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May 29, 2024 @ 1:00pm - 2:00pm (Eastern Time)
Join us for an empowering online panel featuring autistic AAPI self-advocates as they share their inspiring journeys and self-advocacy experiences. Discover how these incredible individuals have navigated the intersections of their cultural heritage and autism, and how they use their voices to drive change and foster understanding.
Reserve your spot at https://events.humanitix.com/host/ambivcollective.
March 15, 2024 @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm (Eastern Time)
Join me as I talk to a Boston-based Vietnamese Parent Autism Support Group about Stress and Autism.
Recording of the talk can be found on Vòng Tay Cha Mẹ Việt Faceboook page.
March 11, 2024 @ 1:00pm - 3:00pm (Eastern Time)
ISPNE is hosting a webinar series on hormone research led by the early career researchers committee. If interested, please register at ispne.memberclicks.net/events.
Steroid Hormones: From Collection to Analysis
Webinar Series: 12 PM Central Time
$15 registration fee
2-hour live webinars
For any academic level
ISPNE membership NOT required
Recorded webinars available for attendees
Webinar 1: Best Practices for Choosing Biomarkers: Research and Collection Considerations
led by Dr. Shannin Moody on October 9, 2023 on Zoom
Webinar 2: Diurnal Cortisol: Data Management and Statistics
led by Dr. Yanping Jiang on January 8, 2024 on Zoom
Webinar 3: Reactive Hormones: Data Management and Statistics
led by Dr. Jenny Phan on March 11, 2024 on Zoom
Webinar 4: Graphing and Modelling Diurnal and Reactive Hormones
led by Dr. Elizabeth (Birdie) Shirtcliff on June 10, 2024 on Zoom
You can watch the full recording of the talk by clicking on the link here:
GMT20240311-170644_Recording_1920x1080.mp4December 4, 2023 @ 7:00pm - 8:30pm (Eastern Time)
Improving education for autistic students in Montgomery County, Maryland
Hosted by the xMinds BIPOC Committee
"People of the Global Majority Discussion Group - Special Presentation Dec. 4 ONLY - Stress on the Spectrum"
Date: Monday, December 4th, 2023
Future Dates: This is a continuing monthly discussion group with occasional speakers. The next discussion group will be on January 8, with no guest speaker. This group meets the 1st Monday of every month, with adjustments for holidays.
Time: 7:00 PM – 7:45 PM Only on Dec. 4, we will meet from 7 to 8:30pm because we have a special guest speaker.
Location: Virtual (register to receive your Zoom link)
Cost: Free
The holidays are upon us. For our families, this can sometimes be a very stressful time of year. On December 4 at 7 pm, Dr. Jenny Mai Phan, a postdoctoral researcher at Children's National Hospital in the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, will join us to talk about identifying and managing stress in autistic children --- a growing field of study. Specifically, she will address topics like:
How to identify causes of stress in children and teens on the autism spectrum
How might stress look differently in autistic children compared to neurotypical children
The impact of stress on young people's physical and mental health
How to work with your child to overcome feelings of stress in their everyday life
Dr. Jenny Mai Phan is a postdoctoral researcher at Children’s National Hospital in the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Dr. Phan has over a decade of experience in stress and hormones research and combines this expertise with studies on puberty and mental health research in autistic youth. She is a mother of four, three of whom are diagnosed with various intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism. Dr. Phan calls her family “very neurodiverse.” Dr. Phan is a longstanding autism community advocate and recently an autism self-advocate, as a late-diagnosed woman. She brings both lived experience and professional perspectives to her advocacy work, aiming to reduce disparities, especially in marginalized communities. Dr. Phan has a B.S. in Psychology from the University of New Orleans and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Human Development Family Studies from Iowa State University. You can learn more about her at www.jennymaiphan.com.
People of the Global Majority is a discussion group for MoCo parents/guardians of autistic students who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), hosted by the xMinds BIPOC Outreach Committee. Daria Hall, chair of the Committee will facilitate. Guest speakers are often invited to provide information of interest to parents of autistic children. Individuals who are not BIPOC are always welcome to join our discussion group when we have a guest speaker.
