Free lunchtime webinar: Wednesday 14th May – 12.30pm – 2pm
For parents, carers and professionals that support families.
People with intellectual disabilities are an incredibly diverse group, each with their own strengths and challenges in communication and social abilities, which can either support their wellbeing and community participation or create barriers that limit their opportunities. However, this diversity is not always fully recognised, leading to missed opportunities to build on a person’s strengths and provide targeted support where it is needed most. In this webinar, we will explore how a neurodiversity approach may help us better understand and support communication and social skills in children with intellectual disabilities.
Speaker programme:
- Dr Katherine Ellis, from University College London and University of Surrey, will share insights from research with people with genetic syndromes, highlighting the importance of recognising and understanding a person’s strengths and interests. Katherine will also discuss how we can apply these lessons to support the broader community of people with intellectual disabilities, including those without a genetic syndrome.
- Prof Jonathan Herring is a Professor of Law at the University of Oxford. He and his partner have two daughters with Fragile X Syndrome, one of whom also has autism. Jonathan will talk about how being a parent of children with intellectual disability required him to rethink the role of a parent and what a successful childhood would look like. He will emphasise the importance of finding strengths for neurodivergent children and seeking to build on those.
To secure your free place, please book here.
You can view recordings of our previous webinars on our Webinar page.
