The Autistic communication hypothesis: Rachel Cullen educates Annette & Chloe of Aucademy 23.10.2021
Channel: Aucademy
Date: 2021-10-24

Recorded and originally aired: 23rd October 2021; 19:00 London; 11:00 PDT:
*The Autistic communication hypothesis: Rachel Cullen educates Annette & Chloe of Aucademy 23.10.2021*

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Session detail: Currently one of the most important topics covered to date on Aucademy, Rachel Cullen (they/them) details their Autistic pragmatic language hypothesis; the evidence they are starting to build to support it; and the incredibly valuable impact the hypothesis can have. Rachel's hypothesis, if substantiated, would provide evidence that Autistic people have a shared communication at odds to the non-autistic population, and offer practical means to bridge the double empathy gap between Autistic and non-autistic, neurotypical people. 

Guest speaker details: 
Rachel Cullen (they/them) is an Autistic researcher and advocate and proud member of the LGBTQIA community with an undergraduate degree in English literature and language, a PGCert in linguistics and holds a Masters in autism studies. Rachel is interested in several aspects of research that directly improves the lives of Autistic people with particular focus on language features of Autistic people across the spectrum. 

Cullen, R. L. (2018) ‘Communication as opposed to nonverbal communication; body language and do people on the Autism spectrum have an over reliance on verbal communication as opposed to nonverbal communication; body language and facial expressions in conversation? Supervised by: Dr Simon Wilkinson’ doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25117.56801

**Please note we are not clinicians or diagnosticians** 

Dr Chloe Farahar - Autistic academic, educator, and self-advocate 
Dr Annette Foster - Autistic academic, educator, and self-advocate 

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