Research study about coping with university: Good afternoon,
We are conducting new research about the university experiences of individuals on the autism spectrum, and the factors that influence whether or not autistic individuals complete university.
The research involves an online survey for autistic adults who have been to university, both those who completed and did not complete their studies.
The survey will take around 25 minutes and you will be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 Amazon voucher.
rhulpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2nuIkzd3aeJcSJT
If you have any questions or would like further information about our research, please feel free to contact myself or Eilidh.Cage@rhul.ac.uk or Louise.Vinales.2015@live.rhul.ac.uk
Thank you for your time and support.
Kind regards,
Rhoda Breakell ...
For any of you in the Doncaster area, I want to give a big shout out for this organisation. They organised yesterday's event with Sarah Hendrickx, Dean Beadle and myself presenting, to well over 100 parents and professionals. it was such a lovely day, friendly and relaxed and very well organised. Grateful to have been involved. Thanks Little Rainbows! Cas@Swan www.facebook.com/Littlerainbowsautismgroup/ ...
Little Rainbows Autism Group
Autism support group run by parents just like you! The committee are volunteers who give their time to help with the running of our much needed group. The recent paper published on Asperger and his work in Austria in the 1930s and 40s has caused some consternation and distress and so I've been prompted to post this comment below; it's my own personal thoughts: "I had already seen the paper before it 'hit the news' and while I think it is important - vital even - for us to understand the history we have inherited, also that people are called out for their actions, I am not entirely sure otherwise of the usefulness of this particular revelation, assuming it's accurate of course. We were all told Asperger was a bit of a hero when it turns out he may not have been and worse, colluded with the regime of the time. What is most disturbing for me is the concurrence that profoundly 'disabled' or 'disordered' people, including children, were a drain on society and a genetic scourge and needed to be got rid of. He may not have, of course, believed any of that, he may have taken a pragmatic approach, believing his most useful role would be to work to save those children he felt he could, by creating a defence and different story around them and focussing on their abilities and assets. That's not a possible excuse, but a possible alternative context; we already believe, for example, that the businessman Oskar Schindler 'squirelled away' many children while apparently acting as a loyal member of the Nazi party. Maybe we'll never truly know. We have inherited that culture, I am sure, anyway, albeit in a more subtle form and we need to be aware of this and we need to be equipped to combat it with everything possible. And all that aside, Asperger did not define the term 'Asperger's syndrome', his name was just borrowed for a definition created in the 1990s in the UK and then the US and has no impact on its meaning for that particular label, although I can understand the discomfort caused. So whetever he did or didn't do, perhaps the most importance thing is to understand that any attempt to belittle or 'other' those autistic people who are less able to speak for themselves is a 'tip of the iceberg' problem and a scourge that must be resisted. That's how I feel about it anyway. Cat@Swan ...
