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Conference Documentation Cynhadledd Genedlaethol Awtistiaeth Cymru Hyrwyddo Lles Awtistig National Autism Wales Conference Promoting Autistic Wellbeing Conference Documentation 3rd April 2019 Liberty Stadium, Swansea Follow us on @ASDinfoWales and join in the conference discussion at #promotingautisticwellbeing www.ASDinfoWales.org.uk/NAWC2019 1 Foreword Promoting Autistic Wellbeing Conference Wednesday 3 April 2019 I am delighted that after many months of planning, the first National Autism TImE ITEm WHo / NoTES Wales Conference – Promoting Autistic Wellbeing is taking place as part of Welcome and Support team 09:15 – 10:00 Registration World Autism Awareness Week. The conference is a response to feedback Desk on 1st floor from autistic people across Wales that they felt “invisible” as far as key events go for them as a community. Gerraint Jones-Griffiths, Lead Ambassador, Plenary and Welcome A group of autistic people, parents and carers, third sector partners and 10.00 – 10.05 Engage to Change by the Chairs health and social care professionals have worked together to produce an All Wales People First event which we hope will provide delegates with some practical and useful Amara Tamblyn, Student information for day to day wellbeing. minister for Health and Social 10:05 – 10:15 Vaughan Gething Am We also hope it will be an enjoyable day for you. Services, Welsh Government Keynote Speaker Emma Durman, 10:15 – 10:45 “The Winding Road of Wellbeing: postcards Director, Autside Cllr Huw David, from my journey” Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, Workshop rooms as detailed Welsh Local Government Association Workshop Session one 10:50 – 11:35 in separate document 11:35 – 11:55 Refreshment Break Public Health Wales promotes wellbeing across many strands of its work and Workshop rooms as detailed 12:00 – 12:45 Workshop Session Two I am so pleased to support this important event to promote wellbeing for in separate document people with autism. 12:45 – 13:45 Lunch Emotional, physical and social wellbeing are significant to all of us and this Gerraint Jones-Griffiths, Conference is a really positive opportunity for people to share their Lead Ambassador, Plenary experiences and hints and tips for daily living. 13:45 – 13:50 Engage to Change Welcome Back by the Chairs All Wales People First I am particularly pleased that many of the speakers and workshop leads have Amara Tamblyn, Student lived experience of autism and combined with partners across academia, WLGA Spokesperson for Cllr Huw David, health, social care and the third sector delivering their perspectives, I am 13:50 – 14:00 Health and Social Care WLGA Spokesperson certain you will all have a very productive and valuable Conference. Keynote Speaker 14:00 – 14:30 Jules Robertson, Actor “my Journey into Actor” Workshop rooms as detailed Tracey Cooper, Workshop Session Three 14:35 – 15:20 in separate document Chief Executive, Workshop rooms as detailed Public Health Wales Workshop Session Four 15:25 – 16:10 in separate document Gerraint Jones-Griffiths, Lead Ambassador, Closing remarks 16:15 – 16:25 Engage to Change by the Chairs All Wales People First Amara Tamblyn, Student 16:30 Conference ends 1 2 General Information Autism Aware Adjustments / Information Mobile Phones Communication Badges As a courtesy to speakers and fellow attendees, please ensure that These will be made available when you register or at any time during the mobile phones are either switched off or turned to silent mode when conference. These allow you to indicate how you would like to interact in conference sessions, including workshops. with other delegates. We will ask other delegates to respect the badges but please be aware that we cannot enforce this. Refreshments and Lunch Refreshments and lunch are available at the dedicated catering points. Sensory Room If you have a special diet, please identify yourself to a member of the There will be a sensory room available on the first floor in the Vetch Field catering staff or a member of the Welcome and Support Team and they Lounge near the Welcome and Support Desk throughout the conference will direct you to the appropriate area for your meal. where you can take “time out” and relax with various pieces of sensory equipment. Evaluation Forms These will be circulated towards the close of the conference, could you Quiet Room take the time to complete the form and return to the Welcome and There will be a quiet room available on the third floor which will be Support Team reception desk on the first floor. signposted. If you think you might need the quiet room during the day, you can ask a member of the Welcome and Support Team to show you Queries where it is so that you can find it more easily when you need it. If you have any queries during your time at the event, please visit the Welcome and Support