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SUMMARY:On the promotion of Autistic flourishing. - Professor Elizabeth Pe
 llicano\, UCL
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CONTACT:Louise Gray
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* \n\nAutistic people deserve to live long\, healthy
  and creative lives of their own design. \n\nWe know\, however\, that Auti
 stic people are often constrained by a range of social\, economic and othe
 r environmental disadvantages and barriers\, which prohibit them from enjo
 ying a good life that they have the right to expect. \n\nRecent years have
  seen an explosion of new research into how we can make a meaningful diffe
 rence to the life experiences of Autistic people and effectively tackle th
 ese inequalities\, exclusions and injustices. \n\nIn this talk\, Liz Pelli
 cano will consider how we can make progress towards genuinely knowing auti
 sm and supporting flourishing Autistic lives. \n\nShe will discuss some of
  the key fundamental dimensions\, which might be considered a crucial comp
 onent part of a good\, or flourishing\, life for Autistic people – and a
 sk what it is we currently know about these dimensions from current resear
 ch\; what we don’t know but could straightforwardly find out\; and in wh
 at ways we will need radically to innovate to make new discoveries.  \n\n*
 Speaker Biography:*\n\nProfessor Liz Pellicano is committed to transformin
 g autism science so that it more accurately reflects everyday autistic lif
 e. She is Professor of Autism Research at University College London (UCL)\
 , having recently been Professor at Macquarie University\, Sydney\, Austra
 lia. Previously\, she was Director of the Centre for Research in Autism an
 d Education (CRAE) at UCL Institute of Education. Her most recent research
  identifies ways to bridge the gap between lab and life and open up resear
 ch to greater involvement of Autistic people themselves\, with the aim of 
 generating scientific discoveries that bring real benefits to Autistic peo
 ple and their families. 
LOCATION:Hybrid: in-person in Cambridge &amp\; online via Teams
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