Episode 171: Empowering Black Voices In Autism Research

The Behaviour Speak Podcast

In Episode 171, Ben speaks with Dr. Brian Boyd, William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education in the University of North Carolina School of Education and director of the UNC Frank Port Graham Child Development Institute. In June 2023, Dr. Boyd hosted the first in-person meeting of the Black Empowerment in Autism Network. The first-of-its-kind group of Black scholars (including Autistic members) was developed to make autism research more inclusive and examine the ways that autism impacts Black children and their families.

Contact:

https://ed.unc.edu/people/brian-boyd/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-boyd-162480170/

Links

Black Empowerment in Autism Network

https://ed.unc.edu/2023/06/15/creating-new-momentum-in-autism-research/

Color of Autism Foundation

https://thecolorofautism.org/

Behaviour Speak Podcast Episodes Referenced

Episode 28: Ariel Cascio

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-28-including-autistic-people-in-every-aspect-of-autism-research-with-dr-m-ariel-cascio-phd/

Episode 37: Grant Bruno

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-37-the-realities-of-autism-in-first-nations-communities-in-canada-with-grant-bruno-phd-candidate/

Episodes 43 and 44: Joe Lucyshyn

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-42-family-centred-positive-behaviour-support-with-dr-joseph-lucyshyn-phd-bcba-d-part-1/

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-44-family-centred-positive-behaviour-support-with-dr-joseph-lucyshyn-phd-bcba-d-part-2/

Episode 89: Bukky Akinwale - Ben's favorite Master's Thesis!

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-89-tales-by-moonlight-storytelling-for-youths-and-elders-in-a-historically-black-community-with-bukky-akinwale/

Episode 98: Evan Auguste

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-98-black-liberation-psychology-a-conversation-with-dr-evan-auguste/