ASPARRG - Autism Spectrum People and Religion Research Group
ASPARRG is an inter-disciplinary Network of academics and practitioners with an interest in the many ways in which matters of religion/spirituality and the spectrum of autism conditions may intersect. Its members come from the fields of anthropology, history of religion, psychiatry, nursing and health care, practical and disability theology, ethics and communication, autism research. It meets for symposia and in 2009 an issue of the Journal of Religion, Disability and Health (on the subject of Autism and Religion) will be the first outcome of its two 2007 British Academy - funded Workshops.
ASPARRG was a joint initiative of staff from Cardiff and Aberdeen universities.
For information please contact:
Rev’d. Prof. John Swinton, Centre for Spirituality, Health and Disability, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, King’s College University of Aberdeen, ABERDEEN AB24 3UB,
Email: j.swinton@abdn.ac.uk
Prof. Christine Trevett, School of Religious and Theological Studies, Humanities Building, Cardiff University, CARDIFF CF10 3EU,
Email: Trevettc@Cardiff.ac.uk
DECEMBER 2008 ASPARRG GATHERING
The third meeting of the interdisciplinary AUTISM SPECTRUM PEOPLE AND RELIGION RESEARCH GROUP will be at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, in the Selly Oak Campus of Colleges, Bristol Rd., Birmingham, December 16th-17th.
Registration is from 2.00.p.m., first meeting at 3.00.p.m.
This is an ‘invitation only’ gathering of researchers from a number of universities. For further information about ASPARRG please contact Prof. Christine Trevett, Trevettc@cardiff.ac.uk
Ann Memmott Welcoming Those with Autism and Asperger Syndrome’
A forthcoming (2009) issue of JRDH will mostly be
comprised of articles by members of ASPARRG on the
theme of RELIGION AND AUTISM.
