Neurodiversity Global Seminar Series 2025

This year-long monthly, online seminar series aims to facilitate a global interdisciplinary dialogue on neurodiversity by bringing together researchers and practitioners from various cultural contexts. Throughout 2025, our speakers will present their work on a range of topics, including:

• [January 2025] Translating research into practice to support neurodivergent learning (Prof. Mary Hanley, Durham University, UK)
• [February 2025] Autism and intimate relationships (Dr. Amy Pearson, Durham University, UK)
• [March 2025] Pathways to wellbeing for neurodivergent children (Dr. Dawn Adams, Griffith University, Australia)
• [April 2025] Autism advocacy in Madagascar (Raveloarimisa Lala Mbolatiana, Autism Madagascar)
• [May 2025] Empathy, narrative comprehension, and learning in autistic individuals (Dr. Bianca da Nóbrega Rogoski, University of Brasilia, Brazil)
• [June 2025] Social cognition, sensory processing, and embodied cognition in autism and Williams syndrome (Dr. Masahiro Hirai, Nagoya University)
• [September 2025] Critical autism studies and global mental health (Dr. Francisco J. Ortega, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
• [October 2025] Adolescent wellbeing and inclusive education (Dr. Siti Norhedayah binti Hj Abdul Latif, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei)
• [November 2025] Advancing autism research and training in India (Dr. Nidhi Singhal, Action for Autism, India)

We welcome you to sign up for our mailing list. By registering, you will receive timely updates about the series, including the finalised speaker schedule and any additional information: Link to google signup form