New Course
Module 1: Autism and Women
Duration: 1 Day (9.30am to 4pm)
Next date: 14 January 2026
If you would like us to run this programme within your organisation, please email your request to estiacentre@slam.nhs.uk
Aims
- To enable participants to consider a potential range of manifestations and characteristics of autism in women
- To develop a greater understanding of how to support autistic women
Target Audience
Target Audience
- Support workers, care assistants, day centre support staff, personal assistants
- Participants should already have a good understanding of Autism or who have good experience of supporting auttsic adults. Ideally they will have completed Tier 2 Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism (or equivalent).
Learning Outcomes
- Critique the reasons why fewer women than men might be diagnosed autistic
- Examine the importance of diagnosis
- Recognise differences in social communication and interaction for autistic women
- Demonstrate understanding of sensory differences
- Identify vulnerability and risk for autistic women
- Develop a range of strategies to support autistic women
Content
- Diagnostic criteria and autistic women
- Why diagnosis is important
- Different manifestations of autism in women
- Communication, social relationships and sensory differences
- Independence, risk and vulnerability
- Strategies to support health and wellbeing of autistic women
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Not for profit organisations in Lambeth, Lewisham or Southwark and SLaM NHS or GSTT NHS staff
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All other learners
On booking a place on this training programme, you will be directed to Estia Oracle, our new virtual learning environment where you can access workshop information, learning materials and resources. If you would like to book multiple places for this course please email estiacentre@slam.nhs.uk
