Cullen Consultancy on autistic experience

I would like to thank Kent County Council for inviting me to deliver a 2 hour in-person workshop to forensic social workers last week.

We covered a range of topics related to Autistic experience including: Mental health, transitioning between inpatient and outpatient services, gender and sexuality, co-occurring conditions, su***de prevention and harm reduction in Autistic populations.

It was an honour to facilitate in-depth and meaningful discussion around how to improve services for Autistic people, especially those detained in mental health hospitals.










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A little bit of a late update... but the pilot study for my PhD project has officially been launched. Data collection is finally
underway!!










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I am very excited to announce I have been invited to run an in-person workshop for Kent County Council next week relating to autistic experience, transitioning between support services and more.

If you are interested in booking my services, would like to know more about the services I provide, or would like to get in touch, please click the link below:
www.cullenconsultancy.co.uk








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I wanted to share some fantastic feedback I received recently after the Autistic parents UK webinar where I talked about the Autistic Language Hypothesis.
(permission was given for me to share).

The comments say:

“I really enjoyed the talk about communication”

“This was super insightful, and explained so much of the miscommunication and difference that I experienced, and didn’t understand why.”

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Last week I presented my research poster at the International Pragmatics Conference in Brussels, if you would like to read the poster please follow the link below:
https://cullenconsultancy167685232.wordpress.com/news/

The feedback was fantastic and thought provoking! People were not only interested in my work but in future collaborations as well, I am so glad I went!

I met many big names in Autism research and Linguistics, I even had a chat with Stephen Levinson!!!!!!

Bring on the next conference!!










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ID 1 & 2: people reading Rachel’s Research poster at the conference. (Permissions were given for me to post these images).

ID 3: Rachel standing next to their research poster, wearing a blue shirt.

ID 4: Rachel in the ULB auditorium

ID 5: Rachel in an elevator in a blue and white shirt with their conference name tag on and headphones over their right ear.

ID 6: Rachel on a scooter racing off to their next session.

Finally here 🛫 at the International Pragmatics Conference to present my research poster! 🎉I’ve already been to some great talks and we are only half way through day 1 😊

Thank you to The Autistic Parents UK network for inviting me to present on their webinar last week.

It was great to speak to autistic parents and answer some really interesting questions.







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