Sci-fi with Si: an Aucademy discussion

Recorded and originally aired: 26th October 2022 19:05 London GMT; 11:05 PST:
*Sci-fi with Si: an Aucademy discussion*

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In this session, Si hosts a variety of Aucademy hosts and guests in a talk about all things Sci-Fi!

Speakers:

Dr Chloe Farahar (she/they) – Autistic academic (prejudice-reduction; Autistic wellbeing; neurodiversity), educator, & self-advocate

Ben Usher-Barrass (he/him) – Autistic advocate and content creator, Aucademy host, and administrative manager https://www.facebook.com/Autisticality / instagram: AutisticalityAu website: https://www.autisticality.co.uk/

Libby is a 21-year-old student and works for Aucademy. They discovered they were Autistic when they were 16. Libby enjoys learning about everything and anything, but their main interests include history (particularly disability history and historiography), the Autistic experience, stories (in any form or genre), unsolved mysteries, and generally human experience (cultures, languages, psychology, ethics, morality etc.)

Raven (she/her/ze/zir) is an autistic + ADHD nonbinary femme, a scientist by training, and a big language nerd. She loves talking about the nuances of the language we use to describe ourselves and how it impacts the ways we conceive of ourselves. Raven also loves animals, music, Star Trek, and their partner.
Instagram: @theraven918

Tigger Pritchard (he/him) – Autistic educator & self-advocate, The Autism Coffee Shop with Tigger Pritchard

David Gray-Hammond (he/him) – Autistic writer, educator & presenter at Aucademy, & Autistic addiction & mental health advocate facebook.com/emergentdivergence/ emergentdivergence.com

**Please note we are not clinicians or diagnosticians**

Northern Autie/Si Hodgson (he/they) – Autistic educator, self-advocate, Aucademy Lead Facilitator, & mayo enthusiast

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