Centre for Research in Autism and Education
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Research to enhance the lives of autistic people; based in the UCL Institute of Education.
We're very proud that a paper from our SUPer project has ranked in the top most-viewed papers in JARID, published by @wiley.com for the British Institute of Learning Disabilities
doi.org/10.1111/jar....
about 10 hours ago
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Annual CRAE lecture: Time to deliver. Mon 22 June ⢠6 PM ⢠Online Professor
Laura Crane
will be sharing insights as Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Committee on the Autism Act 2009.
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Time to deliver: Lessons from the House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee Tickets, Monday 22 June Ā ā¢Ā 5 PM - 6:30 PM UTC | Eventbrite
Eventbrite - UCL Centre for Research in Autism & Education CRAE presents Time to deliver: Lessons from the House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee - Monday, 22 June 2026 - Find event and ticket information.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-to-deliver-lessons-from-the-house-of-lords-autism-act-2009-committee-tickets-1986310533275
4 days ago
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Just posted last week's
#CRAEwebinar.
Spencer Hayes took us through the research around handwriting practice, movement and the need for novel tasks with autistic children.
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Moving in unpredictable environments: autistic children and motor skills - Spencer Hayes (7-MAY-26)
"Practice makes perfect" but perhaps not. Spencer Hayes will share findings showing autistic children learn better in unpredictable motor tasks. In this webinar, Spencer will introduce the distinct ways motor movements, such as using a pencil or kicking a ball, operate in autistic children. He will
https://youtu.be/1RJwXtheOjM
5 days ago
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Everyday executive function issues from the perspectives of autistic adolescents and their parents: theoretical and empirical implications
#CRAEresearchSummaries
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Everyday executive function issues from the perspectives of autistic adolescents and their parents: theoretical and empirical implications
Executive function is a group of skills including planning, inhibition and switching between tasks. Autistic people report struggling quite a lot with these skills. But, when researchers test theseā¦
https://crae.ioe.ac.uk/everyday-executive-function-issues-from-the-perspectives-of-autistic-adolescents-and-their-parents/
5 days ago
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Itās the Improving Interventions for Childrenās and Young Peopleās Mental Health conference today (hosted by UCLās Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing) Do say hello to Brian & Mengning if youāre here. They have a poster on co-pro autistic digital supports at uni.
6 days ago
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Jess & Brian talk about au-some teacherson the PLASN-r (pan-London Autism Schools Network) mini-podcast
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Jess & Brian on au-some teachers
Jess Spigler and Brian Irvine talk about autistic teacher research. ⢠JessāsĀ open-access paperĀ looking (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27546330251406910) at how workplace culture shapes belonging for autisticĀ school staff. ⢠The team are working towards developing feasible inclusio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w0iegxr7xc
7 days ago
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āI Donāt Understand Their Sense of Belongingā: Exploring How Nonbinary Autistic Adults Experience Gender
#CRAEresearchSummaries
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āI Donāt Understand Their Sense of Belongingā: Exploring How Nonbinary Autistic Adults Experience Gender
The study was led by a non-binary autistic researcher. Interviewed participants shared perceptions of gender as an internal feeling, shaped in interaction with others, and reflected on society̵ā¦
https://crae.ioe.ac.uk/how-nonbinary-autistic-adults-experience-gender/
12 days ago
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Katie Munday
18 days ago
New paper just published! "What I Would Like to change" About Cancer Care. In this paper Rosie and I share recommendations for improving primary cancer care for disabled people. Article is free to access and will require a log in.
www.jcn.co.uk/journals/iss...
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Laura Crane
13 days ago
New paper: Transition Out of School for Autistic Young People: An Umbrella Review Recommendation: We need to plan with, not for, autistic young people and ensure that research, practice, and policy are aligned around outcomes that actually matter to them.
#AutRes
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/00346543261442123
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Annual CRAE lecture: Time to deliver. Mon 22 June ⢠6 PM ⢠Online Professor
Laura Crane
will be sharing insights as Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Committee on the Autism Act 2009.
