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Dr Luke Beardon is a member of staff in The Autism Centre at Sheffield Hallam University. He has been working as a practitioner providing support and consultancy in the field of autism and Asperger syndrome for around 20 years.
Luke's research interests are around individuals with autism who have broken the law.
Expertise:
- Autism
- Asperger syndrome
- Educational issues
- Offending conduct
- Social relationships
- Employment
- Disability discrimination/ equal opportunities
Notable media coverage:
- BBC Radio Sheffield [Jan 2019] - BBC Radio Sheffield [04:31]
- Became a Patron of Anna Kennedy Online charity [March 2017]
- BBC Radio 4 [August 2016] - The Listening Project
- Daily Mail [March 2015] - Why nothing is inevitable about autism
- The Conversation [March 2015] - Why you should never assume anything about autism
- Radio 4 You and Yours [May 2014] - Applied behavior analysis
- The Independent [April 2014] - World autism awareness day: Just because a person has a different way of communicating, it does not mean that they are impaired
- The Guardian [October 2013] - Is it right to try to 'normalise' autism?
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