Axia Aug PDSG Luke Beardon 2025

This is a recording of Axia's Post-Diagnostic Support Group from our August meeting. We were blessed to have Dr Luke Beardon providing us with an entertaining presentation on "Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic Adults", which includes his ideas on "Autistic Courtesy".

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:07 Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic Adults - Slide 1
05:35 Exponential Growth - Slide 2
05:51 …Cumulation of Response - Slide 3
11:07 Initial Reasonable Adjustments - Slide 4
24:55 Autistic Courtesy - Slide 5
29:02 Do I grumble All the Time??? - Slide 6
32:14 Autistic Courtesy Definition - Slide 7
33:05 Import Export Model of Shutdowns - Slide 8
33:49 Imagine You are a City - Slide 9
44:34 Disaster - Slide 10
51:26 The Luge versus the Pinball - Slide 11
01:03:24 The Common Argument: “But - that’s not reasonable!!!” - Slide 12
01:04:02 Some Issues with Autistic Courtesy - Slide 13
01:14:12 The Autistic Narrative - Slide 14
01:14:17 Reasons for Non-Disclosure - Slide 15
01:19:01 RAs in Relation to Books - Slide 16
01:21:16 Events - Conferences - Slide 17
01:21:35 Accessibility - Slide 18
01:22:57 Examples of Poor Practice - Slide 19
01:25:19 Identification of Autism - Some Issues - Slide 20
01:29:57 Process for the manual - Slide 22
01:30:37 Adjustments (continued) - Slide 23
01:34:24 Quick word on energy - Slide 24
01:35:50 Kindness - Slide 25
01:35:58 Important Concept - Slide 26
01:36:49 End Slide 27