Ganjuu Open House

Friday July 14th 2-4PM

Please join us for tea, coffee, and home baking!

Bring yourself, your colleagues, your families, and share some time, talk, and listen to others.

All are welcome :)

Location: Ganjuu Wellbeing Service

Valtameri

自閉症という見えない障がい：見えるものが全てではない

自閉症に対する社会の理解欠如は、孤独や刑事司法制度・雇用における当事者の不当な扱いに繋がる深刻な問題です。自閉症は「病気」ではなく、自閉症者を「治す」・「変える」必要はありません。変えていくべきなのは社会の自閉症に対する理解です。

この講義では、障害の社会的モデル・ニューロダイバーシティの目線から、講師自身を含めた当事者の経験と最新の研究に焦点を当て、自閉症における社会性・孤独・メンタルヘルスなどのトピックについて革新的な情報をお話しします。質疑応答の時間もあります。

講師：

Dr Kana Grace （カナ・グレイス博士）

カナは、自閉症専門の英日バイリンガル心理学者です。現在、博士号を取得したユニバーシティカレッジロンドンの自閉症研究所の名誉研究員・オーストラリアの自閉症チャリティー団体Autism Spectrum Australiaの共同研究者です。BBC, Scientist, Spectrum など国外の主要なメディアでも注目される自閉症研究者・活躍家です。カナは、自閉症・ADHD当事者で自閉症・ニューロダイバーシティの擁護活動に熱意を持っています。

経歴：

博士, ユニバーシティカレッジロンドン, 英国

修士(カウンセリング心理学), ボストンカレッジ, 米国

PgCert(自閉症), シェフィールドハラム大学, 英国

理学士,ノースイースタン大学,米国

参加費：

• 1000円/1人
• お支払い詳細はメールにてお伝えします。

予約：

valtameri.grace@outlook.comへEメールを送信。

• メールタイトル：「講演会」
• メールの本文：希望のセッション（日本語化か英語）・参加人数をご記入ください。
• 予約完了の返信を致します。
• 定員20名の先着順です。

場所：

沖縄科学技術大学院大学（OIST）

シーサイドハウス内、セミナールーム

日時：

7月29日、土曜日

11:00 am - 12:15 pm　日本語

14:00 pm - 15:15 pm 英語

日本語と英語で違う時間帯に同じ講演をします。どちらかをお選びください。
 

Valtameri

Autism as an invisible disability: What you see is NOT everything

A lack of societal understanding and acceptance of autism is a serious issue that is associated with loneliness and mistreatments of autistic people in criminal justice system or employment. Autism is not a disorder or impairment that needs to be treated or cured. What needs to be changed is the societal understanding of autism.

In this talk, from the societal model and neurodiversity paradigm, I will highlight lived experiences of autistic people including my own and latest research and cover topics such as sociality, loneliness, and mental health in autism. There will be a Q&A session at the end.

Speaker:

Dr Kana Grace

Kana is an English-Japanese bilingual psychologist specializing in Autism. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Center for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) at University College London where she completed her PhD, and a research collaborator at Autism Spectrum Australia. She has been featured in major media such as BBC, Scientist, and Spectrum. Kana is autistic and an ADHDer, and is passionate about advocacy for autism and neurodiversity.

Fee:

1,000 yen/person

I will send you the details via email.

Booking:

Please email to valtameri.grace@outlook.com

• Email title: "talk"
• Email text: please write down your preffered session (English or Japanese) and numbers of people who are coming.
• I will reply to you to confirm your booking.
• First-come-first-served basis of 20 capacity

Location:

Seminar Room, Seaside House, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
 

Date and time:

Saturday, July 29

11:00 am - 12:15 pm Japanese

14:00 pm - 15:15 pm English

I will do the same talk at different times. Choose the one you prefer!

This presentation will cover a new perspective on the definition of chronic pain, coupled with the new brain studies postulating that emotional and physical pains share the same neural networks.

Mindfulness Meditation practice group.

Ganjuu Wellbeing Service is inviting you to a Mindfulness Practice Group. Practice starts at 12:15pm. You can join us in C209 or via zoom. We look forward to seeing you.

Ganjuu Open House

Friday, December 9th *4:00-5:30 PM*

Please join us for tea, coffee, and home baking! Bring yourself, your colleagues, your families and share some time, talk and listen to others. Come and see our new location! All are welcome :)

*Our location is now at the Former President's House by faculty housing and Lab 5.

We will take a closer look at the autonomic nervous system and the way our biology helps us navigate daily life, how we respond to cues of safety and danger below the level of conscious thought, and how this guides the way we move through the world, from turning toward and backing away, to connecting and other times isolating.

OIST Student Council, in collaboration with the Graduate School and OHS Safety Enhancement Month, will be hosting a 5k Fun Run on Sunday, November 13 at 10:30am. 

Find out about the causes and effects of stress and hear about evidence-based ideas to help you improve and maintain wellbeing. Includes a talk by Dr. Yamamoto, OIST Occupational Doctor and Okinawan Psychiatrist about health and career balance based on the characteristics of Okinawa.

ストレスの原因とその影響について、また科学的根拠に基づいた心身の健康を向上させる方法についてお話します。OIST産業医であり、精神科医の山本先生による、沖縄の環境にあった健康とキャリアのバランスについてのお話もございます。是非ご参加ください。

Do you want to support positive mental health and wellbeing?  Do you also want to increase your steps count? 

If so, then join the Ganjuu Team on Tuesday 4^th October 2022 from 11am-1pm to complete the Tell Step Up for Mental Health Challenge organized by Tell Lifeline.  For World Suicide Prevention Day and Mental Health Awareness Day we hope you will join us in walking 21,007 steps in honor of the 21,007 lives lost to suicide last year in Japan. 

You can organize and register a team of up to 4 people using the link below. Regardless of whether you register a team you can join us on Tuesday 4^th October to do the step up challenge.  We plan to meet at 11am outside the entrance to Lab 4 and we can walk the challenge together around the grounds surrounding OIST.