COVID-19 Effects on Experiences of Autistic University Students featuring Principal Investigator Dr. Natasha Artemeva (Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies) and Carleton alumna Jacquie Ballantine, MA/17, and PhD candidate, School of Linguistics and Language Studies

COVID-19 Effects on Experiences of Autistic University Students featuring Principal Investigator Dr. Natasha Artemeva (Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies) and Carleton alumna Jacquie Ballantine, MA/17, and PhD candidate, School of Linguistics and Language Studies

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Thursday, October 22, 2020

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Add to calendar

Location Details

a virtual event via Zoom

Contact Information

Department of University Advancement, 613-520-3636, advancement@carleton.ca

Cost

Free

About this Event

Host Organization: Carleton University
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Carleton researchers in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies are looking for autistic post-secondary students and/or autistic or non-autistic instructors to share their perspectives and participate in a study on the effects of COVID-19 on the academic and social experiences of autistic university students.

There have been considerable changes in post-secondary environments due to COVID-19. As a result, students have had to rapidly adjust to new online modes of academic instruction and unexpected isolation measures.

This project, led by principal investigator Dr. Natasha Artemeva and her PhD student Jacquie Ballantine, seeks to understand how COVID-19 related changes are affecting the experiences of autistic students. Specifically, the research aims to the mitigate the academic and social challenges faced by autistic students as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the ultimate goal of supporting and retaining autistic students under rapidly changing conditions.

The researchers aim to adopt a community-based participatory research approach in order to properly understand, honor and incorporate into the research the lived experiences of autistic students as well as autistic and non-autistic instructors.