Recorded and originally aired: 11th of June, 2022, 19:05 London BST; 11:05AM PST: Autistic hyper-empathy: Bobbi and Tanya educate Aucademy

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In this session, Bobbi and Tanya discuss hyper-empathy and what it means for Autistic people.

Guest speakers:

Bobbi Elman (she/ they) Autistic parent, educator trainer, Autistic child/young people advocate, self-advocate. Bobbi Elman: NeuroDivergent Autistic Experience Support TM

Tanya Adkin (she/her) - SEND advocate, educator, & self-advocate, facebook.com/TanyaAdkinAutistic

*Please note we are not clinicians or diagnosticians*

Dr Annette Foster (she/they) - Autistic academic (Autistic cultural studies; creative participatory practice), educator, & self-advocate

Recorded and originally aired: 25th of June, 2022, 19:05 London BST; 11:05 AM PST: Autistic exposure anxiety: Bobbi educates Aucademy

In this session, Bobbi discusses what exposure anxiety is and how it affects Autistic people.

Guest speakers:

Bobbi Elman (she/ they) Autistic parent, educator trainer, Autistic child/young people advocate, self-advocate. Bobbi Elman: NeuroDivergent Autistic Experience Support TM

*Please note we are not clinicians or diagnosticians*

David Gray-Hammond (he/him) - Autistic writer, educator & presenter at Aucademy, & Autistic addiction & mental health advocate facebook.com/emergentdivergence/ emergentdivergence.com

Jaesic Wade (they/he) - Queer, disabled Autistic advocate, neurodivergent life coach, blogger, & community organizer

facebook.com/thequeercult

queercult.org/coaching

Northern Autie/Si Hodgson (he/they) - Autistic educator, self-advocate, Aucademy Lead Facilitator, & mayo enthusiast