Important Autistic topics: Autistic Not Weird survey with 11,212 people: Chris educates Aucademy
Channel: Aucademy
Date: 2022-04-02

Recorded and originally aired: 2nd of April, 2022, 19:00 London BST; 11:00am PST:
*Important Autistic topics according to Autistic Not Weird survey with 11,212 people: Chris educates Aucademy*

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In this session, Chris Bonello (he/him) discusses the findings from his latest large scale survey, and tells us what the important Autistic topics are according to the survey, which includes: the percentage who like being Autistic; a large percentage knew they were different from an early age (and why this is important!); identity first language preference, and what this might indicate about wellbeing; no support for old or new ABA by those who have been subjected to it; and more. The full survey is here https://autisticnotweird.com/autismsurvey/ 

Guest speaker details: 

Chris Bonnello (he/him) is an Autistic advocate, author, international speaker, and former teacher (both in special education and mainstream primary). He runs the website and Facebook community "Autistic Not Weird", and has won multiple awards for his advocacy. He is also the author of the Underdogs series of neurodiverse dystopia novels. 

Pages for speakers: 
Autistic Not Weird on FB- https://www.facebook.com/autisticnotweird 
Chris Bonnello - Author on FB- https://www.facebook.com/chrisbonnello
Instagram: @autisticnotweird
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/autisticnotweird
Autistic Not Weird: https://autisticnotweird.com
Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/autisticnotweird

**Please note we are not clinicians or diagnosticians** 

Dr Chloe Farahar (she/they) - Autistic academic (prejudice-reduction; Autistic wellbeing; neurodiversity), educator, & self-advocate