{"id":1506,"date":"2022-12-02T08:08:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T08:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/autism-at-manchester\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2022-12-06T10:09:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:09:04","slug":"interview-with-dr-katie-twomey-from-the-university-of-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/autism-at-manchester\/2022\/12\/02\/interview-with-dr-katie-twomey-from-the-university-of-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Dr Katie Twomey from the University of Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; title=&#8221;on&#8221; meta=&#8221;on&#8221; author=&#8221;on&#8221; date=&#8221;on&#8221; categories=&#8221;on&#8221; comments=&#8221;on&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;on&#8221; featured_placement=&#8221;above&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_background=&#8221;off&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Porte, our Autism@Manchester summer intern, interviewed Dr Katie Twomey, a Lecturer in Language and Communicative Development based at The University of Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>Together they have an entertaining and informative conversation touching upon Katie\u2019s research, misunderstandings around autism, autistic people in the workplace and what an autistic world would look like.<\/p>\n<p>Some quotes that Lucy particularly liked were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t de-autism myself\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA constellation of difference\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI want society to value the autistic brain\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2IIi6MhXdQQ\">Video: Interview with Dr Katie Twomey\u00a0<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.manchester.ac.uk\/portal\/katherine.twomey.html\">Find out more about Katie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_nav _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; 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