Deafblind Information Australia is running one more Zoom webinar before the end of 2023. All webinars are free to attend and will be recorded and then added to the Deafblind Information Australia website | News page.

All webinars will:

• have live captioning,
• be Auslan interpreted,
• run for 1.5 hours, and
• have an opportunity at the end of the presentation for audience members to ask questions.

Interoception – the eighth sense

Date: Tuesday 5th December, 2023

Time: 10am AWST / 11:30am ACST / 12pm AEST / 12:30pm ACDT / 1pm AEDT

The term ‘Interoception’ refers to the entire condition and feelings of the inner body. It is called the 8th sense. These feelings include:

• hunger and fullness,
• thirst,
• body temperature,
• heart and breathing rates,
• itch,
• muscle tension,
• nausea, and
• sleepiness.

This webinar will cover:
• history of interoception
• what is interoception
• clinical significance and intervention
• the importance of recognising interoception in people with deafblindness

Registration for the webinar on ‘Interoception’ has closed.

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