You may have heard me mention that we’ve been doing a follow-up study of our 2020 diffusion chain study which compared how autistic groups, non-autistic groups and mixed groups share information and build rapport (published in @journalautism.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....)

Prof Sue Fletcher-Watson joins us for our Summer Lecture. Please share with your networks, thank you. @vjoffe.bsky.social @speechy01.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social @susanebbels.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @speechandlanguk.bsky.social @ficontextual.bsky.social @suereviews.bsky.social

The nature of the relation between mental illbeing and wellbeing osf.io/preprints/ps...

Also of interest for #AugComm AAC people. The physical environment played a role in how communication boards were used in the classrooms.

I was going through my account on the old site & making sure I have copies of useful resources before deleting. I thought it might be nice to post some here. This is Rachael Langley’s handout on healthy prompting around AAC use. #AugComm #ATChat #BskySpeechies

New paper with Hannah Cullen!! Views of children with #DevLangDis and #slcn on their peer interactions. Published in ADLI. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... More research we need. Autistic girls in school. What barriers do they face? Well worth a read.

Our paper out today in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social integrates data from large-scale genome scans of dyslexia & rhythm skills, as a novel way to investigate biological overlaps between human traits related to language & musicality. Co-led by Reyna Gordon (Vanderbilt). 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

School environments are inaccessible for many autistic and neurodivergent learners (and staff) on many levels, relating to every sense. Noise. Sight. Smell. Touch. Interoception. Proprioception. Taste. Yes, even vestibular... #learningSpacesScotland #eduSky #accessibility

🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️ "medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation" Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #MedEd @autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social

The ban targets social media that allows users to interact socially with others. This will impact young people's ability to seek connection and interaction - including for YP with communication disability, who value social media because of the opportunities it provides for these things. #SLP