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ASfAR 2022 Conference

29 June 2022

ASfAR warmly invites you to our 2022 conference which will be held in person on the 28th and 29th November 2022 hosted by Deakin University at the Deakin Waterfront Campus in Geelong, Victoria.

Dates

Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th November 2022

Venue

In person conference at Deakin Waterfront Campus, Geelong, Victoria

See https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/locations/campuses/geelong-waterfront

Registration

Registration for the ASfAR 2022 Conference is free for ASfAR members and is now open.

Before you register for the 2022 Conference

Everyone who registers for the conference must be a current ASfAR member – you can check if you are a current member by trying to log into the members page here

If you are not a current member, you will need to join or rejoin ASfAR before you can register for the conference. Please note that the fee for ASfAR membership remains consistent regardless of when in the membership cycle (1st Jan 2021-31st December 2022) you join.

To register for the Conference

Once you have confirmed you are a current member or once you join ASfAR at https://asfar.org.au/membership please register for the conference here: redcap.link/asfar2022rego

Registrations must be received by 01:00am AEST on 1st November.

Keynote & Invited Speakers

  • Keynote Speaker Prof Alison Lane (OTARC). Making sense of sensory experiences in autism: the path forward.

  • Keynote Early Career Researcher Speaker Dr Gail Alvares (Telethon Kids Institute): The prevention of mental health difficulties in childhood: A pipedream or a paradigm shift for mental healthcare?

  • Keynote Autistic Researcher Speaker Dr Melanie Heyworth (Macquarie University, School of Education). Reaching the right people: Community perceptions of Autism research.

To find out more about our keynote speakers, please see https://asfar.org.au/keynote-speakers-2022/

 

Discounted Conference Rates – Accommodation

Please login to our Members’ Only area to find discounted conference rates for a number of hotels.

Autistic Community Breakfast

  • An Autistic Community Breakfast Meeting will be held on Day 2 of the Conference (Tuesday 29th Nov).
  • Breakfast will be ready and available for pick up from 7.30am, the breakfast meeting will start at 8am until 9am in D2.330 (the Conference Autistic Community Room).

COVID-related rules and regulations

As the conference is being held in Victoria, and at Deakin University, ASfAR is obliged to comply with the laws set by Victoria and the rules set by Deakin.  Hence, ASfAR will comply with all rules stated here https://www.deakin.edu.au/covidsafe

Please check this link for updated information.

Language choice when preparing your presentations for the ASfAR 2022 Conference

When preparing your conference presentations, please ensure your choice of language is respectful and in line with the autistic community’s preferences and recommendations.

Please see https://www.autismcrc.com.au/language-choice and https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2020.0014 for guidance.

Submission of Abstracts

The abstract submission for the 2022 ASfAR conference is now closed.

 

SPONSORS

ASfAR 2022 CONFERENCE SPONSORS

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ASfAR State-based Conference 2021 – 9th December 2021

11 September 2021

ASfAR State-based Conference 2021 – 9th December 2021

Mental Wellbeing & Suicide Prevention in Autism: Bringing Autistic People, Researchers and Health Professionals Together

This Australian-first conference is presented by the Australian Society for Autism Research in association with the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre at La Trobe University. While research has shown that autistic people are at greater risk of suicide and suicidal ideation, knowledge-sharing between mental health professionals and autism researchers, and even less input from autistic people into the kinds of treatments that would best help them. Australian autistic adults have a high rate of suicidal ideation, yet have great difficulty accessing appropriate mental health supports for suicide prevention. Learn more about why this is, and how we can improve supports, at the Mental Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention in Autism conference.

2021 Conference videos are now available through our members portal

 

Venue: Online – immersive conference environment designed by Collectivibe.com

Intended audience: Researchers with an interest in autism and/or mental health; Clinicians, psychologists and allied health professionals working in autism and/or mental health; Students of psychology; People with lived experience of autism and/or mental health issues; Carers and family members.

Tickets/ Registration: FREE for attendees with lived experience; FREE for ASFAR members (Full, Student, Post-doctoral); $25-$50 for other attendees

 

Keynote speakers:

Dr. Brenna Maddox is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, in the Department of Psychiatry

A/Prof Jo Robinson leads the suicide prevention research unit, at Orygen in Melbourne Australia.

Professor Phil Batterham is a Professor at the Centre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.

Lisa Morgan (author, researcher, speaker, co-chair of the Autism and Suicide committee of the American Association of Suicidality, expert with lived-experience)

Conference Flyer – ASfAR 2021 Dec 9 State conference

Conference convenor: Dr Darren Hedley, Suicide Prevention Australia Fellow at OTARC; d.hedley@latrobe.edu.au

 

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