Metacognition facilitates theory of mind through optimal weighting of trait inferences

Today's #CRAEwebinar Experiences of navigating university as an autistic people who are also marginalised by their Blackness 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK' with Jada Brown. Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt

It's not too late to sign up for tomorrow's (quite anticipated) #CRAEwebinar. Jada Brown will be speaking on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK' Do join us: Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt

From the #CRAEwebinar archives Considering the impact of alexithymia alongside autism with Geoff Bird (2-May-2024)

Big CRAE news! From January 2026, @melromualdez.bsky.social will be taking over as CRAE Director, when @annaremington.bsky.social steps down after almost 9 years at the helm! Read about the news here crae.ioe.ac.uk/dr-me... 1/2

New CRAE Research Summary Grace et al. (2025). ‘Trapped in a no-win situation’: A qualitative exploration of autistic adults’ experiences of loneliness. Loneliness is more than lack of connection. @kanabaletti.bsky.social

<A nudge for those of us working at Unis> Do sign up to join us for next week's #CRAEwebinar. Jada Brown will be speaking on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK' Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt

#CRAEresearchSummaries False Memory Formation in Autism

New #CRAEresearchSummary @brianirvine.bsky.social considers the role of framing and reframing in Specialist Autism Mentoring at UK Universities

March seems far, far away, but we've a #CRAEwebinar planned with Sarah Parsons, who will be talking about research that seeks to use a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a whole range of voices to be included in autism research.

From the #CRAEwebinar archives Supporting autistic students through university; participatory research with Emine Gürbüz (6-Jun-24)

Big CRAE news! From January 2026, @melromualdez.bsky.social will be taking over as CRAE Director, when @annaremington.bsky.social steps down after almost 9 years at the helm! Read about the news here crae.ioe.ac.uk/dr-me... 1/2

Autistic teens are nearly 2x as likely to have an anxiety disorder—not only due to social pressures and sensory overload, but also bc of interoception differences (ability to tune into internal bodily signals like toileting urges, or hunger). TY @craeioe.bsky.social: crae.ioe.ac.uk/experiences-...

New #CRAEresearchSummary @brianirvine.bsky.social considers the role of framing and reframing in Specialist Autism Mentoring at UK Universities

#CRAEresearchSummaries ‘It just feels unnatural being here’: Autistic secondary school students’ experiences of sensory sensitivities in the school environment

#CRAEwebinar #archive Supporting Autistic University Students: Policy and Practice with Felicity Sedgewick (3-Oct-24)

Our paper has recently been published in @Autism in Adulthood: “Trapped in a No-Win Situation”: A Qualitative Exploration of Autistic Adults’ Experiences of Loneliness tinyurl.com/2yeuch6j @craeioe.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @lauramaycrane.bsky.social @annaremington.bsky.social

New research summary up: Ten questions concerning autism and auditory accessibility in buildings. Masiero (2025) Asking for flexible design, creating environments where noise levels, materials, and layouts are respectful of sensory diversity

#CRAEresearchSummaries How might interoceptive accuracy training work?

#CRAEwebinar #archive “I liked school, but school didn’t like me” with Jo Billington (14-Nov-24) www.youtube.com/watc...#CRAEwebinar#archive@drjobillington.bsky.social‬

We are so pleased to announce next month's #CRAEwebinar. Jada Brown will be speaking on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK' Do join us: Thur 6th Nov 4pm

The @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social team - along with CRAE’s @melromualdez.bsky.social compiled the DfE’s rapid evidence report on ‘Identifying and supporting the needs of children and young people with SEND’ www.gov.uk/governmen... Autism summary here: crae.ioe.ac.uk/rapid...

We are delighted that @connortkeating.bsky.social's Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism & Alexithymia #CRAEwebinar is now available to watch on our YouTube Channel. youtu.be/OqbcUW6qbLw#CRAEwebinar

#WorldMentalHeathDay The ‘know your normal’ tool allows you to describe what your normal looks like: sleep, time spent on hobbies and how this makes you feel, so that if this changes, it’s easier to explain to others that something feels different.

