Meltdowns and Shutdowns: Aucademy educates
Channel: Aucademy
Date: 2023-02-16

Recorded and originally aired: 15th, February 2023 19:05 London GMT; 11:05 PST:
*Meltdowns and Shutdowns: Aucademy educates*

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In this session, Aucademy members discuss what Meltdowns and Shutdowns are, how they present themselves and their impact on Autistic people.

Speaker details: 

David Gray-Hammond is an Autistic author in SE England. He writes on Autistic culture, identity, wellbeing, and mental health with a strong focus on addiction in the Autistic community. He runs a consultancy business called DGH Neurodivergent Consultancy and the blog Emergent Divergence. Co-Host of Aucademy’s Especially Interesting Podcast. https://emergentdivergence.com / https://dghneurodivergentconsultancy.co.uk / Patreon- https://patreon.com/user?u=82296416&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator / Facebook- Emergent Divergence: Addiction, Mental Health. And The Autistic Experience & DGH Neurodivergent Consultancy

Northern Autie/Si Hodgson (they/them) - Autistic educator, self-advocate, Aucademy Lead Facilitator, & mayo enthusiast 

Victoria Busuttil (they/them) is an Aucademy modmin who discovered they were Autistic when they were 44 and ADHD at 48. Their dedicated interest is textile art and was a finalist in an Emerging Artist award. Fan of squishmallows. Instagram: msb_journey

Libby is a 21-year-old student and works for Aucademy. They discovered they were Autistic when they were 16. Libby enjoys learning about everything and anything, but their main interests include history (particularly disability history and historiography), the Autistic experience, stories (in any form or genre), unsolved mysteries, and generally human experience (cultures, languages, psychology, ethics, morality etc.)

**Please note we are not clinicians or diagnosticians**