This page about Autscape 2016 is of historical interest only. Go to the home page for current information.
Below is the schedule for Autscape 2016
Everything at Autscape is completely optional. You are not obliged to attend anything, communicate with anyone (unless you are a parent or carer), or participate in any way. If you are interested in doing things, there is plenty going on throughout the day, serious, fun, structured and unstructured.
Updated 11 Aug 2016
Tuesday 16 August
| 14:30-16:30 | Registration |
| 16:45-17:30 | Orientation (download handout) |
| 17:30-18:00 | Home groups |
| 18:00-19:00 | Evening meal |
| 19:00-23:00 | Evening activities including Sparklies in the dark at 21.30 in the Sports Hall |
Wednesday 17 August
| 8:30-9:30 | Breakfast |
| 9:30-10:45 | Lecture: Training You, From a Dog's
Point of View
(Marie Yates), |
| 10:45-11:30 | Break |
| 11:30-13:00 | Lectures: Autistics doing it for
themselves: participation in academic research
(Peter Baimbridge and Daniel Poole),
followed by The Professional Auty (John Wilson) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Scheduled leisure activities |
| 15:30-16:00 | Break |
| 16:00-17:15 | Workshop: Claiming an identity they taught us to despise (Caroline Hearst |
| 17:30-18:00 | Home Groups |
| 18:00-19:30 | Dinner |
| 20:00 | Scheduled evening activities, including a disco and/or the organ recital |
Thursday 18 August
| 8:30-9:30 | Breakfast |
| 9:30-10:45 | Workshop: Can a mindfulness practice relieve everyday stress in a neuro diverse population? (Kay Locke) |
| 10:45-11:30 | Break |
| 11:30-13:00 | Lectures: Autistic identity and the
limits of inclusion (Martijn Dekker),
followed by Expectations of what 'autistic' means and how this impacts upon self-identity (Kabie Brook) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-16:00 | Scheduled leisure activities, and a drama workshop entitled Exploring Autistic Identity through performance (Olivia Astrid Pountney) |
| 15.30-16:00 | Break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Workshop: Identifying with autism in
film and television
(Hannah Ebben), |
| 17:30-18:00 | Home Groups |
| 18:00-19:30 | Dinner |
| 20:00-22:00 | Scheduled evening activities, including the Entertainment Evening |
Friday 19 August
| 8:30-9:30 | Breakfast |
| 9.30-10.00 | Pre-AGM meeting |
| 10.00-10.45 | AGM |
| 10.45-11.30 | Break |
| 11:30-12:15 | Lecture: Whose identity? (Dr. Larry Arnold) |
| 12:15-13:00 | Panel discussion |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | End |