What should we build together? Research and technology to power autistic futures

BSOS Community Forum (Engagement, Learning, Fellowship)

What should we build together? Research and technology to power autistic futures

This BSOS Community Forum event brings together researchers, autistic advocates, and community partners to explore how research and technology to improve autistic lives can be built together in ways that are collaborative, accountable, and grounded in autistic lived experience. We are particularly focused on challenges and outcomes in adolescence to middle adulthood, including employment, social connection, and mental health.

4:00 - 4:55 pm Reception and UMD Research/Resource Fair. Location: Edward St. John Sculpture Lounge (ground level)
5:00 - 7:15 pm Presentations by Keivan Stassun, Ph.D. (scientist, educator and founder and Executive Director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation) as well as responses from a panel of autistic advocates, and Q&A. Includes a 15-minute intermission. Location: 0202 Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center (ground level)

Additional details on program and parking are available here: https://autism.umd.edu/bsos-forum

To RSVP please click here: https://go.umd.edu/building-autistic-futures

This event is sponsored by UMD's Neurodiversity and Autism Transition Services, the UMD Autism Research Consortium, and the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

This event is free to all thanks to a generous donation and the support of our sponsors. If you have the means, you can help support autistic students at UMD by making a donation here to the University of Maryland Autism Research Consortium. A $10 donation could help support snacks at neurodiversity club meetings. A $50 donation could help support an autistic student researcher to travel to a conference. All donations are appreciated, and will go directly toward supporting autistic students at UMD.