Autscape conference - Call for proposals

[Infojunkie]

I am on the organising committee for Autscape and have been asked to post the following 'call for proposals'. If anyone has questions about Autscape I will happily answer if you post them here - but I will be away until Tuesday evening and won't be able to respond immediately.

 

Infojunkie.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: The Autscape website is currently down but will be fixed

within a week.

 

Autscape 2006, Call for Proposals

 

http://www.autscape.org/proposals/

 

Event date: Tues to Fri, 1-4 August , 2006

Location: Radstock, Somerset (near Bath)

Submission deadline: April 7, 2006

 

Autscape is a combined retreat and conference organised for and run by

autistic

people. The second annual event will be held this summer in a peaceful

rural retreat centre surrounded by extensive and picturesque grounds. We

are now accepting proposals for seminars & workshops to be presented at

Autscape 2006.

 

This event is primarily for, not about, autistic people. Workshops

geared towards parents and professionals may be accepted, but must be

positive in their support for autistic people and their right to be

different. In general we would like ideas for positive ways of living

with autism and navigating an alien world. To get some idea of what we

are looking for, please refer to last year's programme:

http://www.autscape.org/programme/

 

We are also likely to enjoy similar workshops to those that

have been presented at Autreat in the USA in the past.

http://ani.autistics.org/past-workshops.htm

 

We aim to both stimulate your interest and challenge your skills. We

hope to change lives by empowering autistic people to live their own

lives more effectively. If this interests you, please see our website

for more information, detailed submission guidelines, or to submit your

proposal online.

 

http://www.autscape.org/

[bid]

Thank you for the link...this sounds really interesting!

 

Are you able to post the cost of the retreat/conference??

 

Many thanks,

 

Bid

[Infojunkie]

Hi Bid,

 

Definite costs are not yet available, however we expect the cost to be somewhere between ?150 and ?300 per person. Sorry not to be more definite but it depends on the amount of funding we can attract.

 

Infojunkie.

[bid]

Thank you, Infojunkie,

 

I'm looking forward to the website being up and running...

 

Bid

[Infojunkie]

The website at www.autscape.org is now up and running again.

 

Autscape is likely to be of interest to autistic adults plus those of you with autistic children who are interested in positive approaches to living with (as opposed to curing) ASD.

 

Infojunkie