Close
VIRTUAL EVENT: Autism and COVID-19: experiences and needs of autistic people, parents and carers
12 March 2021, 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
UCL PACT Network invites you to this event exploring the perspectives and experiences of people with autism during COVID-19.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
-
Madiha Sajid
This event will be a presentation of a combination of the following projects, followed by a discussion and Q&A session:
- a study aiming to understand how the Coronavirus Act 2020 and COVID-19 has impacted upon families during the first lockdown and subsequent lockdowns
- a creative initiative to help us understand how autistic adults might experience the pandemic
- a survey focusing on siblings in caring roles and their needs
- a qualitative study on lockdown and school experiences with autistic children and their parents.
Links
- Centre for Sociology of Education and Equity
- Department of Education, Practice and Society
- Department of Psychology and Human Development
Image: Ann Danilina via Unsplash
About the Speakers
Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou
Georgia has been working in education and health settings for 19 years with autistic people and their family members and has experienced the opportunities and challenges involving them to be in the centre of clinical and educational decision making, both in Greece and in the UK.
Since 2017, she has been working for the UCL Institute of Education leading Psychological Aspects of Counselling in Education modules and at UCL Brain Sciences/Anna Freud Centre leading training workforce in autistic mental health.
More about Dr Georgia PavlopoulouDr Caroline Oliver
Caroline has worked as a sociologist for over twenty years and joined UCL Institute of Education in 2019 where she is the Deputy Programme Director of the new BSc Sociology degree.
Her research explores social identities across the life course with attention to the intersection of other vectors of difference, including disabilities, immigration status, ethnicity etc., in both educational and wider settings.
She is a member of the Centre for Sociology of Education and Equity (CSEE) whose members work to promote high quality sociological research for the public good.
More about Dr Caroline Oliver