{"id":1927,"date":"2024-09-30T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/autism\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2024-10-07T09:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T08:28:44","slug":"november-2024-wellbeing-hub-talk-allan-laville-make-your-own-kind-of-music-reflections-on-being-autistic-and-navigating-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/autism\/november-2024-wellbeing-hub-talk-allan-laville-make-your-own-kind-of-music-reflections-on-being-autistic-and-navigating-life\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2024 Wellbeing Hub Talk: All\u00e1n Laville  &#8211; Make Your Own Kind of Music: reflections on being autistic and navigating life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1929 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/autism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/241\/2024\/09\/Allan-Laville3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Date<\/strong>: 14th November 2024<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Time<\/strong>: 19:00 \u2013 20:30\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Online<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>All\u00e1n Laville <\/strong>who will deliver a talk entitled <strong>Make Your Own Kind of Music: reflections on being autistic and navigating life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this talk, Al will cover his own journey of self-discovery and how being autistic has helped him to flourish in the workplace. He will cover his journey from school days to University to the present day and include detail some of the challenges along the way. Al will also present his work in the neurodiversity space and highlight why neurodiversity inclusion is crucial.<\/p>\n<p>The content of this talk is suitable for all to attend and will be recorded. There will be time for questions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"___gtxmoj0 f22iagw f1vx9l62 f179ow02\"><strong><span class=\"fui-Text ___12z6j2z fk6fouc fkhj508 fj15ycj figsok6 fpgzoln f22iagw f6juhto f1mtd64y f1y7q3j9 f2jf649 f9ltsv3 f122n59\"><span class=\"fui-Text ___1kmtpet fk6fouc f1pp30po fj15ycj fl43uef f17mccla f1w7gpdv f6juhto f1mtd64y f1y7q3j9 f2jf649 fmrv4ls\">About All\u00e1n Laville<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Professor All\u00e1n Laville is Professor of Equity in Psychology and Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Reading. 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