Minutes of the special meeting of the Board of directors of The Autscape Organisation Meeting date: Saturday 3rd June 2017 Meeting time: 20.00 Meeting Chair: Martijn Present: Debbie, Elaine, James, Jeremy, Joseph, Kalen, Martijn, Trish Apologies: None Observers: 0 Meeting opened: 20.10 1. Proposals 1.1 The Programme Co-ordinator proposed to accept the following presentations into the Autscape main programme: “Are you High- or Low-Functioning? Who Says, and Does It Matter?” (John Binns) “The Animation Workshop” (Natalie Priest) “Autistic identity and initiatives in four European countries” (Heta Pukki) “Humpty Dumpty and The Right Mask” (Lyte) “Choral Workshop” (James Pelham) “Thinking about autism in a historical context in our neoliberal times" (Hannah Ebben) Proposal carried (7 for, 0 against) 1.2 The Programme Co-ordinator proposed to accept either or both of the following presentations into the Autscape main programme: A. “The other half” (Yo) B. “Autism in law, policy and practice” (Yo) “The other half” was accepted (8 for A only, 0 for B only, 0 for A and B together) _________________________________________________________________________________ -There followed a discussion about how to choose from the remaining proposals. It was decided that each board member would list 3 remaining proposals they thought were most suitable, and then the lists would be tallied to see which proposals were most frequently mentioned. -During the discussion, Larry joined the meeting. The resulting tally was as follows: “Finding a Better Approach to Autism Fiction...and using fantasy to get there” (David Hartley)- 7 preferences “Being autistic in a non autistic world: politics and performativity of passing” (Daniel Bendelman)- 6 preferences “Pick a side: the dilemma of being an autistic parent” (Martijn Dekker)- 5 preferences “Autism and psychosis: what may be the role of social interactions?” (Dr Louise Beattie)- 5 preferences “Context and subtext, a part of the world but apart from it” (Larry Arnold)- 2 preferences “Neurodiversity in Strategic Problem Solving” (Helena Leathers)- 1 prefence “How Neuro-Linguistic Programming can help level the playing field” (Tom Moore Autism)- 1 preference 1.3 The Programme Co-ordinator proposed to accept the following proposals into the main Autscape programme: “Finding a Better Approach to Autism Fiction...and using fantasy to get there” (David Hartley) “Being autistic in a non autistic world: politics and performativity of passing” (Daniel Bendelman) “Pick a side: the dilemma of being an autistic parent” (Martijn Dekker) “Autism and psychosis: what may be the role of social interactions?” (Dr Louise Beattie) Proposal carried (9 for, 0 against) Meeting closed 21.15 BST