This presentation will blend first-person experiences with relevant research to help families and individuals identify and problem solve for conflicting sensory needs in a variety of contexts. There will be focused discussion around developing preemptive strategies, contingency plans and practical solutions for home and community use.
Presented June 9-12, 2021
The views expressed in
the following presentation are those of the presenter and do not necessarily
reflect those of STAR Institute.
Level: Introductory
Length: 1 hour
Timeframe for access: Once you first choose to "Launch" this course, you will have 45 days to access the content as often as you like. Your 45-day window for access will not begin until you first click the "Launch" button.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the intersectionality of sensory needs, functionality, and behavior expressions
- Identify potential effective strategies that could be used in home and community contexts for divergent sensory needs
- Reflect on a strengths-based perspective for addressing and honoring sensory needs
Presenter:
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD(c), MA (she/they) is a global advocate, educator, and autistic person of color in a neurodiverse, multicultural, serodifferent family. A prolific writer, consultant, and social scientist/activist whose work focuses on meaningful community involvement, human rights, intersectional justice, and inclusion, Morénike is a Humanities Scholar at Rice University’s Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Co-Chair of the Women’s HIV Research Collaborative, and a member of several executive boards.
Morénike has been an invited speaker at the United Nations, the White House, and numerous peer-reviewed international conferences in addition to contributing author/editor of several publications, abstracts, and books focusing on community engagement, intersectionality, disability, advocacy, and inclusion. Publications of note include the first anthology on autism and race All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism, a 2021 edited collection from Beacon Press Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity, and the forthcoming Neurodiversity en Noir: A Collection of Black Neurodiverse Voices from Jessica Kingsley Publishing (2022).
Follow Morénike’s work at https://MorenikeGO.com.
The views expressed in the following presentation are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect those of STAR Institute.