(CASY) The Simple Solution to the Complex (Double Empathy) Problem
Content Outline
This presentation introduces “The AUTISTIC First Principles Conceptual Framework,” an adaptable modular system for understanding neurodiversity across the lifespan; synthesizing decades of clinical expertise, lived experience and research evidence.
Brief Bio
Dr. Liliya T. Bakiyeva Wheatcraft, MD, MSc Cantab, DCH, ECFMG, MRCPsych is a British psychiatrist, former Clinical Skills Tutor to University of Oxford medical students and junior doctors; graduate of Cambridge University (inaugural Gates Cambridge Scholar); author of the AUTISTIC First Principles Framework which won her a nomination for Gates Impact Prize 2025. Self-described as a “classic non-binary AuDHD square peg,”
ABOUT Cultural Autism Studies at Yale (CASY)
An 'ethnography' is an exploration of how a group of people express themselves in a cultural way. Autistic people have a growing kind of culture, and each autistic experience is a vital part of it. Dr. Dawn Prince-Hughes is an anthropologist, ethnographer, primatologist, and author who is autistic. Join her for an exploration of the importance of autistic self-expression and the culture that grows from it.
Credits
The preparation of this material was financed under an agreement with the Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities (CTCDD). CASY Sparks membership and events are free. CASY Sparks is sponsored in part by The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Adult Autism Research Fund, and Dr. Roger Jou https://lnkd.in/grtsBwhj
