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Autistic Partnership Aotearoa New Ҷֱ (AP-NZ)

28 August 2024
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Autistic Partnership Aotearoa New Ҷֱ (AP-NZ)

The Autism Research Centre is supported by the Autistic Partnership - Aotearoa New Ҷֱ (AP-NZ), which brings our researchers together with a group of Autistic adults and young people from the community. The AP-NZ contributes to the direction of the research within the Autism Research Centre and is chaired by Dr Ruth Monk, an Autistic researcher, and member of the project team for our community priority-setting project. Our researchers meet regularly with the AP-ANZ to talk about the design and direction of our research.

Autistic Partnership: Aotearoa New Ҷֱ

Dr Ruth Monk (Chair)

Email: ruth.monk@canterbury.ac.nz

Research interests: Autism, Autistic Community, Autism Community, Participatory Research, Community Engagement, Co-production, Lived Experience, Autistic Perspective, Neurodiversity, Advocacy

Timothy Folkema

Affiliation:

Research interests:  Decolonisation of “Autism” & Autistic community and self-decolonisation practices; Pre-colonial Autistic narratives; Gender Diversity and the Autistic State (“Autigender” as a concept and living reality)

Joanne Dacombe

Affiliation:  Science Officer at University of Otago; board member of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network Australia and New Ҷֱ, and Autism New Ҷֱ

Research interests: research that can be used to improve life outcomes for Autistics, ideally across the lifespan

Gabrielle Hogg 

Affiliation: Australasian Autism Resarch Council member; Autistic Advocacy Network NZ; Autismo Girl. 

Research interests: speech language therapy, augmentative and alternative communication, Autistic catatonia, intersectionality, auditory processing disorder in Autistics,  sensory procesing disorder, and public policy

Beth Nobile

Research interests: Autism, accessibility, built environment, Universal Design, participatory research

Additionally: Paula Jessop

If you are interested in being a part of the AP-NZ network, or would like to engage with the AP-NZ to support your research, please contact Ruth: ruth.monk@canterbury.ac.nz   

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