Are you submitting a proposal for Autscape 2011?

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Are you submitting a proposal for Autscape 2011?

Definitely	0%	[ 0 ]
Probably	0%	[ 0 ]
Maybe / Thinking about it	4%	[ 1 ]
Probably not	4%	[ 1 ]
Definitely not, I don't want to	19%	[ 5 ]
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Autscape? What's that?	44%	[ 12 ]
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KenG
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30 Jan 2011, 10:54 am

Autscape 2011's call for proposals has been published:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt148736.html

This year's theme is 'Owning Autism'.

Are you submitting a proposal this year?
If so -
How does your proposal relate to the 'Owning Autism' theme?
(I think it doesn't actually have to relate to it. I'm not sure).

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30 Jan 2011, 2:34 pm

What about a cause? (Hint: it's not genetic) Or a way to mitigate the symptoms? Can I submit that?

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30 Jan 2011, 6:36 pm

I'm struggling to get my head around the theme 'Owning Autism'.

Are you thinking of owning our own beingnesses (this is a word because i want it to be ) rather than being defined by a label, or of us as a community owning the label?

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01 Feb 2011, 3:02 pm

oddone wrote:

I'm struggling to get my head around the theme 'Owning Autism'.

Are you thinking of owning our own beingnesses (this is a word because i want it to be

) rather than being defined by a label, or of us as a community owning the label?

Both.
Any additional interpretations may also be relevant.
Proposals which are unrelated to the theme will be considered as well.

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04 Feb 2011, 3:45 pm

Mindslave wrote:

What about a cause? (Hint: it's not genetic) Or a way to mitigate the symptoms? Can I submit that?

Have you even read the Call for Proposals?
( It is here: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt148736.html )

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11 Feb 2011, 4:47 pm

Mindslave wrote:

What about a cause? (Hint: it's not genetic) Or a way to mitigate the symptoms? Can I submit that?

Quoting from the Call for Proposals:
"the environment and content of the event are centred around autistic people's needs, interests and sensitivities."

You can submit a presentation about a cause, but it will probably not be accepted.
If you submit a presentation about ways to mitigate some of the negative symptoms, then it may be accepted.

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13 Feb 2011, 12:13 pm

Just a reminder for those who were thinking of sending in a proposal:

The deadline for presentation proposals for Autscape, the autistics'
conference in Europe, is in less than a week, 18 February.
Autscape will be held from Monday 22 August to Thursday 25 August 2011
near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, UK

For more information about submitting a proposal, please see:
http://www.autscape.org/proposals/

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15 Feb 2011, 10:00 am

KenG wrote:

What is Autscape?

Autscape is a conference run by and for autistic people. Non-autistic people are also welcome, but the environment and content of the event are centred around autistic people's needs, interests and sensitivities. Lectures are about autism. Workshops and leisure activities do not need to be specifically about autism, but do need to be suitable for autistic people.

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16 Feb 2011, 2:21 pm

KenG wrote:

What we are looking for

We are now accepting proposals for lectures and workshops to be presented
at Autscape 2011.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL BY FEBRUARY 18th 2011

Suggestions and proposals for informal activities will be called for in the
near future. These may include leisure sessions and discussion groups.

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18 Feb 2011, 3:25 pm

KenG wrote:

Theme

The theme for this year's Autscape is Owning Autism.

Autism Spectrum Conditions (including Aspergers Syndrome) can be officially
diagnosed by clinicians. They are examined, thought about, and commented on
by academic researchers, journalists and parents. These people contribute
to defining what autism means in society. However, autism is experienced
from the inside by autistic people.

We want to examine who currently "owns" autism and how ownership is
expressed. We invite consideration of the ways autistic people own our
condition.

Presentations which seek to develop this theme will be given priority
however any suitable topics will be given consideration.

We wish to explore a broad range of perspectives on being autistic in many
different ways. This can be through formal presentations or workshops, and
may be theoretical or practical. Many different types of input are welcome:
traditional lectures, creative expression, physical activity, interactive
workshops and more.

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23 Feb 2011, 3:28 pm

KenG wrote:

Audience

Although we welcome non-autistic professionals and family members, this
event is primarily for autistic people, not about us! Workshops geared
towards parents and professionals may be accepted, but must be positive in
their support for autistic people and our right to be different.

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26 Feb 2011, 5:30 pm

KenG wrote:

Examples

For some examples of what has been presented at Autscape in the past, see
last year's presentations at: http://www.autscape.org/archive/2010/

We are also likely to enjoy similar workshops to those that have been
presented at Autreat, in the USA. See: http://www.ani.ac/

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27 Feb 2011, 3:46 pm

KenG wrote:

Non-verbal workshops

Although many of the autistic people who are attracted to an event such as
Autscape are highly verbal, others may have difficulty with an event
centred around language. We want to welcome and fully include all kinds of
autistic people, including less 'wordy' ones. Therefore we are also seeking
workshops which are not primarily focused on the spoken word. (Presenters
may still use speech; it is just not the main content of this type of
workshop). Examples: dance, relaxation, music, art, construction of some
kind. These workshops are different from casual leisure sessions in that
they have more structure, preparation (from the presenter), relevance to
autism and the event's theme, and duration.

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27 Feb 2011, 5:25 pm

Nope.

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28 Feb 2011, 8:13 pm

jmnixon95 wrote:

Nope.

Why nope?

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01 Mar 2011, 4:47 am

I started that acceptance angle... sept last year. Now, some NT clinician's have decided to plagiarize my ass to death, the latest being 'owning'.

I want royalties

My proposal is: talented aspies ripped off by unimaginative NT's deserve sexual favours to mitigate cultural discriminatory media designed to discredit said aspie males and manipulate females away from nice aspie males toward bastard NT males.

Talk about a rip off, sheesh

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