AIR-P Presents: Introduction to Plain Language Writing for Academics and Researchers
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
4:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET
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. There will also be time for questions and answers.
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2024 Disability Policy Seminar Orientation and Policy Education 101 Workshop
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Webinar Description: This workshop helped prepare trainees for the 2024 Disability Policy Seminar taking place from April 8-10, 2024, in Washinton, DC, to learn how to educate policymakers in DC and at home, as well as how to connect their experience and expertise to policy.
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NTDC Presents: Recruiting and Supporting Diverse Trainees
Friday, March 08, 2024
3:00 - 4:30 PM ET
NTDC hosted an interactive discussion on recruiting and supporting diverse trainees within your training programs. The panel highlighted three training programs in the AUCD Network that have experience recruiting and supporting diverse trainees, including trainees across states, trainees utilizing distance learning, trainees with lived experience, and finally, second-year trainees. Participants were encouraged to share their program's recruitment strategies, successes, and challenges.
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LEND Lived Experience Virtual Summit
Monday, March 04, 2024 - Tuesday, March 05, 2024
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
We are excited to invite you to the LEND Lived Experience Summit! The summit will be held via Zoom on Monday and Tuesday, March 4-5, 2024, from 3:00 PM-6:00 PM Eastern Time. The LEND Self-Advocate Discipline Network and LEND Family Discipline Network voted to join forces for future summits to showcase the work and best practices in both LEND disciplines.
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LEND and Learn Monthly TA Series: IDD Curricula in the Health Professions
Monday, February 26, 2024
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The LEND and Learn session will be held Monday, February 26, 2024, at 3:00 PM ET, and the subject is IDD Curricula in the Health Professions: Results from a Medical Education Study and LEND capstone discussion. Kashia Rosenau, PhD, Clinical and Training Director at UC-LEND, University of California, Los Angeles, will facilitate this session.
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2024 Leadership Academy Informational Webinar
Monday, February 12, 2024
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
This webinar offered interested potential applicants an opportunity to interact with the AUCD Leadership Academy faculty. The webinar featured a brief overview of the 2024 Academy curriculum and timeline. It was followed by a time for questions from potential applicants to the 2024 AUCD Leadership Academy. In addition, alumni will shared their reflections about the benefits they gained from participation in the week-long academy. and the follow-up activities.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
4:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET
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).
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AIR-P Presents: Health outcomes for sexually-diverse and gender-diverse autistic adults
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
4:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET
We know that a substantial number of autistic people are sexually-diverse (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, asexual) or gender-diverse (e.g., transgender, gender non-conforming), but what do we know about their mental and physical health? Dr. Graham Holmes will discuss the current state of the literature and present findings from two studies that used innovative methods to learn about health disparities for this population. The first study investigated suicidality disparities among autistic versus non-autistic sexually-diverse and gender-diverse youth using a U.S. national sample recruited via social media. The second study investigated mental and physical health disparities more broadly among autistic sexually-diverse and gender-diverse adults versus cisgender heterosexual adults using electronic health record data. Clinical implications will be discussed.
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2023-2024 Emerging Leaders Community Welcome Webinar
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
5 pm - 6 pm
Trainees joined this webinar to learn about the Emerging Leaders Community and how you fit within the AUCD Network. Presenters shared resources and opportunities to help you make the most of your traineeship! Former trainees or fellows are were encouraged to attend.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
This webinar will focus on the methods and preliminary results of a qualitative, community-engaged study with queer and transgender autistic adults. We will chart how we partnered with 19 community organizations working with this population to conduct open-ended, in-depth interviews with 65 adults in the Philadelphia area. Preliminary findings address nonbinary identity, self reported autism, health and wellbeing, community engagement, and social support. We are using these findings to structure autistic-led programming for autistic adults to improve wellbeing.
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