Update: As of October 31st, zoom registration for the INTEGRAL Conference is over. You can still register as in in person attendee. When you check in at the Welcome table, please tell us you registered online on October 31st or November 1st. We prefer online registration, but you can also register as a walk-in at the conference by paying by check or cash (exact amount only).
Registration for the Devon Price webinar only is available until November 4th.
INTEGRAL is an Autism conference like no other. It puts adults on the Autism spectrum front and center, not as a subject for others to discuss, but to come together and exchange perspectives with non-autistic professionals and parents so that everyone can learn from each other. This year’s theme “Stronger Together” will focus on how autistic adults and their allies can build communities and connections that facilitate our ability to create change on the issues that systemically affect autistic people.
INTEGRAL is a hybrid conference, held both virtually and in person at Goodman Community Center, Madison, Wisconsin. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees registering by Sunday, October 26th.
The conference will consist of three sessions, each consisting of a presentation followed by small group and whole group discussions.
Session One: You Are Already an Advocate: Collaboration, Community and Autistic Advocacy
Presenters: Eunjeong Ko, Hope Shira Goldsmith, Yuhan Huang, Natalie Helen Kantor, Sara Park, Jina Chun, Daniel Pell, Abram Becker, and Tara Olivia Martens
Session Two: A Beautiful Activism
Presenter: Rebecca Paradiso de Sayu
Session Three: Taking Action: Making Change Happen
Webinar: Organizing While Disabled: Exclusions, exploitations, faulty frameworks…and our way forward
Included in your ticket is an INTEGRAL webinar featuring Devon Price (author of Unmasking Autism) on November 6 at 7:00–8:30pm. If you are not able to come to the INTEGRAL Conference, you may buy a ticket just for this webinar.
Social event: Post-Conference Hangout Saturday evening
We welcome you to join us for a (free) post-conference hangout Saturday evening, also to take place at the Goodman Community Center. This will begin at 5:45pm (a break for dinner will immediately follow the end of the main conference; dinner will not be provided). There will be entertainment and a chance to connect with fellow attendees.
Social event: Sunday Social
We also invite you to attend our Sunday Social the next day (also free). This is a casual event with a snacky potluck, games & activities, and more opportunity to hang out. This will take place at the OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center (2701 International Ln #101, Madison, WI 53704) at 1:30pm–6:30pm.
Timeline
Sunday, October 26th: last day to register if you would like to have a catered lunch
Thursday, October 30th: last day to register online for in-person participants
Thursday, October 30th: last day to register for Zoom participants
Friday, October 31st: Zoom link for the conference will be emailed to all participants
Saturday, November 1st: INTEGRAL Conference. Walk-in registration is available.
Wednesday, November 5th: Zoom link for the Devon Price webinar will be emailed to all participants
Thursday, November 6th: Devon Price Webinar
Further details (schedule, food info, etc) are available in a Guidebook. Please email us if you need accommodations to make this event accessible. Click here for more information about the Conference.
We have reduced price tickets for people in the Autism community for whom attendance is otherwise a financial barrier. [To support INTEGRAL’s mission and preserve our ability to continue offering reduced price tickets, consider making a donation.]
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