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Autistic Burnout Webinar

Autistic Burnout' describes periods of chronic physical and/or mental exhaustion, reduced tolerance to stressors, and can include the loss of communication and/or life skills. Join us as we bring together leading self-advocates and researchers who will share their experiences, explain the latest scientific research, and provide strategies for dealing with this distressing experience.

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'Autistic Burnout' describes periods of chronic physical and/or mental exhaustion,  reduced tolerance to stressors, and can include the loss of communication and/or life skills. Join us as we bring together leading self-advocates and researchers who will share their experiences, explain the latest scientific research, and provide strategies for dealing with this distressing experience.

 

 

About the Speakers

Sylvère Moulanier

Sylvère was born in Paris, France, and grew up in Paris, then on the South-West Atlantic coast , and then in French Alps.

He is on the autism spectrum, diagnosed in 2013. He was selective mute until the age of 15.

He moved to Canada as a young adult in the late 80's.

His friends know him as a sailor, a watchmaker, a geek, passionate with technology. He is also always willing to help with renovation and construction work!

His professional career is eclectic and include working in research and development in electronics and robotics for some of the world leading multinational corporations.

His most prominent positions included national branch manager and research and development manager in the medical and optical lab field, specialized in electronic and robotic equipment.

As a passion, he has been building racing sailboats professionally in Brittany, and building and renovating homes, which has been at times a profession too.

He has been involved with autism about 30 years ago, way before even thinking he could be on the spectrum when two friends of his started a respite camp for autistic children in Montreal. They started the camp as a university student project and it grew into what is known now as the Bergamotte respite camp (formally "Camp beding-Bedang"), still in activity today. She would call him for replacements on short notice when some employees wouldn't show up.

After his diagnosis, he moved to Alberta, started to build back a situation for himself, got involved with Autism Edmonton and diverse projects around the community, including research projects.

He has been collaborating with AIDE Canada with focus groups, peer reviewing and his now developing an autistic burnout kit and planning the participation to a webinar on autistic burnout they organized.

He has also been appointed as vice-president with AILA (Autism Independent Living Association; https://www.facebook.com/AutismIndependentLivingAssociation ) in 2019 to help move forward a project to build a multi-unit adapted building in Edmonton.

 

Dora Raymaker

 

Dora Raymaker, Ph.D., is a systems scientist and Research Assistant Professor at Portland State University’s Regional Research Institute for Human Services in the School of Social Work, Co-director of the Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (aaspire.org), and associate editor of the academic journal Autism in Adulthood. Dr. Raymaker’s research interests include community-engaged practice, systems thinking, measurement, disability, and the dynamics at the intersection of science and society. Dr. Raymaker conducts intervention services research in collaboration with the Autistic and mental health communities to improve employment outcomes and reduce discrimination and stigma. In their remaining three minutes of time, they enjoy writing fiction and making multimedia art.

SF Walker

 

SF Walker is an autistic self-advocate and is the Manager of the Voices of Autism (VOA), a group created to advise the Pacific Autism Family Network. She has an extensive teaching background and has worked with students of all ages and skill levels. In addition to her role with VOA, SF also works with AIDE Canada and helps to create self-advocate programs, increase access to resources across Canada, and develop course content for online learning. She has a team of advisors from across British Columbia who help to define and determine the best methods for affecting positive change in our communities.

Fakhri Shafai

Fakhri Shafai, Ph.D., M.Ed., is the Research and Evaluation Project Coordinator for AIDE Canada. She has been working with persons on the spectrum and their families for more than 18 years. Dr. Shafai first worked as a behavioural specialist, educational aide, and then science teacher before earning her Master’s in Education where she focused on the best practices for delivering biology content to autistic adolescents. She then went on to earn a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of British Columbia where she focused on visual processing differences in autistic adults. Her postdoctoral research at Western University focused on multisensory processing differences, anxiety, and emotion recognition in autistic children and adults. Dr. Shafai is passionate about providing knowledge translation opportunities for stakeholders and has given numerous presentations to autistic individuals, caregivers, clinicians, and educators across Canada.

Kieran Rose

Kieran Rose is an Autistic parent, published Author and international Public Speaker, whose essaysat www.theautisticadvocate.com have been read by over 1.5 million people.  He provides Consultancy for Autism-related organisations across the world; is founder of a international network for professional Autistic Advocates; Board member of the Therapist Neurodiversity Collective, an international educational organisation for OTs and SLPs; and Neurodivergence Educator for STAR Institute for Sensory Processing, a US-based OT charity. Kieran has recently published a co-authored paper on Autistic Masking, has a research paper on Autistic Masking in publication; and is currently co-producing research into other areas including Victimisation; and Monotropism and Autistic Identity. He has lectured at Universities across the UK; and is an external PHD supervisor for Durham University.

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