{"id":102,"date":"2019-03-22T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T12:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2019-04-01T14:11:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T14:11:54","slug":"about-this-resource","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/about-this-resource\/","title":{"rendered":"About this Resource"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This website is a rich resource, originally designed to engage students across Sheffield Institute for Education on all Teacher Education, Early Childhood and Education Studies courses, by our regional education partners in their Teacher Education programmes, and in the wider community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This promotional video offers a taste of the interesting content:<br \/>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/326301303\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Autism Learning Resource Series has three main sections:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/\">Perspectives on Autism<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> section contains videos of four individuals offering their perspectives on the following questions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0What is your definition of autism?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Is the notion of inclusion positive or negative?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0What are the most important concepts to understand?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Should we be diagnosing people as autistic?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0What area of research is most important within the autism field?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/topics-for-discussion\/\"><strong>Topics for Discussion<\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">includes topics for discussion prompted by those videos <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/learning-and-teaching-resources\/\"><strong>Learning and Teaching Resources<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0include interactive presentations which further break down the videos and explore in more detail the themes of Definition, Inclusion, Concepts, Diagnosis and Research. The presentations include suggestions for further reading and topics to consider.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Contact Us<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find out more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/search-results?q=autism&amp;contenttype=56c77fe4dfaa4587832abfa1a09b52eb&amp;tagNames=56c77fe4dfaa4587832abfa1a09b52eb,Courses 9,contenttype;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">autism courses at Sheffield Hallam University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr Luke Beardon can be contacted via\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:theautismcentre@shu.ac.uk\">theautismcentre@shu.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any feedback, or comments about this resource, please contact <a href=\"mailto:LTA_Multimedia@shu.ac.uk\">LTA_Multimedia@shu.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Resources developed by Claire Hannah and Sam Smith, LEAD Multimedia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This website is a rich resource, originally designed to engage students across Sheffield Institute for Education on all Teacher Education, Early Childhood and Education Studies courses, by our regional education partners in their Teacher Education programmes, and in the wider community. 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