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Time to deliver: Lessons from the House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee Tickets, Monday 22 June Ā ā¢Ā 5 PM - 6:30 PM UTC | Eventbrite
Eventbrite - UCL Centre for Research in Autism & Education CRAE presents Time to deliver: Lessons from the House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee - Monday, 22 June 2026 - Find event and ticket information.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-to-deliver-lessons-from-the-house-of-lords-autism-act-2009-committee-tickets-1986310533275
14 days ago
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Co-Constructing Creative Methods for Voice with Sarah Parsons [5-MAR-25]
#CRAEwebinar
#archive
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Co-Constructing Creative Methods for Voice with Sarah Parsons [5-MAR-25]
Most research that includes the voices of autistic children and young people uses traditional research methods (interviews and surveys), which can exclude many from participating. ACoRNS research focuses on the co-creation of creative methods to enable autistic children and young people to contribut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9vi1E70SfQ
14 days ago
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Still not too late to grab a place at this weeks
#CRAEwebinar
Moving in Unpredictable Environments with Spencer Hayes Thur 7th May, 4pm
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Moving in unpredictableĀ environments - autistic children and motor skills. Tickets, Thursday, May 7 Ā ā¢Ā 3 PM - 4 PM UTC | Eventbrite
Eventbrite - UCL Centre for Research in Autism & Education CRAE presents Moving in unpredictableĀ environments - autistic children and motor skills. - Thursday, May 7, 2026 - Find event and ticket information.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moving-in-unpredictable-environments-autistic-children-and-motor-skills-tickets-1980541341467
16 days ago
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Last week there I saw a couple of copies of Robert Chapmanās Empire of Normality were scudding around the CRAE office (and today I see it at half price).
www.plutobooks.com/p...
#CRAEisReading
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Empire of Normality - Pluto Press
This is the rise of the anti-capitalist neurodiversity movement
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/empire-of-normality/
18 days ago
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Next weekās
#CRAEwebinar
is with Spencer Hayes who will be sharing some counter-orthodox research; autistic folk might learn some motor skills better in unpredictable environments. Signup:
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Moving in unpredictableĀ environments - autistic children and motor skills. Tickets, Thursday, May 7 Ā ā¢Ā 3 PM - 4 PM UTC | Eventbrite
Eventbrite - UCL Centre for Research in Autism & Education CRAE presents Moving in unpredictableĀ environments - autistic children and motor skills. - Thursday, May 7, 2026 - Find event and ticket information.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moving-in-unpredictable-environments-autistic-children-and-motor-skills-tickets-1980541341467
19 days ago
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Autistic young peopleās experiences of transitioning to adulthood following the Children and Families Act 2014
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Autistic young peopleās experiences of transitioning to adulthood following the Children and Families Act 2014
The paper voices the experiences of 80 autistic young people aged 16-25 years. Findings were mixed, pointing out that the type of schooling plays a significant role in the access to appropriate supā¦
https://crae.ioe.ac.uk/autistic-young-peoples-experiences-of-transitioning-to-adulthood-following-the-children-and-families-act-2014/
19 days ago
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Pete Wharmby
21 days ago
ebury.lnk.to/differentminds
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A newish entry to the
#CRAEwebinar
archives Virtual reality as a tool for supporting autistic people, with Nate Caruana (5-FEB-26)
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Virtual reality as a tool for supporting autistic people, with Nate Caruana (5-FEB-26)
Virtual reality as a tool for understanding and supporting social interactions involving autistic people. In this talk, Nate shares how virtual reality has transformed our ability to study complex social interactions in autism. He discusses key insights from VR-based experiments that challenge tra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk1Uhs3YTag
21 days ago
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reposted by
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
25 days ago
#AutINSAR
#INSAR2026
questions to mull over before the discussion at 12:45 Prague time (please don't answer before then): Q1: What are your top three priorities for autism research? Q2: Which topics do
#ActuallyAutistic
people discuss that are missing from research conversations? 2/
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
25 days ago
Since INSAR was not able to provide a room for the 2026
#AutINSAR
chat (no foul; they tried), we will be meeting IRL in the Level 1 Club Foyer space tomorrow, Saturday April 25, at 12:45 - 1:45 Prague time. As we will be on BlueSky too It is fine to respond asynchronously!
