Autism News Tagged "Autism Europe"

Highlights from the Autism Europe Conference 2025

I attended the Autism Europe Conference on September 11 – 13, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland hosted by Ireland’s autism charity AsIAm. This charity is autistic led; they are committed to a vision of an Ireland and Europe in which every autistic person is accepted “as they are” – equal, valued and respected. Their core vision is for autistic people to…

Measuring Quality of LIfe for those with ASD, starts with happiness. Boy walks a dog on a leash

Measuring ‘Quality of Life’ For ASD: shifting from diagnosis to happiness

I attended Autism Europe Conference in Nice, France in September, 2019. This conference happens once every 3 years and highlights a variety of research presentations on many different topics about autism. There was one keynote speaker who really intrigued me from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet – Sven Bölte. His keynote presentation, From diagnosis to functioning and quality of life in autism,…