You can watch the full recording of the talk by clicking on the YouTube link here: xMinds presents "Stress on the Spectrum"
November 3, 2023 @ 1:00pm - 2:30pm (Eastern Time)
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention
Autism Spectrum and Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Group Virtual Pre-Conference: Creating Sustained Co-production Partnerships within Autism Research and Practice
Panelists:
Sandy Magaña, PhD & Nelsinia Ramos, MS,
Laura Anthony, PhD & Donnie Denome, MPH,
Dena Gassner, MSW, PhD candidate & Becca Lory Hector, BA
Moderator:
Jenny Mai Phan, PhD
Register: https://asdd-sig-registration.cheddarup.com
Please contact asddsig@gmail.com with additional requests.
September 11-15, 2023 @ 12:00pm - 4:45pm (Eastern Time)
Learn more on the Autistic Self Advocacy Network's page.
Autism Research for Us: Creating an agenda led by the autistic community
ASAN and the Policy and Analytics Center (PAC), based at A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at Drexel University, will hold a symposium about autism research. Autistic people will tell researchers what we want and need from future research. Together we will create a plan for research and share it with everyone. Autistic people will lead the plan. We will talk about how we do research.
We will focus on participatory research. Participatory research is when the autistic community and researchers work together to design, do, and share research. We will also look at research led by autistic people. We especially want to hear from multiply marginalized autistic people, including:
• Autistic people of color;
• Non-speaking autistic people (both full time and part time);
• Autistic people who are LGBTQ+. LGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities; and
• Autistic people with intellectual disabilities.
April 2, 2023 @ 10:00am - 1:00pm (Eastern Time)
United Nations World Autism Awareness Day 2023
Transformation toward a Neuro-Inclusive World for All
Organized by the Institute of Neurodiversity (ION)
You can watch the four-part live stream on YouTube (links provided below).
Part 1 Home http://bit.ly/40Spjab
Part 2 Arts http://bit.ly/3GbDvTw
Part 3 Work http://bit.ly/3U0FCPX
Part 4 Policy & Advocacy http://bit.ly/3K2nYqA
August 5, 2022 @ 1:00 - 1:50pm (Central Time)
June 29, 2022 @ 12:00 - 17:10pm (British Standard Time)
April 19th, 2022 @ 3:00 - 5:00pm (Eastern Time)
12-1pm PT / 3- 4pm ET: The Intersection of Autism, Health, Poverty and Racial Equity
Presented by Kristy Anderson, PhD, Scientist, AJ Drexel Autism Institute and Lindsay Shea, DrPH, MS, Director, Policy and Analytics Center, AJ Drexel Autism Institute AIR-P Node Leader, Health Systems and Services.
This presentation will outline findings from our recent National Autism Indicators Report about health and healthcare at the intersections of autism, poverty, and race and ethnicity. Using intersectionality as a conceptual lens, this report leverages population level data to provide a more nuanced description of disparate health and healthcare outcomes among autistic children.
1-2pm PT / 4-5pm ET: Why Studying Puberty in Autism Research Matters
Presented by Jenny Mai Phan, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Waisman Center
This webinar will detail current state of research on puberty and autism. Dr. Phan discusses strategies for studying puberty in autism research and how to address current gaps within developmental science.
February 24th, 2022 @ 1:00 - 3:00pm (Eastern Time)
The Scientist Action & Advocacy Network (ScAAN) is hosting a virtual panel with the goal of bringing together experts in a range of disciplines that do important work with and for the neurodivergent–particularly autistic–community.
Topics to be discussed include:
Ableism & eugenics in current scientific research and public health policy
The importance of collective, first-hand experience and wisdom in scientific knowledge-building
Community-Based Participatory Research and what that can look like in neuroscience & psychology
Shifting neurodevelopmental research from its ableist and eugenicist foundations to frameworks
that directly address the true needs and interests of the disabled community
January 20-21, 2022 @ 3:00 - 5:00pm (Eastern Time)
This two-day workshop hosted by the National Science Policy Network DEI Committee is proud to have Andrew Fang and Katharine Mach discuss their respective areas of expertise on environmental justice science and policies. Adriana Bankston will be teaching attendees how to write science-policy position papers or op-eds.
Environmental justice topics include:
Displacement, especially of BIPOC, low-income, LGBTQ communities (i.e. what it does to housing and education availability and accessibility)
Consequences to public health (i.e. exposure to toxic chemicals, mental health)
How policies can widen the disparity gaps in marginalized communities (i.e. policies being implemented from a privileged lens, failure to provide proper aid/distribute funds appropriately)
Food security (i.e. how these disasters change landscapes)