The Greek versions of the Autism&Uni Best Practice Guides were presented at the 9th Panhellenic Autism Congress held in Athens 10-12th October 2025. The Greek Version of the three Autism&Uni Best Practice Guides were printed and made available to all participants free of charge with sponsorship from Grigoris publications. All guides were well received and…
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Greek version of Autism&Uni Best Practice Guides published
We are excited to announce that the Autism&Uni guides are now available in Greek. Dr Despina Papoudi from the University of Thessaly, who coordinated the translations and the scientific editing, explains why the guides are needed right now. In Greece, all students, including those on the autism spectrum, can participate in the nationwide exams to…
We have launched French versions of the Autism&Uni Best Practice Guides
We are pleased do announce the launch of the Autism&Uni Best Practice Guide in French. It is the 7th language the guides have been translated into, after Dutch, Finnish, Polish, Spanish, German and Portuguese. The translation was made possible with funding arranged by Professor Véronique Zbinden Sapin from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts,…
Swiss case study added to German version of the Best Practice Guides
While working on a French translation of the Autism&Uni Best Practice Guides, our Swiss partners at the University of Fribourg and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Western Switzerland developed a case study on autism provision at Swiss universities. With Fribourg / Freiburg being located in a bi-lingual part of Switzerland, we wanted…
What inclusivity means – Brilliant interview with Harriet Cannon of the University of Leeds
I’ve just been listening to Harriet Cannon, Disability Support Team Leader at the University of Leeds, talking about how autistic students can best be supported at university. Harriet is a force of her own, having founded the Autism Practitioners mailing list and representing the interest of autistic students on several national panels and advisory groups….
Toolkit and Best Practice Guides translated into French and introduced in two Swiss universities
Professor Véronique Zbinden Sapin talks about autism support in Swiss universities and her reasons for translating the Autism&Uni Best Practice Guides and Toolkit together with her colleague Prof Nicolas Ruffieux. In Switzerland, there are significant gaps in supporting people on the autism spectrum, at all ages. Testimonials from students on the autism spectrum that face…
Dr Marc Fabri delivers the Annual Quercus Lecture at University College Cork
On Tuesday 23 January 2020 Marc Fabri delivered a lecture on ‘Supporting autistic students on their journey through higher education: small changes, big impact’. The invited talk is part of UCC’s Quercus Lecture Series which promotes excellence in academia, sports, the arts and active citizenship. Marc was invited by UCC’s Autism-Friendly University team. The lecture…
Raising Autism Awareness – with the Autism&Uni Best Practice Guides
Zaina Hakim, Student Union Vice President for Education at the University of Hertfordshire, regularly blogs about her initiatives. We invited Zaina to write about what the Student Union is planning to do for World Autism Awareness Day 2019. Zaina Hakim: 2 April 2019 is World Autism Awareness Day. For the Autism Awareness campaign planned at…
Best Practice Guides now available in Portuguese
In early 2017 we started talking to Progresso Infantil (PIN), a Neurodevelopmental Centre in Portugal regarding translating the Autism&Uni Best Practice Guides into Portuguese. We are pleased to announce that the translations are now available from our download portal. PIN work with children and young adults on the autism spectrum. Some of their work is with…
German versions of Best Practice Guides are now available
We are pleased to announce that thanks to support by autismus Deutschland (German Autism Association) we have now published German versions of the Autism&Uni Best Practice Guides. Download the PDF versions For their support we would like to thank autismus Deutschland, especially Maria Kaminski (Chair), Friedrich Nolte (Subject Specialist) and Rainer Döhle (Translation).
The Autism&Uni Best Practice Guides are available!
Download our set of guides to best practice in supporting higher education students on the autism spectrum, targeted at HE managers, academics and professionals working in autism support. After many months of research, talking to the autism communities, the academic communities and students across Europe, we have finally published one of the key outputs from…
Best Practice Guides for professionals
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