Neuroability Symposium - bring it on!

Otago Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga is hosting the 2023 Neuroability Symposium at its Dunedin Campus on 12-13 October.

Organised by the Otago Polytechnic Neurodiversity Community of Practice, and supported by Ako Aotearoa, the two-day event builds on the success of the inaugural symposium, held in November 2021, which brought together presenters for a half-day session of sharing stories and knowledge.

“Now, two years later, we are once again celebrating knowledge and experience of neurodiversity in tertiary education,” key organisers Rachel van Gorp and Stella Lange say.

“For many of us, this is a very personal space; our lived experience makes being different very real – and we welcome all those stories here at our symposium.”

Themes at this year’s symposium include:

• Strengths and Superpowers of Neurodiverse learners/ākonga and educators/kaiako
• Creating Neurodiverse-friendly learning environments: face-to-face/kanohi ki te kanohi and online/o te mahi ako tuihono.
• Executive function: challenges, accommodations and approaches that support learning
• Universal design for learning and accessibility, and how it relates to Neurodiversity.

Find out more here