Research Update: A Cascading Effects Model of Early Sensory Development in Autism
A Cascading Effects Model of Early Sensory Development in Autism Natalie Russo, Carissa J. Cascio, Grace T. Baranek, Tiffany G. Woynaroski, Zachary J. Williams, Shulamite A. Green, and Roseann Schaaf, are notable contributors to research about autistic individuals, part of the Autism Sensory Research Consortium. What This Paper Means for Autistic People Playing to strengths and supporting differences through the senses 1. […]
Community of Practice News: Schools and Colleges
This Community of Practice Peer Group is now three years old! Come and learn, share stories of success, and hear about best practices. Explore the impact on practice and what we can do to support our schools, learners, and families amid the proposed changes to UK ECHP processes. Hear about what others have developed, from […]
World Autism Acceptance Week 2025
#AutismAcceptanceDay #AutismAcceptanceWeek #AutismAcceptanceMonth We are immersed in World Autism Acceptance Week and Month. And today, 2 April, it is World Autism Awareness Day. Today, this week, this month, and always, it is time to nurture understanding, celebrate neurodiversity, and encourage acceptance of autistic individuals. Embracing the unique strengths and perspectives of autistic individuals is incredibly […]
National Autistic Society Professionals Conference – 2015
Kath Smith Kath Smith was a leading figure in the field of Sensory Integration (SI) in 2015. She served as a Director at the SI Network and was pursuing doctoral studies at Falmouth University. As a Consultant Occupational Therapist at MBB Connections, Kath played a pivotal role in advancing the understanding and application of Ayres […]
The Benefits of Full Sensory Integration Assessment when Creating Occupationally Focused Goals for Autistic Adults with a Learning Disability
Vikki Ford-Powell
Research Update| Muting, filtering and transforming space
In this 2022 article; “Muting, filtering and transforming space: Autistic children’s sensory ‘tactics’ for navigating mainstream school space following the transition to secondary school.”, the take-home messages are: There are sensory challenges in mainstream school environments for ASD children. Working with young people post-transition to secondary school has highlighted these challenges. Sensory challenges exist across […]
Coffee and Chat | Sensory Integration, ARFID and Travel
FREE| Wednesday 2 March 7.30 pm GMT Book Here Dr Yana Wengel is an associate professor at Hainan University. Yana takes a critical approach to tourism studies; her interests include volunteer tourism, tourism in developing economies and nature-based tourism. Her dissertation examined the social construction of host-guest experiences in volunteer farm tourism. Her current projects are focused on nature-based tourism […]
Coffee and Chat | Q &A with Chewigem and Sensooli
Join us for coffee and chat this week. We will be hosting a Q & A session tonight. Come and join us to hear about Sensooli and Chewigem products. We will be joined tonight on the call by Jenny McLaughlan and Loz Young, who will be telling us more about Chewigem and their new initiative […]
Research Update: Moving Toward Understanding Autism: Visual-Motor Integration, Imitation, and Social Skill Development
Despite high phenotypic heterogeneity in ASD, a meaningful subpopulation of children with ASD (∼90%) show significant general motor impairment. More focused studies on the nature of motor impairment in ASD reveal that children with ASD are particularly impaired on tasks such as ball catching and motor imitation that require efficient visual-motor integration (VMI). Lidstone et […]
RCOT Conference : Alexis Quinn | Awesome | Advocate | A voice
If you were not at the RCOT Conference, you have missed the opportunity to hear Alexis speak with powerful words about her experience as an autistic person being detained under the Mental Health Act, her escape to Lagos and her return to the UK to tell her story and advocate for improved support and care […]