We last posted about the great work of Prof Nelya Koteyko and her team back in November 2024, where we shared the Autistic Adults Online teams’s toolkits for co-designing online platforms for autistic users.

Nelya and co’s hard work has continued, and they are now looking for contributions to an exciting workshop on the 8th/9th of January on Focused Interests, Identity and Autistic Communication Across Contexts.

The workshop will include keynote talks from Pete Wharmby and Prof Rebecca Wood, a board game creation co-design session run by Dr Liam Cross and Dr Gray Atherton, as well as a roundtable discussion.

Organisers are looking for individual papers and contributions to this roundtable discussion, particularly welcoming contributions from autistic individuals and allies, practioners, clinicians, and education professionals.

Anyone interested in attending and/or contribute are encouraged to contact Jessican Aiston (j.aiston@qmul.ac.uk), while more information can be found here: https://autisminaffinityspaces.org/upcoming-workshop-january-8-9th-2026/