Session: V14A
Oral Posters: History, culture, self-advocacy, empowerment I

Chair

Robyn Steward

Time

09:40 - 10:20 on Sunday, 18th of September 2016

Venue

Moorfoot Room

09:40

Music Therapy empowering young children with autism and their families; Reporting back from the largest non-pharmacological randomised control trial in autism

Grace Watts (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust), Alexandra Georgaki (Anglia Ruskin University), Amelia Oldfield (Anglia Ruskin University), claire grant (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust/ Imperial College), Helen Odell-Miller (Anglia Ruskin University), Laura Bruecker (Cambridgeshire Music), Belinda Lydon (CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Pavlina Papadopoulou (Central and North West London NHS Trust), Stephen Sandford (East London NHS Foundation Trust)
09:45

Implications of cultural diversity on developing social-communication skills

Prithvi Perepa (University of Nor)
09:50

Stigma towards individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder: a comparison of UK-based Nigerians and English attitudes

Chris Papadopoulos (University of Bedfordshire)
09:55

Recognising and validating individual 'voice' through theatre performance

Scott Daly (Scottish Autism), Daniel Page (Scottish Autism)
10:00

Successful work integration - empowerment

Werner Holmes-Ulrich (Konvent Barmherzige Brüder Linz Autismuskompetenzzentrum WORK_aut Autismus + Arbeit)