Wellbeing Hub Monthly Talks Archive

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2024 Talks

January 2024	Pete Wharmby – Sensory Comfort For Autistic People
February 2024	Andy Smith (Spectrum Gaming) – Creating Hope Through Autistic Community – Available until February 2025
March 2024	Sarah-Jane Critchley – Autistic Joy: From Why To Wow
May 2024	Nic King – Young autistic people and the importance of self-understanding Find accompanying citations – here
June 2024	Elaine McGreevy – How to create enabling communication environments for autistic children and young Find accompanying slides – here Recording no longer available
July 2024	Barney Angliss – Breaking my silence how I came to advocate for myself
September 2024	Brian Irvine – Mentoring as Reframing – Specialist Autism Mentoring at University
October 2024	Amy Pearson – Understanding autistic masking as a response to stigma
November 2024	Allan Laville – Allán Laville – Make Your Own Kind of Music A reflection on being autistic and navigating life
December 2024	Pete Wharmby – Making an autistic living – postponed due to illness

2025 Talks

January 2025	Eliza Fricker – A Brighter Way Forward – Unfortunately due to technical difficulties we were unable to record this talk. You can view all previous talks here
February 2025	Olive Kayongo – Love, grief, acceptance – an autistic parents perspective, journeying with an autistic young person through their mental health crisis.
March 2025	Mel Green & Dr Claire Malcolm – Black mothers advocating for their autistic children.
April 2025	No Webinar due to Easter holidays
May 2025	Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou & Author Panel. Book Launch- Improving mental health therapies for autistic people and their family members
June 2025	Pete Wharmby– Making an Autistic Living
July 2025	Jon Adams– A Conversation with Sparrows- Tales of autistic experience, trauma and wellbeing seen from within a personal creative narrative
August 2025	No Webinar due to Summer Holidays
September 2025	Jodie Clarke– “Stop the world, I want to get off”: Understanding Autistic Burnout in Children and Young People. Please note this recording will only be available for 30 days as of 22/09/2025.
October 2025	Alexis Quinn- Talk not recorded at Alexis’ request
November 2025	Keren MacLennan– “Autistic sensory experiences and inclusive spaces”
December 2025	Stephen Unwin– “Beautiful Lives: How We Got Leaning Disabilities So Wrong”