Dr Luke Beardon, Profile 2024

(Summary)

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Key Awards 

• Nominated for Inspirational Teaching Awards and/or Inspirational Research Supervisor every year since inception in 2011 

• Winner – Inspirational Teacher Award, 2011 

• Winner – Inspirational Research Supervisor, 2012 

• Winner – Inspirational Teacher Award, 2019 

• Winner – Vice-Chancellor Inspirational Teacher Award, 2019 

• Winner – Inspirational Teacher Award, 2021 

• Winner – Inspirational Teacher Award, 2022 

• National Autistic Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award for a Professional – finalist 

• National Autistic Society’s Autism Professionals Awards for Achievement by an Individual Educational Professional Winner 

• Autism Hero Anna Kennedy’s Individual Professional Award Winner 

• Autism Hero Anna Kennedy’s Lifetime Achievement Award Winner 

• Sparkle Sheffield Award for Lifetime Achievement in Autism Award Winner

Media Presence  

As well as many local radio stations I have also appeared in the following: 

• Inside Our Autistic Minds with Chris Packham (BBC TV) 

• The Times feature length celebrating professional achievements in The Times  Educational Supplement 

• Radio 4 

• Channel 4 

• The Guardian 

• The Independent 

• The Conversation  

• Radio Sheffield (several appearances)  

• Numerous guest speaker on podcasts, e.g. Times Educational Podcast 

Book Publications 

• Autism in Adults (2017) 

• Autism in Childhood (2019) 

• Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Children (2020) 

• Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Adults (2021) 

• What Works for Autistic Children (2022) 

• What Works for Autistic Adults (2023) 

• Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic Children (2024) 

Full Publications List

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Public Speaking  

I have spoken at numerous conferences and events, possibly/probably hundreds, including international/worldwide conferences and filmed knowledge transfer (e.g. Australian Autism Masterclass): 

• Cork  

• Croatia 

• Denmark 

• Dublin 

• South Africa 

• Australia 

I have addressed the United Nations (New York) and Westminster on autism-related topics. 

Main Duties 

• Senior Lecturer in Autism, Sheffield Hallam University 

• Course Leader, Post Graduate Certificate in Autism 

• Teaching and supervising on the MA Autism 

• Supervision of Doctoral students 

• Research 

• Disability Champion  

• Co-Chair Staff Disability Network 

• External Examiner for Doctorates (several universities) 

• Section Editor for the ‘Neurodiversity & Mental Health’ Section of PLOS Journal