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University of Sheffield: Looking back after launching the Autism&Uni toolkit more than a year ago
Alison Jones, Disability Transition Officer, of the University of Sheffield’s Disability and Dyslexia Support Service on the Autism&Uni toolkit which was launched in summer 2019. The Disability and Dyslexia Support...Posted on 07th November 2020
Durham University launches the Autism&Uni toolkit
Rebecca Horsfall, Disability Adviser at Durham University, talks about adopting the toolkit and how it became a bit of a life-saver during the first Covid-19 lockdown. Durham University invested in...Posted on 03rd November 2020
University of Warsaw launches the Autism&Uni toolkit in Polish
The University of Warsaw is the biggest higher education institution in Poland, offering courses to about 50,000 students in 21 departments. A part of the educational mission of the University...Posted on 16th October 2020
University of Bath launches the Autism&Uni toolkit to add to their range of transition services
Tash Hobbs, of the Disability Support Team at the University of Bath, explains how the Autism&Uni Toolkit adds an extra layer of support to their programme for students with autism...Posted on 14th October 2020
Dublin City University launches the Autism&Uni toolkit
Fiona Earley, Autism Friendly University Coordinator at Dublin City University, explains why and how she adopted the Autism&Uni toolkit. Dublin City University was recognised as an autism-friendly university by AsIAm,...Posted on 10th July 2020
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....Posted on 19th June 2020
The University of Warsaw translates the Autism&Uni Toolkit into Polish
Dr Mateusz Płatos explains how the Autism&Uni toolkit complements an EU-funded project to increase accessibility for students with disabilities at the University of Warsaw. The University of Warsaw is the...Posted on 23rd January 2020
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...Posted on 03rd December 2019
3 December 2019: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
In a blog post for Emerald, the international journal publishing house, Dr Marc Fabri from Leeds Beckett University shares his thoughts on using participatory design methods with autistic adults, and...Posted on 27th June 2019
Autism&Uni toolkit launched by Trinity College Dublin
Our colleagues at Trinity College Dublin are the first in Ireland to launch the Autism&Uni toolkit for their autistic students and applicants. Declan Treanor, Head of Disability Service, has previously...Posted on 27th February 2019
University of Birmingham adopts the Autism&Uni toolkit
Dr Andrea MacLeod from the Autism Centre for Education and Research at the University of Birmingham talks about how the Autism&Uni toolkit fits in with their AuVision project – a...Posted on 19th February 2019
University of Portsmouth adopts the Autism&Uni toolkit
Dr Beatriz Lopez, Director of the Autism Centre for Research into Employment (ACRE), has incorporated the Autism&Uni toolkit into a new university-wide resource designed to help autistic students with the...Posted on 31st January 2019
Trinity College Dublin adopts the Autism&Uni Toolkit
Declan Treanor, Director of Disability Service at Trinity College Dublin, outlines the College’s new Neurodiversity Transition Hub Project and the role of the Autism&Uni toolkit in this initiative. The Disability...Posted on 25th October 2018
Leeds Beckett University adopts the Autism&Uni toolkit
Leeds Beckett has become the latest University to adopt the Autism&Uni toolkit, which aims to improve access and transition into university for autistic students. Other UK universities that have, or are about...Posted on 07th January 2016
Insights from evaluating the Autism&Uni toolkit prototype
In December 2015 we ran an evaluation workshop at Leeds Beckett University, UK, to get feedback on the current version of our Online Toolkit. The Toolkit aims to help students...Posted on 18th August 2015