Supporting Autistic LGBTQIA+ Students in Higher Education

Gain understanding of current research and promote support strategies relevant to autistic LGBTQIA+ students.

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Gain understanding of current research and promote support strategies relevant to autistic LGBTQIA+ students. Become aware of the associated risk factors that can impact on health, social, emotional, and educational outcomes for autistic LGBTQIA+ students. Develop confident use of correct language and terminology.

Optimum Elearning and Optimum Student Support supports students, professionals, and parents across the UK. With over 20 years of evidence-based practice integrating the best research evidence of clinical expertise and professional knowledge, Optimum Elearning designs and develops high-quality courses and resources in the fields of mental health, education, neurodiversity, and student wellbeing.

Our courses are developed from a range of diverse and expert voices in autism and ADHD from research experts in the UK and internationally, including lived experiences from undergraduate and postgraduate autistic and ADHD students. Courses are designed and optimised to fit learning into your professional lifestyle and around students’ educational journey. Our curriculum offers a range of multimedia formats to optimise learning outcomes.

Optimum Elearning designs, develops, and delivers courses that are influencing knowledge and shaping models of good practice on how we think, feel, and understand lived experiences of neurodivergent learners in higher education.

Course Content

Introduction

Unit 1: Autistic and LGBTQIA+ identities
Unit 2: Autism and LGBTQIA+: intersectionality, health, and wellbeing
Unit 3: LGBTQIA+ key concepts and terminology
Unit 4: The legal rights of autistic LGBTQIA+ people

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Course Includes

  • 5 Lessons
  • 1 Quiz
  • Course Certificate