On March 30 2021, prior to World Autism Awareness Day, Autism-Europe (AE) hosted the webinar “I can LEARN. I can WORK”, as a part of its long-running awareness campaign 2020-2021.
There have been many changes and challenges over the last year and, in order to better address the needs of the autism community at this time, AE has adapted its campaign to take into account the current situation. AE’s 2020-2021 awareness-raising campaign is titled “I can LEARN. I can WORK” and, in addition to access to education and employment, the campaign also addresses specific COVID-19 related topics including distance education, reasonable accommodation, mental health and pandemic related challenges.
Autistic people and their families, autism organisations, professionals, employers, EU policy-makers and the general population are called to make part of this collaborative event. The webinar also counts with a series of testimonials of autistic people and their families across Europe about their experiences with the above mentioned topics.
- Total duration: 2 hours
- Language of the webinar: English
Register and watch the webinar
After the 19th of May 2021, a recording of the webinar is still available on our Facebook page
Welcome
| 5min | Harald T Neerland
President of Autism-Europe |
Key needs and demands of the autism community |
The European response
| 10min | Helena Dalli
EU Commissioner for Equality |
The added value of the EU when fostering access to education and employment |
| 10min | Katrin Langensiepen
Member of the European Parliament |
Fostering equal treatment of people with disabilities in employment |
| 10min | Chiara Gemma
Member of the European Parliament |
The right and needs in education of people with disabilities across Europe |
From theory to practice
| 10min | Adam Harris
CEO of AsIAm |
Autism and education in times of pandemic: needs and challenges |
| 10min | Ron Fortuna
Specialist Teacher- Target Autism |
Coronavirus Lockdown – Focusing on Positives to Achieve Success |
| 10min | Vincent Grimaldi
M&A and recruiting advisory firm for innovative companies |
How autism and neurodiversity give you a competitive advantage |
| 10min | Jean François Dufresne
Managing Director of Andros Food Group |
Living and working differently |
The voice of autistic people and their families
| 10min | Testimonials of autistic people | A series of video testimonials about challenges of the pandemic, distance education, reasonable accommodation and metal health. |
| 10min | Cristina Fernández
AE Secretariat |
Q&A session |
| END of the webinar | ||
| 15min | Bonus session | Additional video testimonials |
If you wish to address questions and comments to the panelist or to those who shared their testimonial, please send us an email via: communication@autismeurope.org