Online Autscape 2026: Schedule

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Welcome to the schedule for the online Autscape 2026 programme. (Last updated: 6 Feb 2026 13:38 GMT)

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Friday 6th February

18:00-18:15Opening words and orientation (Martijn Dekker, acting Chair of Autscape)
18:15-18:45Generation Online (Daniel Grahn)
18:45-19:15Working in Autistic Space Online: What an Autistic-Led Organisation Learns by Doing (Raquel Lebre)
19:15-19:30Break
19:30-20:30Building Autism Community and Its Impact on Individuals (Luis)
20:30-22:00Sparklies in the Dark – online autistic togetherness with lots of sparkling and glowing objects

Saturday 7th February

11:00-11:30Program for Autistic Innovators, Systemisers and Social Entrepreneurs (Dr Sharon Zivkovic)
11:30-12:00Backstage: a free VIP pass to safe Autistic online interaction (Jules)
12:00-12:30Social Connection in Online Interactions (Michelle Dodd)
12:30-12:40Nomadic Networks: Neuroqueer Community-Building in Digital Spaces (Betsy Selvam)
12:40-12:50Informing each other by uploading new locations to prepped.to (Dr Gal Schkolnik)
12:50-13:00Break
13:00-14:00Mini Folded Art Books Workshop (Laura Buckland Mason)
14:00-15:00Featured: Radical Self Acceptance Through Creative Writing and Reading (Kate Fox)
15:00-16:00Break
16:00-18:00The 2025 Annual General Meeting of The Autscape Organisation
(To ensure everyone present has voting rights, the AGM is only open to members of The Autscape Organisation and will be using a separate Zoom meeting with its own link. Everyone else can take this as an opportunity to explore the Discord server!)
18:00-18:30Break
18:30-19:00Creating and Re-creating a Writers' Network - QNDN (Jorik Mol and Seonaid Weightman)
19:00-19:30The Sensory Nerd: Remixing Your Environment for Less Overwhelm (Lacey Artemis)
19:30-20:15AutArt collage workshop (Chiara)
20:15-21:00Creating autistic space with text and images (Anna)
21:00-22:00Music (TBA)

Sunday 8th February

10:00-10:30Discovering your personal process (Dr Meera Joshi)
10:30-11:00How Language and Culture Influence Autistic Spaces (Silke Rudolph)
11:00-11:20Evolving Space Through Evolving Language(s) (Gideon Henner)
11:20-11:40Autism in Eastern Europe: current situation, challenges and prospectives (Alena)
11:40-12:00On Apartheid and Neurodiversity in Palestine (Yair S.)
12:00-12:30Break
12:30-13:00Access, agency, autonomy: inside the Digital for All curriculum (Kosjenka Petek)
13:00-13:30Using AI for mental health: reflections on the impact for autistic folk (Malika Bouazzaoui)
13:30-14:00"Neuro-Enhancing and in line with the neurodiversity paradigm?!": Lessons from the AIRA Project (Imke Heuer)
14:00-14:30Break
14:30-14:45Remembering Dinah Murray, the NAT Founders Award (Fergus Murray and Jo Minchin)
14:45-15:15Panel: The future of autistic space – what should we aim for? (panelists TBA)

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