2022 College Autism Summit
October 12-14, 2022, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Join us for an in-person event! We are offering a preconference workshop on building or improving a program, over 30 general sessions, excellent major speakers, and too many networking opportunities to count. More info below.
What is Practice Makes Better: The Shared Work of Neurodiversity?
Improving practice involves knowing the research, understanding the implementation, and making modifications for continuous improvement.
Research: What do we know?
Implementation: How do we know it?
Modification: How do we make it better?
The 2022 Call for Proposals is now closed! Acceptances have gone out! Check your email for more information!
Practice Makes Better: The Shared Work of Neurodiversity
We are celebrating our shared commitment to the mission of College Autism Network.
This summit is providing the chance to learn about emerging research, share perspectives, and give attendees the opportunity to walk away with an applicable toolkit. During the working summit, you will be given the chance to improve your practices and reconnect with colleagues from around the world.
What is Practice Makes Better: The Shared Work of Neurodiversity?
Improving practice involves knowing the research, understanding the implementation, and making modifications for continuous improvement.
Research: What do we know?
Implementation: How do we know it?
Modification: How do we make it better?
Proposals can include any one or more of the following:
- Evidence-Based or Evidence-Guided Practices: You do not have to be a researcher! Your experiences and tools you have created based on evidence is valuable and we want to hear it so others can benefit.
- Engaging Discussion: Bringing together professionals from around the world gives the chance to learn from each other’s perspectives. All presentations should create the chance for interaction amongst attendees, beyond just a Q&A.
- Research to Practice: How can we use research and implement it in a way that fits your context? We would love to see presenters share how they have leveraged research and adapted it.
- Self Advocate Input: The most valuable voice is those of our neurodiverse community. What feedback and input have your autisitic college students given to structure & improve your campus climate, practices, or employment settings?
Summit Focus Areas
| Focus Areas | Descriptors |
| Program Development and Adaptation |
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| Student Community & Perspectives |
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| Career Readiness & Employment |
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Deadlines
Submission of Proposals: Midnight, June 5
Notification of Acceptance: July 2
Proposal Instructions
College Autism Summit October 2022: Call for Proposals Checklist
To submit a proposal, you will need the following:
- Name and contact information of presenter(s)
- Any panels should include names / roles of all presenters
- Program Title
- Requested session length
- 50 minutes
- 75 minutes
- If you request a 75-minute slot but the program reviewers recommend a 50-minute slot for your program, would you accept the 50-minute slot?
- Involves multiple programs or stakeholders (e.g panel)
- Uses a researcher, practitioner, AND self advocate to discuss research- to-practice of a specific initiative
- Offers a collaborative opportunity for attendees
- There will be a limited number 75 minute sessions reserved for programs should include 1 or more of the following:
- Identify Focus Area : Program Development and Adaptation; Student Community & Perspectives; Career Readiness & Employment
- Identify the phase(s) of practice you will bring : Research, Implementation, and/or Modification
- Brief Abstract no more than 150 words
- This is a brief summary/description of the session that will be available to participants in the conference program guide. The goal is to help participants understand what knowledge they will gain and/or tools they will be able to apply to their work by attending your session.
- Program outline of no more than 300 words to be used in the review process.
- What is your presenting topic?
- How will you present the information? Type of program (lecture, panel interactive discussion, etc)
- What are your learning objectives for the presentation/panel
- How can you enhance your attendees’ experience? Strategy(ies) to make the session engaging and interactive
- Please include the following in this description:
- Up to 3 learning objectives for the program and a plan for implementation of each
- Intended target audience includes: program administrators, faculty, campus staff, self-advocates, or employers.
- If the target audience is program administrators, is this for new, evolving, or established programs?
By submitting your proposal, you are agreeing to the following:
- All presenters must register, as a paid attendee, for the conference. If you are unable to pay the registration fee due to financial hardship, please contact Lee Williams for attendee scholarship information.
- All handouts and session support materials that you would like to share with the audience, including PowerPoint presentation, apps, one-page summary sheets, and/or videos, must be provided to the College Autism Summit Planning Committee by October 1, 2022. These materials will be posted on the conference platform for participant download. Additional material may be shared during the session, but submitting material in advance makes it more accessible to diverse learners.
- Any videos shown during presentations must be captioned. Video captioning is the responsibility of the presenter.
- Presenters must verbally describe any visual aids used during a session.
- Presenters agree that the proposal summary and/or learning goals may be edited for space and clarity when added to the Summit schedule/platform.
Proposal Deadline is June 5 at midnight. Notification of acceptance will be on or about July 2.
Thank you for your interest & contributions to the 2022 College Autism Summit!
We look forward to seeing you in Nashville!
