11st "Let's Talk about Autism" Conference on April 12 and XNUMX

These sessions, organized by the Nudos Foundation and the TEAdir-Aragón Family Association, will be held on April 11 and 12 in the auditorium of the Joaquín Roncal Center in Zaragoza. They are open to the public, with prior registration required until capacity is reached.

From Nudos Foundation and TEAdir-Aragon Family Association They've been talking about autism for a long time. With these conferences, they hope to broaden the conversation to Aragonese society. To this end, they will be joined by various professionals, as well as families and autistic individuals themselves. 

1st Conference "Let's Talk About Autism" will be held in the next few days April 11 and 12 in the auditorium of the Joaquín Roncal Center, in Zaragoza. These are days open to the public, with prior registration until completing the capacity.

In the first table will reflect on the issue of demand in autism, which is transversal to the clinical field, to education, to the family, since it is something that cuts across all of these fields, and that poses difficulties for both the autistic person and those who, from different institutions, including families, carry out accompaniment, treatment, or educational work.

They talk about autism, plural, and this implies different educational paths. That's why training and coordination in the "leaps" that often involve the different levels in the pathways are important topics to address. 

They will also address a conversation between different mental health institutions, emphasizing the character of hospitality and welcome that is at the base of the social bond they promote, in the commitment to create points of a network through which the subject and their families can circulate and sustain themselves.

Finally, They will dedicate a table to the topic of “Cultural Rights”, the right not only to consume culture passively, but also to produce it and choose it from an active position.

Program

Friday, April 11, 2025 

16 hrs   Opening of the Conference.

• MARIA JESUS ​​SANJUÁNPresident of TEAdir-Aragon

• GRACE VISCASILLAS. President of the NUDOS Foundation.

16h AM  -Musical performance.

• Laura del Frago and Martin Giménez 

16:30 p.m. – 18 p.m. Table 1: Difficulty with demand in autism.

• GRACE VISCASILLASClinical Coordinator at CEI Patinete and Espacio Torreón.

• Teresa Perez CasasDirector of Espacio Nudos, a specialized educational support space.

• LOURDES PAZ RAMIREZ. Partner of TEAdir-Aragón.

• Coordinator: Pilar Lopez de la Garma. Director of CEI Patinete.

18:19 PM – 30:XNUMX PM Round table 2: The importance of training and coordination in educational journeys.

• ENRIC BOLEA. Coordinator of CRETDIC Baix Llobregat (Resource Center for Students with Developmental and Behavioral Disorders).

• FERNANDO LATORRE  Director of the Secretariat of the Accessibility and Diversity Area. UNIZAR-OUAD. University Office for Diversity Support.

• IGNACIO PRADO. Autism in the first person: a personal experience of going through different educational levels.

• Coordinator: Maria Jesus Sanjuan. President of TEAdir-Aragon.

Saturday 12 April 2025 

10:11 a.m. – 30:3 a.m. Table XNUMX: Conversation: Institution and social bond.

• DAVID COWBOY. Specialist in the Psychiatry Area at the Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital.

• ESTEBAN MORILLA. Head of the Child Psychiatry Service, Cadillac Hospital Center (Gironde, France).

• JEAN-PIERRE ROUILLON. Former director Center Thérapeutique et de Recherche de Nonette (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

• PEDRO GRAS. Director of Espacio Torreón.

• Coordinator: GRACE VISCASILLAS. President of the NUDOS Foundation.

11:30 a.m. – 13:15 p.m. Table 4: Cultural rights

• DIEGO GARULO. Member of Procura (Association of Cultural Professionals in Aragon).

• ANDRES DIAZCo-director of ArtEspida (Piñor Psychiatric Rehabilitation Hospital, Orense).

• Cristina LabordaHead of the creative workshop ANDAR DE NONES, and the cultural area of ​​TEAdir-Aragón.

• DANIELE ROUILLONCo-director of the artistic and graphic creation workshop at the CTR Nonette (Therapeutic and Research Center in Nonette, France).

• DAVID GRAS, CARLOTA ITURRI. Project leaders for the DISCO-DISCO project, promoted by Espacio Torreón and TEAdir-Aragón.

• Coordinator: SAMAR AHMAD. Support and training for the Andar de Nones project and partner of TEAdir-Aragón.

Source: TEAdir Aragón