Autism Events & Webinars

Upcoming Events

AIR-P Presents: Bolstering Autistic College Student’s Mental Health and Wellness

Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)

January 18, 2022; 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET

Collaborations to Support Employment Outcomes of Youth with Disabilities

VCU-RRTC on Employment of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities

January 20, 2022; 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET

Webinar: Tony Charman and Catherine Lord on the Lancet Commission and 'profound autism'

Spectrum News

January 26, 2022; 11:00 a.m. ET

White clouds and a blue sky with the words Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Webinar Series over the top

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Webinar Series: Autism Spectrum Disorder & Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Indian Health Service

January 27, 2022; 3:00 p.m. ET

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Webinar Series: Autism Spectrum Disorder & Anxiety Disorders

Indian Health Service

February 10, 2022; 3:00 p.m. ET

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Webinar Series: Autism Spectrum Disorder & Disruptive Disorders

Indian Health Service

February 24, 2022; 3:00 p.m. ET

Past Events

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Webinar Series: Autism Spectrum Disorder & Mood Disorders

Indian Health Service

January 13, 2022; 3:00 p.m. ET

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Webinar Series: Applying Body-Mind Therapies with Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Indian Health Service

December 16, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

What's Medicaid Got to Do with It? National Research and State Innovation to Improve Health Outcomes

Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P), Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)

December 14, 2021; 4:00 p.m. ET

Making Work Incentives Work for People with Disabilities: Developing Quality Employment and Benefits Counseling Programs

Administration on Disabilities

December 14, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

Youth Mental Health Disparities Conference: Identifying Opportunities and Priorities in Youth Mental Health Disparities Research

National Institutes of Health

December 8-9, 2021

Transportation Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative Lunch and Learn

National Aging and Disability Transportation Center

December 8, 2021; 12:00 p.m. ET

Three teens, two with hats, sitting together

Optimizing Care Systems for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

December 8, 10, 14, 2021

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Webinar Series: Introduction to Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Body-Mind Therapies

Indian Health Service

December 2, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

Utilizing a Cross-System Framework to Guide Research on Autism and Criminal Justice

Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P)

November 30, 2021, 4:00 p.m. ET

Ari Ne'eman on the ethical challenges of clinical outcome measures in autism

Spectrum

November 29, 2021, 3:00 p.m. ET

AUCD 2021 - Learning Together: Connecting Research and Lived Experience

Association of University Centers on Disabilities

November 15-17, 2021

Webinar: Assistive Technology (AT) and Home and Community-based Services (HCBS)

Administration for Community Living

November 10, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: Supporting Individuals with Disabilities to Obtain Financial Literacy Skills

Administration for Community Living

November 9, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

Stanford Neurodiversity Summit: Your Neurodiversity Identity for You and Your Community

Stanford University

November 7 - 9, 2021

UC Davis Neurodiversity Summit: Focusing on Neurodiversity, Nonspeaking Autism, and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

UC Davis, MIND Institute, Center for Mind and Brain

November 5, 2021; 12:00 p.m. ET

A Deeper Dive into Diversity and Transportation

National Aging and Disability Transportation Center

November 1, 2021; 2:00 p.m. ET

AIR-P Research Day at AUCD2021 Conference

Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD)

November 1, 2021; 2:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: Zachary J. Williams on autism, alexithymia and outcome measurement

Spectrum

October 28, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

Resources for Caregivers of Children on the Autism Spectrum

National Center of Missing and Exploited Children

October 26, 2021; 10:00 a.m. ET

Celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2021

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment

October 20, 2021; 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

Federal Neurodiversity at Work Summit

MITRE Corporation

October 19-20, 2021; 1:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: The Importance of Including and Supporting Individuals with Disabilities in America’s Workforce

Administration for Community Living

October 12, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

Pain and Shock in America: a discussion with author Jan Nisbet and advocates

Brandeis University

October 12, 2021; 12:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: Promising Practices Series: Expanding, Enhancing, and Strengthening Home and Community Based Services under Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act

Administration for Community Living, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

September 30, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele on the state of autism drug development

Spectrum

September 28, 2021; 1:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Autism

SPARK for Autism/Simons Foundation

September 22, 2021; 12:00 p.m. ET

Supporting Paraprofessionals to Implement Functional Communication Training to Address Challenging Behavior

Organization for Autism Research

September 16, 2021; 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

NIDILRR Webinar: Using the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) to Explore the Experience of Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Rural and Urban People with Disabilities

National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, Administration for Community Living

September 9, 2021; 2:00 p.m. ET

Disability Advisory Committee Meeting

Federal Communications Commission

September 9, 2021; 1:30 p.m. ET

Webinar: Laurent Mottron on the need for radical change in autism research

Spectrum

August 31, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: Promoting Vaccine Confidence in Neurodivergent Communities

Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

August 26, 2021, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: The Developing Social Landscape of Adult Autism

SPARK for Autism/Simmons Foundation

August 25, 2021; 12:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: Person-Centered Supports in Popular Culture

The National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS), Administration for Community Living

August 18, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: Addressing Reproductive Healthcare in Autistic Adults

Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P), Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD)

August 17, 2021, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET

Mental Health Summit 2021: Online Discussion on the Intersection of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities

Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), Mental Health Special Interest Group and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities National Training Center (MHDD-NTC)

August 17, 2021; 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET and Wednesday, August 18, 2021; 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET

EARN Webinar: Telework in Action: A Disability Inclusion Practice Whose Time Has Arrived

Employer Assistance And Resource Network, U.S. Department of Labor

August 12, 2021; 2:00 p.m. ET

DLTSS Training: The Impact of the Pandemic on the DSP Workforce

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

August 11, 2021; 1:30 p.m. ET

Summer Institute on Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

University of California Davis, MIND Institute

August 6, 2021; 12:00 p.m. ET

NCD Strategic Plan Virtual Forum

National Council on Disability

August 3, 2021; 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: Do Implicit Racial Biases Matter in Autism?

SPARK for Autism, Simons Foundation

July 29, 2021

Council Meeting

National Council on Disability

July 22, 2021; 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: Ariel Lyons-Warren on olfactory challenges in autism

Spectrum

July 19, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

Upcoming Events on Accessibility & Assistive Technology

Administration on Community Living

July 14-20, 2021

Webinar: Reflecting on the Americans with Disabilities Act: Advancements in Technological Support Solutions on the Job in a COVID World

Disability Employment TA Center’s National Community of Practice (CoP), Administration on Disability, Administration for Community Living

July 13, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

INSAR Institute 2021: Autism and Intersectionality

International Society for Autism Research

Weekly from Thursday, June 17, 2021 to Thursday, July 15, 2021

MHDD Webinar: Effective Supports to Lead to Success on the Job: Toward Recovery and Empowerment

Administration for Community Living

June 29, 2021; 2:00 p.m. ET

ACF Webinar: Developmental Promotion, Early Detection, Referral, and Linkage to Services

Administration for Community Living

June 16, 2021; 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET

Webinar: Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS): What Are They and Why They Are Important?

Administration for Community Living

June 9, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

Webinar: FAQs About COVID-19 Vaccines that People with Disabilities Should Consider

Administration for Community Living

May 26, 2021; 3:00 p.m. ET

NIMH Innovation poster, with color brain images above letters.

The NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series: Genetic Clues to Autism Heterogeneity

National Institute of Mental Health

May 13, 2021; 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET

Finding strengths in autism

Spectrum

May 12, 2021

INSAR 2021 Annual Meeting

The International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)

May 3 - May 7, 2021