Archived Webinars

This webinar, offered by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in partnership with the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P), will provide an overview of plain language writing for people who may be more used to writing in academic language. Attendees will learn the principles of plain language writing and have a chance to put them into practice with interactive exercises. 

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In this webinar, the research team tells the story of a community-engaged, academic-industry partnership to create online video libraries for autistic young adults and parents of autistic youth. Our first collaboration was a video library presenting short, 2 minute “Microskills” videos to help parents gain the skills needed to talk to autistic youth about sexual and reproductive health and relationships. Building on the success of that project, our second project is an online video library for autistic young adults interested in enhancing skills in relationships, employment, self-advocacy, and more – all areas that our advisory group of autistic young people requested. We will describe how we collaboratively designed the scripts with autistic people and parents, hire autistic actors for our videos, and plan to evaluate the programs via innovative methods such as conversational coding and roleplays. Join the conversation about community-engaged research, sexuality, and academic-industry-partnerships for enhancing health among autistic people across the lifespan.

This webinar-- sponsored by the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) -- will focus on: The intersection of race and ASD. The webinar will include a presentation by Dr. Sophie Molholm on the findings from a multisite study on autism in African Americans focused on increasing diversity in genetics studies and understanding reasons for later age of diagnosis in this group as well as a collaborative discussion led by Dr. Lisa Shulman, a clinical leader of a large, diverse inner-city Developmental Center in concert with a parent of children with ASD and an Autistic Adult on practical strategies for supporting a diverse ASD population and their families in accessing diagnosis, therapeutic and medical services, and encouraging participation in research. Presentation slides and resources available here

This webinar-- sponsored by the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P)-- will feature a collaborative discussion and brainstorming session hosted by the AIR-P Big Data Working Group, a newly formed interdisciplinary committee focused on using large datasets to improve equity and health for autistic individuals. This discussion will include insights from AIR-P research node leaders regarding the highest priority areas for big data work in autism as well as discussions on key issues in big data (e.g., participatory approaches, real-world implications, and others).

Presentation slides and resources available here