Kingwood Lecture Series
Since 2009 Kingwood has organised a series of lectures concerning research and practice, delivered by some of the UK's leading researchers and practitioners in the field of autism. Lectures are intended for families, professionals, service commissioners and interested members of the public. Entry is free and everyone is welcome to attend.
Venue and time: River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, at 7.00pm. Tea and coffee provided from 6.30pm.
To reserve a place: please complete the form below or email Lauraine Jones or telephone 0118 931 0143.
Next lecture
Living in the community – housing design for adults with autism
Delivered by Andrew Brand, Designer and Engineer
Date: Wednesday 21 March 2012
The presentation will cover a two-year project that brought together the Kingwood Trust and the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, in a research partnership that explored how design could improve living environments for adults with autism, support their specific needs and improve quality of life. Research methods, key findings and concepts from the study will be presented.
Andrew is a Designer and Engineer. From October 2009 to September 2011, Andrew worked in partnership with the Kingwood Trust and the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, to develop guidance and evidence-based concepts for the design of supported-living environments for adults with autism.
Andrew is now working on the commercialisation and roll-out of his award-winning product, the Squease inflatable Deep Pressure vest. Squease is a therapeutic garment for people with sensory differences such as people with autism, ADHD or Dementia. He has founded a limited company, also called Squease, with a vision of creating other products that may benefit people with different abilities.
Andrew is also a co-founder of BREAD, a collective entity that brings together multidisciplinary individuals to engage in research led design practice, and a visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art under the Royal Academy of Engineering's Visiting Teaching Fellows scheme. Please book by 7 March 2012
Venue and time: River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames at 7.00pm
