Dr. Rita Obeid, Instructor, Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, will join the Community Health Research and Practice (CHRP) seminar to discuss this important topic. In this session, Dr. Obeid will give an overview of autism and approach autism from a strength-based perspective. She will focus on the neurodiversity movement, commonly associated with autism and other developmental conditions. She will also discuss the research on training related to reducing stigma and improving knowledge toward autism.
Our discussant, Dr. Sarah Cain Spannagel, a licensed clinical psychologist and faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, will join Dr. Obeid for this event.
The Schubert Center for Child Studies proudly collaborates with the Master of Public Health program at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and the CHRP to facilitate this event and promote research that supports the welfare and well-being of children, adolescents, and young adults.
Presented in collaboration with The Community Health Research & Practice Seminar of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Master of Public Health Program
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Readings:
- Jim Sinclair (1993) -.
- Kapp, S. K., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Sherman, L. E., & -Hutman, T. (2013). Deficit, difference, or both? Autism and neurodiversity. Developmental Psychology, 49(1), 59.
- Kapp, S.K. (2020). Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Frontline, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Nicolaidis, C. (2012). What can physicians learn from the neurodiversity movement? doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.6.oped1-1206.
- Leadbitter, K., Buckle, K. L., Ellis, C., & Dekker, M. (2021). Autistic self-advocacy and the neurodiversity movement: Implications for autism early intervention research and practice. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 782.
- Brown, H. M., Stahmer, A. C., Dwyer, P., & Rivera, S. (2021). Changing the story: How diagnosticians can support a neurodiversity perspective from the start. Autism, 25(5), 1171-1174.
Provided by Dr. Rita Obeid