Virtual Coffee Mornings  with Cos Michael for older autistic people or those diagnosed in adulthood 

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Meeting ID: 836 8142 7320

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Cos Michael had her autism diagnosis aged 50 and advocates for more knowledge about autism and ageing. She spent several years leading the NAS Autism and Ageing workstream, winning the Autism Professionals Award for Outstanding Adult Services, 2014.

Cos is often invited to speak in public, presenting on ageing in the UK and internationally, including to the UNCPD. She spent some years as a consultant on the Autism Spectrum, Adulthood and Ageing project: and researcher on Improving the Health of Older Autistic People project, both in Newcastle, as well as working on research in Edinburgh and London.

Published work includes “Is Being Othered a Co-Occurring Condition of Autism?” Autism in Adulthood (2021), "Why we need research about autism and ageing" Autism (2016) and "Listen to the experts: autistic adults tell us what they need", Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mid and Later Life. Ed: Scott Wright (2016)

Cos has worked at the BBC, the National Sound Archive and in the theatre. She has a BSc Social Anthropology.