Today, CRAE’s Mel & Brian were delighted to join the City Lit #MentalWealth Festival with the great MH TedXer Shaun Flores and NHS ND Network founder Hannah Jones. We bounced around neurodiversity paradigm & movement, mentoring & employability. Full house. Great crowd… 🤩

#CRAEresearchSummaries Theoretical limitations on mindreading measures: commentary on Wendt et al. (2024)

We are delighted that @connortkeating.bsky.social's Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism & Alexithymia #CRAEwebinar is now available to watch on our YouTube Channel. youtu.be/OqbcUW6qbLw#CRAEwebinar

October is AAC awareness month: AAC being Augmentative and Alternative Communication. If you haven't yet caught last year's CRAE lecture from Vikram Jaswal, we can't recommend it enough. #AACaware25

CRAE’s @melromualdez.bsky.social and the @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social team wrote the rapid evidence report on ‘Identifying and supporting the needs of children and young people with SEND’ for the DfE Our summary of the autistic children & yp section here crae.ioe.ac.uk/rapid... 1/2

#CRAEresearchSummaries Ameliorating the disadvantage for autistic job seekers

Many autistic folks' experience intersects with ADHD, and as October is #ADHDawarenessmonth*, you might want to have a look at some of the work done on focus by CRAE's Perceptual Capacity team * awareness is not as great as acceptance or appreciation

#CRAEwebinar #archive Earlier this year, we were introduced to Tōjisha-kenkyū, which roughly translates as ‘self-directed research’, by Prof. Shinichiro Kumagaya and Dr Satsuki Ayaya from the University of Tokyo. www.youtube.com/watc...#CRAEwebinar#archive(original Japanese version also available on our channel)

when autistic people talk about research that will actually help to improve autistic people's quality of life, this is the kind of thing we mean. this is a neat study.

CRAE’s @melromualdez.bsky.social and the @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social team wrote the rapid evidence report on ‘Identifying and supporting the needs of children and young people with SEND’ for the DfE Our summary of the autistic children & yp section here crae.ioe.ac.uk/rapid... 1/2

Coming very soon. 2nd Oct 4 pm BST Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism & Alexithymia with @connortkeating.bsky.social

#CRAEresearchSummaries Disclosing an autism diagnosis improves ratings of candidate performance in employment interviews

Should you be in London tomorrow, we have a couple of places left with Stephen Bailey and the Autistic as F*ck cast. They will share working ideas and excerpts and facilitate discussion on autistic identity.

If you haven't already done so, do sign up for next week's #CRAEwebinar Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism & Alexithymia with @connortkeating.bsky.social Thur Oct 2nd 4pm bst

#CRAEresearchSummaries Autistic Adults’ Priorities for Future Autism Employment Research

CRAE’s Sam Dexter has a new blog post over on BERA, the British Educational Research Association A worthwhile read for those involved with careers, employment or education.

Very much looking forward to tomorrow’s #NDinHE3 conference - Neurodiversity in Higher Education Do join Lucy & I for the recording of Neuromentoring live at 2:30. And if you’re around at 4, I’ll be closing us up with a talk on Hopeful Optimism in Higher Ed.

CRAE’s delegates will be with you at Autism Europe. If you’re attending, do come and say hello – we’d love to hear about your work. crae.ioe.ac.uk/whos-...

CRAE PhD student, Sam Dexter, presented his research about careers guidance for autistic young people at #AutismEurope 🇮🇪 1/4

CRAE’s delegates will be with you at Autism Europe. If you’re attending, do come and say hello – we’d love to hear about your work. crae.ioe.ac.uk/whos-...

#CRAEresearchSummaries ‘I can’t say that anything has changed’: parents of autistic young people (16–25 years) discuss the impact of the Children and Families Act in England and Wales

Do say hello to the CRAE folk at #AutismEurope: @melromualdez.bsky.social Sam Dexter @autisticcharlie.bsky.social

On #WorldSuicidePrevention day, we are mindful that suicide is more common for autistic people. Last year we hosted one of the launches of Improving Mental Health Therapies for Autistic Children and Young People May we commend it to changemakers.

New term? Wanting to learn something new? You may wish to sign up for October's #CRAEwebinar. Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism, Alexithymia, and the Underlying Psychological Mechanisms with @connortkeating.bsky.social Thur 2nd Oct 4 pm BST

What a fabulous book launch! Lovely hearing from so many of the authors of the various chapters! A really valuable resource! "Monotropism is rocket fuel for change. Monotropism is rocket fuel for learning." as quoted by @brianirvine.bsky.social - Indeed! www.igi-global.com/book/neurodi...

#CRAEresearchSummaries Autistic young people’s experiences of transitioning to adulthood following the Children and Families Act 2014