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More posters at
#INSAR2026.
Jess Spiegler at 28G; Autistic Educatorsā Views and Experiences of Inclusion and Exclusion: How Workplace Culture Shapes Belonging
25 days ago
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At #INSAR2026 in Prague today (Friday), pop by poster 25C at 6:30pm (quiet 5:30) CRAE's
@samdexter.bsky.social
#INSAR2026
has a poster 'The Views and Experiences of Autistic Young People with School-Based Careers Guidance'. The poster has been selected as one of the Top-Rated Abstracts. Just saying.
25 days ago
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John Marble
26 days ago
Itās encouraging to see a packed room for the Autistic Peopleās Views panel (
@drstevenkapp.bsky.social
) at
#INSAR2026
. Iāll note the majority here are YOUNG autism researchers (not veterans). Thatās such an apt commentary on the past/current state of autism research, but also its hopeful future.
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Steven Kapp
25 days ago
Fortunate to have suggested Damian Milton to keynote at
#INSAR2026
about the double empathy problem. For 1st time he considered application to animal models (critiquing it) & also included the relevance to autistic people w/ severe intellectual impairment like his son (critiquing āprofound autismā).
add a skeleton here at some point
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Brian Irvine
26 days ago
The double empathy can happen between ANY two people, it doesnāt have to be across dispositional lines. But the everyday breaches and repairs that autistic folk experience can become traumatic.
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Brian Irvine
25 days ago
#INSAR2026
Sergers and team on Co-creating Co-creating. - Itās ok to have a nt in the group. - Respect, good disagreement and nd groups
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Brian Irvine
25 days ago
Does Superior Perceptual Capacity Extend Beyond Autism. Short version - probably not, but AuADHD is fascinating.
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If you're at INSAR and wish to say hi, the CRAE SuPer team have a poster up at 12:30 today (Friday)
#15C
Does Superior Perceptual Capacity Extend Beyond Autism? (Quiet viewing from 11:30, we'll be there 12:30-1) 1/3
25 days ago
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Brian Irvine
26 days ago
The future The mind-space framework Long et al 2022 (including CRAEās Geoff Bird) Shout out for Geoff!!!! How to quantify predictions and test them.
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Brian Irvine
26 days ago
This morning at
#INSAR2026
I (and the
@craeioe.bsky.social
team are sooooo excited for Damian Miltonās keynote. We just ran into him and are so sure his talk is going to š¤ rock š¤.
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Centre for Interaction, Development and Diversity
26 days ago
@uopcidd.bsky.social
Director Prof Beatriz López presented meta-analysis w/ ~30k participants: higher variability in autistic ppl for theory of mind & flexibility executive functioning tasks than central coherence or planning EF task. Variability was *not* higher over time
#INSAR2026
#neurodiversity
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
26 days ago
Though important to note that
@drmbothapsych.bsky.social
says a huge problem is that autistic people are never allowed to just be. And one of the most profound things we can do is provide autistic people space to just be, so they can follow their internal compass, and live well.
#INSAR2026
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A huge congrats to the amazing James Cusack on the Autism Advocacy Award at #INSAR2026 āThings have meaningfully changedā
James Cusack
26 days ago
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So many posters from CRAE in Prague today for
#INSAR2026ā¦
and many more tomorrow. Thank you to all the lovey people who dropped by to say hello.
26 days ago
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Brian Irvine
26 days ago
#INSAR2026
and have gravitated to Session 312 - Neurodiversity in Autism: Insights and Distinctions from ADHD Will it be a two wolves narrative of a self in battle, or the AuADHD self as a single self sculpted by two hands?
