Dr Clare Lawrence, Associate Professor of Participatory Autism Research at BGU, was delighted to give the opening, key-note presentation at Intense Fascination, an autistic-focussed writing festival, hosted by Beyond the Spectrum.
Beyond The Spectrum is a UK wide autism arts and creative writing programme led by and for autistic writers. It aims to promote individual wellbeing, public awareness and representation through arts engagement.
Clare said, “I was honoured to be asked to open the festival and to be part of such a positive, affirming and interesting day. It was great to be able to share my current research around autism and creativity with such an enthusiastic and knowledgeable group of people.”
Clare is planning to build on BGU’s relationship with the organisation through a three-year, funded research project exploring the use of creative writing to support autistic communication.