Part of the University of Bristol Engineering and Technology activity day
Zoom:https://bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98745242150
Meeting ID: 987 4524 2150
Abstract: Autism is beautiful, you live in a bubble and from this bubble you make sense of the world and your place within it in very interesting ways. This talk explores how I navigate the world as an autistic person and why I consider my autism/ neurodiversity to my greatest strength.
Speaker Bio: Jason Arday is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Glasgow, School of Education, College of Social Sciences. Previously, Professor Arday was Associate Professor in Sociology at Durham University in the Department of Sociology and the Deputy Executive Dean for People and Culture in the Faculty of Social Science and Health. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at The Ohio State University in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and a Visiting Professor at Durham University in the Department of Sociology. Jason holds other Visiting Professorships at Coventry University, London Metropolitan University and Nelson Mandela University. He is a Trustee of the Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading Race Equality Thinktank and the British Sociological Association (BSA). Jason sits on the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) National Advisory Panel and the NHS Race and Health Observatory Academic Reference Group. Jason is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).