Below is the main programme schedule for Autscape 2018.
Note that changes are still possible.
Latest update: 18 Aug 2018.
Leisure activities are not listed in the main schedule below, except for a few yearly staples such as Sparlies in the Dark and the Entertainment Evening. The full schedule including scheduled leisure activities will be made available at the conference and will include, among others:
- Lightning Talks: give your own five-minute talk on your favourite topic
- daily Yoga sessions
- musical performances
- Swimming
- Trampolining
- Badminton
The call for leisure activities is currently open! To submit your own, please use this form at Sessionize or alternatively email us at programme@autscape.org. Please only submit if your booking to attend Autscape has been confirmed.
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.
Main programme schedule
Tuesday 28 August
| 14:00-16:30 | Registration |
| 17:00-17:30 | Orientation |
| 17:30-18:00 | Home groups |
| 17:30-19:00 | Evening meal |
| 19:00-19:30 | Welcome talk |
| 19:30- | Scheduled evening activities including Sparklies in the dark and a piano recital |
Wednesday 29 August
| 7:30-8:45 | Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:30 | Workshop: Exploring the Art of Stimming |
| 9:30-10:30 | Workshop: Negotiating Terms for Inclusion |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-11:40 | Lecture: Autism and Interpersonal Ethics: Who can we blame when things don’t go well? |
| 11:45-12:25 | Lecture: The inclusion of autistic needs in the pursuit of holistic health |
| 12:30-13:00 | Home groups |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Leisure sessions |
| 15:30-16:00 | Break |
| 16:00-16:30 | Lecture: Untangling the knots of neuroqueer intersectionality |
| 16:30-17:20 | Discussions on the day's lectures |
| 17:30-18:00 | Home groups |
| 17:30-19:00 | Evening meal |
| 19:00-19:45 | AGM |
| 19:00- | Scheduled evening activities |
| 20:00-21:00 | Performance: Quiet Hands |
Thursday 30 August
| 7:30-8:45 | Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:30 | Workshop: Overtone chanting for self-soothing and sensory seeking |
| 9:30-10:30 | Workshop: Why do we disappear as we grow older? |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-11:40 | Lecture: The elephant in the room |
| 11:45-12:25 | Lecture: Formal diagnosis |
| 12:30-13:00 | Home groups |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Leisure sessions |
| 15:30-16:00 | Break |
| 16:00-16:40 | Lecture: Separate development paths - way to mutual understanding and social inclusion |
| 16:30-17:30 | Workshop: The acceptance/inclusion of non-autistics by autistic groups |
| 17:30-18:00 | Home groups |
| 17:30-19:00 | Evening meal |
| 19:00- | Scheduled evening activities |
| 20:00-21:30 | Entertainment Evening |
Friday 31 August
| 7:30-8:45 | Breakfast |
| 9:30-10:30 | Workshop: Exclusive inclusion, what divides our communities? |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-11:40 | Lecture: Working under the influence of autism |
| 12:30-13:00 | Home groups |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Panel of selected speakers |
| 15:00- | Departure |
| 15:30-16:00 | Break |