year Archives
December - 'Thanks for participating!' How Over 10,000 Autistic Females Have Advanced the Field through SPARK
November - Rescheduled to January 2025
September - Neurodiversity Affirming Approaches: They Don't Have to Break the Bank
August - Research Basics Training: Working Towards Inclusive Autism Research
July - Leveraging the AIR-P for Collaborative Research Through the LEND Program
June - Physical Activity in Autistic Adults with and without Intellectual Disability
May - Quality of Life and Research at an Adult Life Skills Center
April - An Introduction to Plain Language Writing for Academics and Researchers
March - Skillflix: A Community-Engaged Process to Create Short Videos that Enhance Skills Across Populations
February - AIR-P Presents: The Intersection of Race and Autism Spectrum Disorder
January - Claims Data as a Big Data Tool for Autism Research Focused on Physical Health
February - The Autism Society of America's Vaccine Education Initiative: Connect and Protect
May - Sound Sensitivity in Autistic Adults: Clinical Manifestations and Correlates
June - Genomics for the well-being of autistic people: challenges and recommendations
July - Autistic Stakeholder's Perspectives of a Flourishing Survey Measure
August - Examining co-occurring neurologic conditions in autism across a lifespan
September - Health of Autistic People During the COVID-19 Pandemic: National Autism Indicators Report Findings
October - IDD Curricula in the Health Professions: Current State and Future Directions
November - The LBGTQ Community and Autism: A Community Study of Queer and Transgender Autistic Adults
December - Health Outcomes for Sexually-diverse and Gender-diverse Autistic Adults
January - Bolstering Autistic College Students' Mental Health and Wellness - Brett Ranon Nachman, PhD
February - How can we use an understanding of the neurodiversity movement to develop socially valid supports for autistic people? - Patrick Dwyer, *PhD Candidate, Erin McKenney, Bella Kofner, Sergey Shevshuck-Hill, Dr. Kristen GIllespie-Lynch
March - A to Zzzs of Sleep and Autism - Dr. Rujuta B. Wilson
April - The Intersection of Autism, Health, Poverty and Racial Equity (2022 National Autism Indicators Report (NAIR) - Dr. Lindsay Shea and Dr. Kristy Anderson
April - Why Studying Puberty in Autism Research Matters - Dr. Jenny Mai Phan
May - Tele-therapy for autism during COVID-19: A survey of parents in Southern California - Dr. Kristen Choi
June - Autism in Women and Girls - Dr. Christine Wu Nordahl
July - Systems and Approaches in Autism Services Research - Dr. Dora Raymaker
August - Involving Community Partners in Autism Research - Dr. Lisa Croen and Dr. Maria Massolo
September - Sensory Inclusive Clinical Spaces: Guidance for Providers - Dr. Denise Nunez
October - Standing desks, rocking chairs and bouncy balls...in school?! Evaluating the use of flexible seating for neurotypical and neurodivergent children - Dr. Laura Crane
November -The Role of Minority Stress for Autistic People's Health - Dr. Monique Botha
December - Environmental Health and Gene-Environment in Relation to Autism- Dr. Heather Volk
January - The National Autism Indicators Report on Health and Health Care - Jessica Rast, MPH
February - COVID-19 Vaccine, I/DD Populations, and the Needle Anxiety Program at UCLA - Dr. Alice Kuo
March - Using Autism Research to Inform Policy: Successes, Lessons, and Challenges - Lindsay Shea, DrPH, MS, Anne Roux, MPH, MA, Paul Shattuck, MSSW, PhD
April - Conducting Quality Participatory Autism Research - Patrick Dwyer*, Jackie Ryan*, Dr. Steven Kapp, Dena Gassner* (*PhD Candidate)
May - Moving from the Clinic to the Community - Dr. Rujuta B. Wilson
June - Lifestyle Interventions - Dr. Candace Gragnani, Dr. Priyanka Fernandes
July - Priority Setting to Improve Health Outcomes: Autistic Adults and Other Stakeholders Engage Together - Stephen Shore, EdD, Teal Benevides, PhD, MS, OTR/L
August - Addressing Reproductive Health and Obstetrics/Gynecology Health Care in Autistic Adults - Dr. Jennifer Ames
September - Genetics Care in Adults and Children with Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities - Dr. Julian Martinez-Agosto
October - Epilepsy in Autism - Lindsay Shea, DrPH, MS, Stacy Nonnemacher, PhD
November - Utilizing a Cross-system Framework to Guide Research on Autism and Criminal Justice Intersections: Implications for Physical Health Outcomes - Dr. Lindsay Shea, Dylan Cooper, Dr. Amy Wilson
December - What's Medicaid Got to Do with It? National Research and State Innovation to Improve Health Outcomes. - Lindsay Shea, DrPH, MS, Stacy Nonnemacher, PhD
Webinars by Research Node
- Lifestyle Interventions
- Priority Setting to Improve Health Outcomes: Autistic Adults and Other Stakeholders Engage Together
- The Role of Minority Stress for Autistic People's Health
- Standing desks, rocking chairs and bouncy balls...in school?! Evaluating the use of flexible seating for neurotypical and neurodivergent children
- The National Autism Indicators Report on Health and Health Care
- Using Autism Research to Inform Policy: Successes, Lessons, and Challenges
- Utilizing a Cross-system Framework to Guide Research on Autism and Criminal Justice Intersections: Implications for Physical Health Outcomes
- What's Medicaid Got to Do with It? National Research and State Innovation to Improve Health Outcomes
- Claims Data as a Big Data Tool for Autism Research Focused on Physical Health
- Mind the NIH-Funding Gap: Structural Discrimination in Physical Health-Related Research for Cognitively Able Autistic Adults
- Health of Autistic People During the COVID-19 Pandemic: National Autism Indicators Report Findings
AIR-P Introduction-December 2020
- Conducting Quality Participatory Autism Research
- Epilepsy in Autism
- Bolstering Autistic College Students' Mental Health and Wellness
- How can we use an understanding of the neurodiversity movement to develop socially valid supports for autistic people?
- Involving Community Partners in Autism Research
- The Role of Minority Stress for Autistic People's Health
- Preliminary Findings from GI Wanna Talk about Autism - A Mixed-Methods, Participatory Study of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Autistic Adults
- IDD Curricula in the Health Professions: Current State and Future Directions
Research Day
Racial and ethnic differences in psychiatric and medical diagnoses among autistic adults - Jennifer L. Ames, Yinge Qian, Maria Massolo, Lisa A. Croen
Project ECHO Autism WA - Bravo, A., Gerdts, J., Mannheim, J., Mutti-Driscoll, C., Mancini, J., & Stobbe, G.
Project ECHO™: Building Primary Care Capacity for Autism Diagnosis and Care
Earlier Identification of Autism in Toddlers with the Rapid Interactive Screening Test for Autism in Toddlers (RITA-T) - Kerri L. Staples & Leah R. Ketcheson
Sleep health among Autistic students in higher educational institutions - Khosla, P., MPH, Ph.D., Edgin, J.O., Ph.D., & Parent-Johnson, W., Ph.D