Autism Awareness for Staff

This workshop is designed for general staff who are looking to gain more awareness of Autism, how they can help their autistic colleagues feel more at home in their workplace and how they can support audiences in accessing their service.

As a 90-minute workshop delivered by AsIAm, Ireland's Autism Charity, it will offer time for input from attendees.  The workshop consists of 70mins for content and 20mins for interactions and questions. Topics covered during this training workshop include:

• The Language of Inclusion
• Myths
• Why Autism Awareness is important?
• What is Autism?
• Building Empathy for the Autistic Community
• Encouraging Inclusion and Disclosures
• Communication
• Social Interaction
• Social Imagination
• Sensory Processing
• Mental Health

About AsIAm

Since 2014, AsIAm has been a powerful movement for change for the Autism community in Ireland. What started as an online platform designed to share information and experiences, has evolved into Ireland’s Autism Charity.

AsIAm is Autistic-led and is dedicated to transforming society, working for Autistic people and their families. Their work focuses on representing, connecting, coordinating and unifying the Autism community in Ireland. They empower and support Autistic people to reach their full potential, while simultaneously challenging society to be fully accepting and accessible to every Autistic person.

They advocate for the Autism community by raising awareness of Autism and providing training and accreditation to schools, HEIs, employers and organisations on how to become more Autism-friendly.

James Moroney – Training Officer

James joined the AsIAm team at the start of 2021. As the Training Officer he delivers various AsIAm training programmes. He was awarded a BA in Applied Psychology from University College Cork in 2011 and has since been working as a trainer in various roles. In the past he has worked with Aware, delivering mental health workshops to secondary school students. He has also worked with Zeeko, delivering internet safety workshops to primary and secondary school students, as well as their teachers and parents. Since 2010, he has been involved in coaching rowing in his spare time, and has worked with rowers at all levels, with Lee Rowing Club, UCC Rowing Club and Rowing Ireland. He hopes to use all the experience he has gained in these roles to help bring a greater awareness of Autism to everyone on the island of Ireland, and to some of the smaller islands surrounding it too.

Registration fees: 

• IMA Members: €10
• General Registration: €20
• Note: 5 free spaces are available to Volunteer or Community led-organisations, please contact programme@irishmuseum.org directly.

Making your booking:

Register below and make payment via the form. 

This session is open to non-IMA members and IMA members (Individual members and all staff from Institutional Museum and/or Associate members). Should you not have access to your log-in details to register below, please contact programme@irishmuseums.org