Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Autistic People's Rights and the Law
This online course explored the legislation which affects different areas of autistic people’s lives. It considered the power dynamics at play in advocating for autistic people’s rights, and how policy impacts on these rights in the contexts of social care, social inclusion, and employment.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Jill Bradshaw
Co-Head of Tizard Centre & Reader in Intellectual and Developmental Disability
The University of Kent
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify legislation relevent to different aspects of autistic people's lives
- Describe the power-dynamics involved in advocating for autistic rights
- Critique the impact of policy on autistic rights in the context of social care, employment and social inclusion
- Discuss the experiences of autistic people who come into contact with the Criminal Justice System
- Explain how autistic differences impact on how autistic people are treated within the Criminal Justice System
- Apply what you have learned about good practice to improve the lives of autistic people
Syllabus
- Advocacy and autistic voice
- Legislation, social inclusion and employment
- The Criminal Justice System and offenders
- The Criminal Justice System and victims
Issued on 18th March 2026
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