Program | NeuroShow 2025 | Atypowe jest piękne

We provide simultaneous translation
for all lectures, workshops and special sessions.

Day 1

Friday, 10.10.2025

October 10th

09:30 a.m.

Welcome and introduction - Tomasz Michałowicz, President of the Jim Foundation

09:40 a.m.

Professor Tony Attwood, Griffith University, Australia
The Combination of Autism and ADHD in Adults (remotely)

10:30 a.m.

Ewa Furgał, Girls on the Spectrum Foundation, Poland
Neuroqueer: Beyond the Binary of Minds and Identities

11:00 a.m.

Coffee break

11:30 a.m.

Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke, King's College London, UK
Neurodiversity & Science

12:15 p.m.

Professor Ewa Pisula, University of Warsaw, Poland
Parents and the Diagnosis of the Autism Spectrum in a Child

01:00 p.m.

Lunch

02:00 p.m.

Professor Kate Nation, Oxford University, UK
Understanding Children’s Reading and Language Development in the Context of Neurodiversity

02:40 p.m.

Professor Laura Crane, University of Birmingham, UK
Doing Autism Education Research that Truly Makes a Difference

03:20 p.m.

Coffee break

03:40 p.m.

Roundtable discussion:
Tomasz Michałowicz, CEO, Jim Foundation (chair & opening talk) & Hayden Ginns, Children's Services for Portsmouth City Council and Portsmouth Place, UK & Ida Tymina, autistic instagrammer and podcaster, Poland & Kasia Modlińska-Resich, CEO, Atypika Foundation, Poland
Is Neurodivergence the New “Normal” and How will it Revolutionize the World?

04:30 p.m.

Teri-Anne Grumstedt-Lee, Vattenfall, Sweden & Therese Utsi, Unicus, Sweden
An Inclusive Workplace – How Vattenfall Supports Neurodiversity

05:00 p.m.

Summary

Day 2

Saturday, 11.10.2025

October 11th

09:00 a.m.

Welcome coffee

Workshops and special sessions in 3 thematic tracks

October 11th

09:15 a.m.

How to Keep Neurodivergent Kids in School?
*partner session with School in Cloud
Dr Simon Wallace (chair & opening talk)
Filip Jach, School in Cloud
Aleksandra Minczanowska, School in Cloud
Zofia Pichla, School in Cloud

10:15 a.m.

Effective Strategies to Protect Neurodivergent Students from Bullying in Schools
Dr Julia Badger, University of Oxford
Anna Droś, Mary & Max Association
Jakub Szyndler, self-advocate and neurodivergent activist

11:15 a.m.

Coffe brake

11:45 a.m.

Anxiety Management
Marianna Murin, ASDirections Ltd.
Emma Woodhouse, Compass Psychology Services
Dr Simon Wallace

12:45 p.m.

From SST (Social Skills Training) to PEERS: An Evidence-Based Method for Building Close Relationships in Individuals on the Autism Spectrum
*partner session with Mary & Max Association
Dr Mateusz Płatos, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Kinga Wojaczek, Mary & Max Association
Olga Orłowska, Psychologist and Special Educator, PEERS Facilitator

01:45 p.m.

Lunch

03:00 p.m.

SCERTS in Poland. Jim Foundation’s Implementation Experience
Featured by Emily Rubin Communication Crossroads, Atlanta, USA (remotely)
Anna Safjanowska, Jim Foundation

October 11th

09:15 a.m.

What ADHD Really Costs: The Unseen Social Toll
*partner session with Fundacja ADHD
Wojciech Tylski, Fundacja ADHD
Dr Anna Anzulewicz, Faculty of Psychology Warsaw University & Fundacja ADHD
Natalia Rózga, Fundacja ADHD
Monika Nordli, ADHD Norge (remotely)
Pawel Przybylski, Psychologist, Penitentiary Department, Prison in Wojkowice

10:15 a.m.

Untangling the Overlap. Differential Diagnosis of Autism and ADH
Emma Woodhouse, Compass Psychology Services

11:15 a.m.

Coffe brake

11:45 a.m.

Talking to Children About Their Autism Diagnosis
Professor Laura Crane, University of Birmingham, UK

12:45 p.m.

ADI-R and ADOS – A Practical Session with International Experts
Marianna Murin, ASDirections Ltd.
Emma Woodhouse, Compass Psychology Services

01:45 p.m.

Lunch

03:00 p.m.

How to Successfully Introduce Multidisciplinary Approach in Neurodevelopmental Service
Professor Vicky Slonims, Newcomen Centre, Evelina London Children’s Hospital

October 11th

09:15 a.m.

Diagnosed Too Late, Burned Out Too Early. How to Support ND Employees?
Anna Majdak (chair & opening talk)
Tomasz Kraszewski
Justyna Sławik, Randstad
Patrycjusz Matwiejczuk, MANS

10:15 a.m.

Invisible Barriers. The Job Market and Neurodiversity
Professor Michał Tomczak, Gdańsk University of Technology
Dominika Pikul, Brain Architects
Wojciech Tylski, Fundacja ADHD

11:15 a.m.

Coffe brake

11:45 a.m.

Beyond Labels: Building Inclusive Support with Neurodiversity Profiling Tool
Hayden Ginns, Children's Services for Portsmouth City Council and Portsmouth Place

12:45 p.m.

Inclusive Spaces
Magdalena Koziej, Koziej Architects

01:45 p.m.

Lunch

03:00 p.m.

Shaping the Narrative. Neurodivergence in Media and Culture
Ida Tymina, autistic instagrammer and podcaster, Poland (chair & opening talk)
Julia Kozakiewicz-Domżał, The House of Neuroculture / Pimp My Mind

Ending

04:00 p.m.

Summary and closing ceremony