team desk and our staff will be happy to help. Calm Down Room The Welcome and Support Team staff are wearing green sashes and There will be a room available on the third floor which will be signposted will be pleased to assist you. should you need a space in which to make a noise and be calm. If you think you might need the calm down room during the day, you can ask a Lost Property member of the Welcome and Support Team to show you where it is, so that If you have mislaid any personal belongings, please notify us at the you can find it more easily when you need it. Welcome and Support Team desk on the first floor. The organisers (WLGA/ PHW) cannot accept any liability for loess, theft, demage or delay resulting from the loss of theft of any item of property belonging to participants (whether, speaker, delegate, guest or other attendee). Participants agree that it is their responsibility to have adequate insurance to cover all such eventualities. Badges Please wear your badge at all times as a courtesy to other delegates and as a security check for the organisers. Should you mislay your badge, please come to the Welcome and Support Team desk for a replacement. Security In the interests of security, please keep your personal belongings at all all times. Please do not leave your delegate pack in the conference rooms, as we cannot give you a replacement, should it go missing. 3 4 Plenary Sessions Speakers Conference Chairs - Biographies Vaughan Gething AM Vaughan Gething, the minister for Health and Social Gerraint Jones-Griffiths Services, was born in Zambia and brought up in Gerraint is 22 years old and has volunteered for the Dorset. He was educated at Aberystwyth and Cardiff Blaenau Gwent Disabled Swimming Club and won a universities, and now lives in his constituency with his number of medals in local Paralympic games for the wife michelle. club. In the 2012 Holly’s Ball – a ceremony for autistic people who have had outstanding achievements in Vaughan was a solicitor and former partner at their lives – Gerraint came runner up out of 700 Thompsons. He is a member of the GmB and Unite people with autism in Wales. unions, and was the youngest ever President of the TUC in Wales. He has previously served as a county councillor and school In 2011-2015 he was voted to be a Caerphilly Youth governor. He has also been a community service volunteer – supporting and Forum Cabinet member. As the Environment chair he held a campaign in caring for a student with cerebral palsy - and is former president of NUS Caerphilly Borough to stop smoking in parks. The Campaign PoP (Protect Wales. our Parks) was passed as a Council motion and, apart from Powys Council, Caerphilly is the only Council to stop smoking in parks. Between 1999 and 2001, Vaughan worked as a researcher to former Assembly members Val Feld and Lorraine Barrett. Between 1999 and 2001, In November 2018, Engage to Change nominated Gerraint for the Welsh Vaughan was the chair of Right to Vote – a cross-party project to encourage Learning Disability Awards in the Breaking Down Barriers category, and he greater participation from black minority ethnic communities in Welsh won it – an achievement he feels highly honoured to have had. Engage to public life. Change is an employment project to help get young people between the ages of 16-25 with autism and/or a learning disability into paid employment. Gerraint was the Engage to Change Administrator from 2016- Emma Durman 2018 and is the current Lead Ambassador. Emma Durman is a late diagnosed Autistic woman with an Autistic daughter. She is currently in her final year of a masters in Autism and Related Conditions. Amara Tamblyn Emma writes a blog called Autism Tinted Glasses and Amara is a 19-year-old undergraduate Law student has had several articles published by The mighty. who was diagnosed with autism at the age of four. Emma is co-director of Autside, a local training and She has spoken at the Ceredigion Autism Conference consultancy company specialising in Autism and and has featured in two short documentaries by other neurodiverse conditions. Autside develop and ASDinfoWales. In her spare time, she likes to read deliver bespoke training to families and professionals, and have recently books, play squash and play video games, and is also won a Welsh Housing Award for their partnership with mi-space, a a proud Adult Fan of LEGo and car enthusiast. specialist contractor, for their development of a training module focused on Furthermore, Amara frequently participates in Autism in Social Housing. mooting competitions, representing her university, and is also a student Emma utilises both her personal and professional perspectives to develop ambassador there. and deliver unique content relating to Autism and is extremely passionate about reducing the societal barriers Autistic people face.
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