CRU Conference 2005 - Papers

Thanks to all the people who attended the 2005 CRU conference and helped to make it such a fantastic event.

Order Form for Conference and other CRU Publications

We encourage you find out more through the following links.

CRU Resource Collection - The CRU resource Collection contains a dynamic collection of books, journals, newsletters and photocopied articles gathered over many years. Items related to the conference theme, The Challenge of Inclusion: People Labelled with 'Challenging Behaviour' and the Struggle to Belong, are listed here.

Movement Differences and Diversity in Autism/Mental Retardation: Appreciating and Accommodating People with Communication and Behavior Challenges - Order this book by Anne M. Donnellan and Martha R. Leary - For a long time people with communication and behavioural difficulties have been subject to practices based on coercion and control. This book moves towards appreciating, understanding and accommodating people with behavioural support needs. Please see publications page for further details.

"Invented Knowledge and Autism: Highlighting Our Strengths and Expanding the Conversation" - In this commentary Anne Donnellan reflects on current and future directions around autism. She suggests that professionals would profit from an expansion of conversation beyond the present data set and conceptual models of what we know and what we think we know.

Seeing Movement - An information brochure which discusses how our perception of movement and sensory differences can change our perception of people diagnosed with autism/PDD, mental retardation and related disabilities.

The role of GP's in assisting people with Intellectual Disability - Dr Nick Lennox admises that the information he presented at the CRU conference on the role of GPs can be found at this website. Although chiefly written for doctors it is also a helpful resource for families and services.

Publications on Autism and Asperger's Syndrome