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Dr AimƩe Fletcher (@aimee_speaks)
26 days ago
Now wrapping up this AADC talk is Mary Doherty positioning autistic diagnoticians. Mary is sharing some insights from the Diagnoticians who are part of the network, it is the first group for autistic diagnoticians which supports the field "Autistic diagnoticians are advancing the field"
#INSAR2026
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Next up at
#INSAR2026
today (Thursday). At 1 - Yimu Zhang's work with Mel 37D Beyond School Readiness to a Hierarchy of Expectations: An IPA (Quiet viewing from 11:30, CRAE will be there 1-1:30)
26 days ago
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More posters at #INSAR2026 today (Thursday). Fae will be here with some work from the CAAR team.
@bathcaar.bsky.social
#INSAR2026
65B - Barriers and Facilitators for Support Provided to Autistic Court Users (Quiet viewing from 11:30, presenters 12:30-1)
26 days ago
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Do come and say Hi. CRAE are presenting a few posters at
#INSAR2026
today (Thursday). At 12:30 - Arielle Claresta's work with Mel 37G Autistic Adultsā Experiences of Employment in Indonesia (Quiet viewing from 11:30, CRAE will be there 12:30-1)
26 days ago
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CRAE and UCL's Global Business School for Health have a poster today at #INSAR2026(Thursday). 12:30 - CRAE and GHBS. Do say Hi. Between Years: Understanding the First-Year University Experience of Autistic Students (Quiet viewing from 11:30, CRAE will be there 12:30-1)
@uclgbsh.bsky.social
26 days ago
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
27 days ago
Mandell: Families with autistic children have an average 28% decrease in household income, mostly due to lack of services and supports that then force families to take on those responsibilities themselves. So what kind of services can help? What kinds of research can affect policy?
#INSAR2026
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Steven Kapp
27 days ago
Chairing
#INSAR2026
panel on Autistic People's Views on Autism Diagnosis and Intervention w/ talks questioning "optimal outcome", on autistic autism diagnosticians, early intervention strategies benefits and harms, and barriers to autism identification among ethically and racially minoritised adults
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
27 days ago
Now: Dr. David Mandell, a very thoughtful man who has been attending INSAR since he was a "baby researcher" in 2002, the 2nd conference. He's talking about what we can learn from policy and services research and implementation research, and how these two branches inform each other.
#INSAR2026
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Brian Irvine
27 days ago
Keynote at
#INSAR2026
with David Mendell. āHow to prepare communities of careā Service research: Descriptive and implementative; a āmuttā girl that borrows from economics and systems.
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Kayden Stockwell
about 1 month ago
Excited to be presenting some of my dissertation work next week at
#INSAR2026
! Friday 12:30 in Hall 4A! "Effects of Social Support & Speech on Task Performance in Minimally/Nonspeaking Autistic Teens & Adults." Come get a preview of my HRV findings as well!
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Christine Jenkins, Canada
30 days ago
@thinkingautism.com
We need to look around
#INSAR2026
and see who is NOT there. Cost, class, age, sensory overwhelm are all factors.
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
about 1 month ago
The International Meeting for Autism Research
#INSAR2026
is next week! We'll once again be hosting the
#AutINSAR
discussion on autistic priorities for autism research, since most research does ā¦not consider those priorities. Join us Sat, April 25. 2025 recap:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/05/what...
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Katrine Callander
about 1 month ago
With my fellow session presenters at British Sociological Association annual conference at Manchester Uni. Sharing my work on āWho Decides What Counts? Autistic Women, Trauma and the Politics of Recognition.ā
#britsoc
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For all of you traveling to #INSAR2026, we wish you a hassle free journey. If you'd like to say hi - or said hi and forgot our names - we've attached a little who's who. Or do see the whole team's biogs at
crae.ioe.ac.uk/whos-...
#INSAR2026,
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28 days ago
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The theory of mind hypothesis of autism: A critical evaluation of the status quo.
#CRAEresearchSummaries
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The theory of mind hypothesis of autism: A critical evaluation of the status quo.
For several years the Theory of Mind (ToM) hypothesis has been suggested as an underlying mechanism for understanding autism. It finds that no existing models fully explain ToM in autism. So, the tā¦
https://crae.ioe.ac.uk/the-theory-of-mind-hypothesis-of-autism-a-critical-evaluation-of-the-status-quo/
29 days ago
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