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The UK’s leading autism research festival, this event will bring together autism researchers, autistic people, family members and the professionals who work with and support autistic people to discuss innovative research, barrier pushing involvement and participation work and how we can start to make real progress towards happy, healthy, long lives for all autistic people.

During the week long event, we will be holding a mix of panel sessions, longer keynote talks, roundtable discussions on issues around research practice and social sessions for the week, ensuring that there will be something for everyone!

Our wide range of content will include Dr Will Mandy, Dr Duncan Astle, and a group presentation from Dr Kathy Leadbitter, Leneh Buckle, Dr Ceri Ellis and Martijn Dekker as our Keynote talks. We will have research covering autism and mental health, physical health and ageing, creating autism inclusive environments, external support and fostering positive identities showcased during the week

We will also have an evening webinar from author Dr Simon Jarrett, author of Those They Call Idiots, who will be discussing "Identifying and diagnosing in history: possibilities and pitfalls" through the lens of autism and learning disabilities.