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Level: Introductory

Learning Objectives:

1. Define sensory differences

2. Explain the prevalence of sensory differences

3. Describe how sensory differences relate to autism and SPD, and what future research may look like

Presenters:

Alex Mason BSc is a computer scientist and philosopher. He's been a part of the Autistic Empire since 2018 and is the Area Lead for Research. He currently works in the financial technology space by day and runs philosophical comedy gigs by night. He's passionate about neurodiversity self-advocacy and exploring sensory differences and has personal experience with many sensory differences and under-sensitive sensory processing.

Sarah McCulloch MSc is an autistic occupational therapist with experience across a range of acute mental health, community, and paediatric settings. She currently works as the senior occupational therapist in a special school for autistic children and young people. Her lived experience as an autistic adult and her professional experiences of finding unidentified autistic people in every service in which she worked led her to found the Autistic Empire in 2018. The Autistic Empire is an autistic social organisation built by and for autistic adults to form community based on autism as a civic identity and to provide practical tools and services for all autistic people. Sarah is based in London, UK.

Continuing Education Credits:

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