‘Interoception – the key to self-regulation’

Emma is an Autistic author, keynote speaker, researcher and disability and education consultant. She works both publicly and privately to facilitate the best life outcomes possible for people, including Autistics with a range of support needs. She has written and presented on education, Autism, resilience, mental health, interoception, relationships and sexuality for Autistics.

Emma is an adjunct Professor at the University of Wollongong and a member of the Australian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Executive Committee, on the access committee for the Autism CRC Biobank and an MSc student at University of Southern Queensland. She developed an online module on interoception for Torrens University and has collaborated with the Australian Psychological Society to develop an Autism-specific course for psychologists.

Widely published, Emma writes for both academic journals and for mainstream publishers in the areas of Autism, disability and education. She also supports organisations to develop and implement plans to support adult Autistics in residential settings and provides life coaching and interoception coaching for Autistic adults, children and young people, schools, preschools and other organisations, through her Healthy Possibilities Consultancy.

This talk will introduce you to interoception, our mindful body awareness, and its relationship to our ability to manage our own feelings and emotions. Dr Emma Goodall will share key findings from the research, point you in the direction of resources and demonstrate some easy ways to help you and those you work with or care for, to develop their interoception. Improving interoception leads to better quality of life with people better able to connect to themselves and others.