Indigenous Autism in Global Contexts
Recorded June 14, 2024. In this video Dr. Lindblom discusses the research she has undertaken in relation to autism and Indigenous Peoples around the world. During this presentation, Indigenous Autism in Global Contexts, talks about her experiences as she’s researched in Canada and Sweden.
Presenters
Anne Lindblom
Professor Anne Lindblom is a Swedish researcher who grew up in Vancouver, Canada. After a colorful career as hairdresser and reporter among other things, she entered Academia in her late 30’s. Lindblom is a music therapist, teacher in music and English, special education teacher and has a PhD in psychology. Her dissertation was about the meaning of music for five First Nations children with autism. Lindblom was able to do this research thanks to her stepmother and sisters from the Lake Babine Band in B.C. Since then she has advanced in teaching and research and is now a full professor of special education at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and the Sámi University of Applied Sciences in Kautokeino, which is the only higher education institution where everything is taught in the Indigenous north-Sámi language. Among other things, Lindblom’s research interests are inclusion, teacher education, autism, Indigenous and Indigenist special educational practice and research.
