Kvietimas dalyvauti nuotoliniuose mokymuose „Autism, Languages, and Cultures“
2026-03-04
Kovo 23 d. nuo 12.00 iki 16.00 val.
Helsinkio universitete bei nuotoliniu būdu
Programa | Prisijungimo nuoroda
Mieli kolegos, Helsinkio universitetas kviečia nemokamai dalyvauti išskirtinėse tarptautinėse mokslinėse dirbtuvėse „Autism, Languages, and Cultures“, kurios vyks 2026 m. kovo 23 d. 12.00 – 16.00 val. Helsinkio universiteto pagrindiniame pastate (Unioninkatu 34, 4 aukštas, auditorija U4070) ir nuotoliniu būdu. Išankstinė registracija nebūtina. Iškilus klausimams susisiekite tel. +358 (0) 2941 911.
Workshop description
A central diagnostic and anecdotal feature of autism is difficulty with social communication (Williams et al., 2021)—not only in terms of social expectation, but also through the very structures of the languages and cultures they navigate. These barriers are not intrinsic to autism itself, but often arise from a mismatch between dominant neurotypical norms and autistic modes of communication (Milton, 2012). At the same time, some languages and cultures may offer communicative affordances (or not) —such as pragmatic flexibility or different relational expectations—that support accessibility for autistic people. For instance, in Yoruba culture in Nigeria, younger people are not expected to maintain eye contact with elders (Abubakare, 2022). Those cases reinforce the idea that the dominant view of autism is from the Western world, with little knowledge or awareness from other types of autism understandings across different cultures and languages.
References
- Abubakare O. (2022). An Unexpected Autistic. Autism in adulthood : challenges and management, 4(4), 268–270. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2022.0004Opens in a new tab
- Milton, D., Gurbuz, E., & López, B. (2022). The ‘double empathy problem’: Ten years on. Autism, 26(8), 1901–1903. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221129123Opens in a new tab
- Tupou, J., Curtis, S., Taare-Smith, D., Glasgow, A., & Waddington, H. (2021). Māori and autism: A scoping review. Autism, 25(7), 1844-1858. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211018649 (Original work published 2021)
- Williams, G. L., Wharton, T., & Jagoe, C. (2021). Mutual (Mis)understanding: Reframing Autistic Pragmatic “Impairments” Using Relevance Theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 616664. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.616664Opens in a new tab
The workshop will take place in a hybrid format. Those who wish to participate remotely can obtain the access link by contacting the organizers.
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/32007410185905?p=bjRIgZuaLGRG4YVKNY
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PROGRAMME
Opening words (Grace J. Ferreira)
12:00-13:00 Keynote speaker
“The double empathy problem and bridging gaps in mutual understanding”
Prof. Damian Milton (University of Kent, UK), ONLINE
13:00-13:30 Presentation 1
“Prosodic Strategies in Group Therapy: A Cross-Linguistic Study of Autistic Early Adolescents in Finnish and Swiss French”
+ “Keeping the Floor in Finnish: Autistic Speakers’ Use of Non-Lexical Turn-Holding Cues”
Mari Wiklund (University of Helsinki)
Ida-Lotta Myllylä (University of Helsinki)
13:30-14:00 BREAK
14:00-15:00: Round-table: “How can autistic children adapt their heritage language and culture to navigate in Western culture? A case of Portuguese and Chinese-speaking mothers with autistic children”
Chair: Grace Joplin Ferreira (University of Helsinki)
Presenter(s): Patricia Ribeiro (University of Helsinki), Luxin Yu (University of Eastern Finland)
15:00-15:30 Presentation 3
“Can You Say it Again? Autistic Communication in High and Low Cultural Contexts of Finland, Ukraine, and Japan.”
Viktoriya Kuzina, Autistic doctoral researcher (University of Turku), ONLINE
15:30-16:00 Presentation 4
“Cultural Gatekeeping in Nerd Spaces: Autism, Fantasy Literature, and Neurodivergent Participation”
Christian Rink, Autistic autism researcher (University of Helsinki)
