Here you can find details of all the events, activities and more taking place as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2024 at Queen Mary.
The founders of Neurodiversity Celebration Week also have their own comprehensive schedule of events, which we have included at the bottom of the page.
Date: Monday 18 March
Time: 2.00pm-3.00pm
Location: Online via MS Teams - Sign up to attend
Join this forum discussion that will focus on taking a strengths based approach to the enabling of neurodivergence in the workplace.
Beatrix Andrews, Student Projects and Campaigns Assistant, and Co-Chair of the Queen Mary Staff Disability Network and Darren Hunwicks, EDI Officer, will talk about neurodivergence and Disability Inclusion at Queen Mary before facilitating an open discussion.
Date: Tuesday 19 March 2024
Time: 1.00pm-2.00pm
Location: Online via MS Teams - Reserve your ticket here
Organised by members of the Wolfson Institute of Population Health EDI Committee, join Dr. Amy M. Russell, Associate Professor of Health Inequalities, University of Leeds, for this informative talk. Dr. Russell will speak about the importance of addressing the barriers in healthcare for people with a learning disability and will also reflect on the underrepresentation of marginalised populations in research and how this needs to be tackled as we strive for evidence based clinical practice.
Bio:
Dr. Amy M. Russell is an Associate Professor at the University of Leeds. She leads a portfolio of research addressing health inequalities in research design, research governance, and clinical practice for “under-served” populations. She has significant experience working with historically excluded populations including women who have experienced human trafficking, people with learning disabilities and women with disabilities in global development settings.
Her current research, funded by Wellcome and NIHR and collaborating with the HRA and MRC-NIHR Trial Research Methodology Partnership, aims to improve inclusion in applied health research for under-served populations with a particular focus on people with a learning disability. She previously worked at the WHO Disability Team, collaborating on the Global Report on Health Equity for People with a Disability 2022. She is the PI on an AHRC interdisciplinary Network to explore the role of arts and humanities methods to improve sexual and reproductive health care for women with disabilities.
She coordinated the largest UK feasibility RCT with people with a learning disability and diabetes and has published on the lack of inclusivity of trial design. She developed the findings of that research into a guide for reasonable adjustments to diabetes care for people with a learning disability. The guide was piloted in primary care and community diabetes teams and a revised online version of the guide and training is hosted on the Diabetes UK website (www.diabetes.org.uk/learning-disability).
Dates, times and locations:
In honour of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, the Disability and Dyslexia Service (DDS) is hosting two drop-in crafting workshops where you can create your own fidget/sensory toys; useful for aiding focus and better tolerating boredom and/or anxiety.
Staff from DDS will also be available at both sessions to answer any questions about the service and the support they can offer students.
Date: Wednesday 20 March 2024
Time: 10.00am-11.00am
Location: Online via MS Teams - Click here to join
Join the King’s College London (KCL), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Joint Neurodiversity Forum, which will be hosted by Brandon High and Kautuk Chaddha.
The Access King’s Neurodiversity Forum provides an opportunity for staff to share their experiences and knowledge, to raise any concerns with members of the network committee, and to share positive stories.
To encourage an open and safe space, this meeting will not be recorded. Feel free to participate as much or as little as you like, and to join and/or leave the call at any time. You will not be expected to speak and personal preferences for using the camera and microphone will be respected. All staff from KCL, LSE and QMUL are welcome to join the call.
Location: Online via Teams - Click here to join
In honour of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, the Queen Mary Students' Union Neurodivergent Society (QMSU) are presenting a Microsoft Teams talk on experiences of being neurodivergent at Queen Mary, with a focus on misconceptions, strengths/talents and how the university can support empowerment.
Speakers:
Viktoriia Sereda: I am a third-year Law student and a future solicitor at Linklaters. I had founded the Neurodivergent Society last year and had been the President for the past two years. I am autistic and ADHD.
Jack Gallimore: My name's Jack, and I'm a third-year theoretical physics student here at QM. I am diagnosed autistic and have been the Treasurer of the Neurodivergent Society, which I co-founded last year.
Rosie Nee: I’m a first-year psychology student, recently elected as the next Student Union Disability Representative and a newsletter officer for the Neurodivergent Society.
Check out the schedule of events being run by the founders of Neurodiversity Celebration Week below and book your place via the Neurodiversity Celebration Week event webpage.
All events are free of charge and open to all. Please note that these events are being recorded, to increase accessibility for all around the world. Links to the recordings will be sent via email post-event, so please make sure you register for the events so that you don't miss out.