Dr Luke Beardon is Senior Lecturer in The Autism Centre at Sheffield Hallam University. He has been working as a practitioner providing support and consultancy in the field of autism and Asperger syndrome for around 20 years.

Luke recognises that there are massively high levels of anxiety amongst the autistic population – but at the same time is of the believe that anxiety is not a part of being autistic. He argues that it is the combination of autism and the environment that leads to anxiety, and that it is society’s responsibility to seek to alter the environment to reduce anxiety. In his talk Luke will outline how anxiety within the autistic population should be understood, and what can be done to reduce the risk of it occurring.

Luke is co-editor of five books on autism and sole author of an additional five books including Autism and Asperger Syndrome in Childhood and What Works for Autistic Children. Luke has won several awards for his inspirational teaching.

The webinar will end with a facilitated Q & A session. An opportunity to ask questions that may not have been covered by our speakers.

Please register for the sessions, which will be hosted on Microsoft Teams.