{"id":2848,"date":"2015-06-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonebridge-blog.positive-dedicated.net2\/teaching-assistants-and-education\/autism-experts-gather-at-conference-2"},"modified":"2020-11-26T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T13:00:05","slug":"autism-experts-gather-at-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/education-teaching-and-coaching\/autism-experts-gather-at-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism Experts Gathered at Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning And Being Humbled At An Autism Conference<\/h2>\n

Stonebridge staff collectively said it was a real privilege to attend a 2 day autism conference in Elgin, North East Scotland last week. What was spoken was humbling, inspiring and educational. It created a thirst for more knowledge on such a vast subject.<\/p>\n

Many at the conference realised that it’s an individual’s responsibility to do their utmost to learn how those with autism, experience the modern world. Not only that. They must find out how to better communicate with them.<\/p>\n

The important question<\/h2>\n
As every level of organisation is required to tick boxes to rightly satisfy the demand for \u2018inclusivity, equality and diversity\u2019 the question must be asked . . .<\/div>\n
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Why are we not catering for a sector of humanity who sense and therefore decode life into a different version to that experienced by the majority?<\/div>\n

Experts by first-hand experience of Autism<\/h2>\n
Speakers at the conference were experts in their field. They were not driven by getting a first class degree or international acclaim, but by a passion to find the key to unlock and enter the world of their own autistic children.<\/div>\n
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They aimed to enter the world of their child. Not to force the child to somehow be reshaped, restrained and rejected because of being unable to function soundly in roles and situations of the world, that we have developed.<\/div>\n
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There are more than one in a hundred people with autistic spectrum disorder. One person said:<\/div>\n
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“Much as an English person abroad expects locals to speak their language, I felt arrogant that at the age of 47, I was so unaware of their living experience both positive and negative.”<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Listening to these mothers and fathers of autistic children was spellbinding:<\/strong><\/div>\n