Professional Webinar: Supporting Autistic People in Movement & Exercise Settings

This webinar intends to increase understanding of autism within fitness, wellbeing, and body-based practices.

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Supporting Autistic People in Movement & Exercise Settings

This webinar intends to increase understanding of autism within fitness, wellbeing, and body-based practices.

This session aims to advise fitness and wellness instructors and professionals delivering 1:1 or group exercise sessions with the knowledge and practical tools to create more inclusive, supportive environments for autistic participants.

Audience:

- Yoga Teachers,

- Pilates Instructors,

- Personal Trainers,

- Gym instructors,

- Movement Facilitators and Professionals working 1:1 or in groups within exercise settings

Duration: 60 minutes

Topics Covered:

• Understanding Autism and the benefits of movement

• Establishing an inclusive and welcoming environment

• Effective and supportive communication techniques

• Creating sensory-aware and adaptable exercise spaces

Participants will gain insight and understanding of what it means to be autistic, and how differences in sensory processing, communication and social imagination can impact the experiences of autistic people participating in movement and exercise-based activity.

We will discuss some tips, recommendations and examples of good practice, and signpost to useful resources and further information to help you begin to make positive changes to create more inclusive, accessible experiences for the autistic community.

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