Autistic people have more chronic pain from hypermobility, EDS, migraines, and sensory overwhelm etc. and so take more Tylenol/acetaminophen/paracetamol than non-autistic people do. And autistic people also have more autistic kids than non-autistic people do. This is not rocket science. #autism

Washburn and Justice page students take part in a nationwide student walkout demanding gun control Minneapolis, MN

🎉 New article! 🎉 Our latest in @jidr-wiley.bsky.social measures what teachers of students with IDD know about foundational word reading and how that relates to their training and classroom instruction. #OpenAccess version here: doi.org/10.1111/jir.... @kimberlymcfadden.bsky.social

I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵

The Hechinger Report has been following the Trump administration's actions on a week-by-week basis. Keep up with all the news here: hechingerreport.org/tracking-tru...

For those following the NIH budget fight, the next big development will be this Tuesday, Sept 2nd, with the House LHHS subcommittee markups. The bill text will likely come out late Monday. The House bill is likely to be closer to the president's budget request than the Senate's was, so be prepared.

“Do not offer thoughts and prayers as you systemically enable such tragedies. Do not claim prayers are sufficient when children die as they pray. Do not pretend you do not understand.” — Lydia, 16, Minneapolis

If you are an #Autism researcher who has had their federal research grant from NIH/HHS on autism canceled, I'd like to speak with you. My signal is Emgarcia.85 #AutismSky

"Even in a world without additional economic constraints, accessibility tools and assistive technologies are already shockingly high-priced." mashable.com/article/tari...

U.S. Dept of Ed is proposing to eliminate the requirement for states to report data on racial disparities in special education, currently a condition to receive federal $ under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Comments open till 10/21 www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

And more cuts likely to critical #4SpecialEducation services, teaching, professional development, and teacher preparation. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... @cecmembership.bsky.social

A lot to watch right now regarding potential changes to special education in the US: www.k12dive.com/news/educati...

At the Office Of Special Education Programs Project Director’s Meeting starting off by looking back at the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (50 years old!). This act is CRITICAL for ALL children and young people, especially those with disabilities, their educators, families, & communities

An actual thing that happened to me at work one time was that some time after I disclosed as autistic, my leader sent me some really good free training on neurodiversity in the workplace and asked if I thought it'd be useful. I got excited, completed it all myself, and highly recommended it.

New @caldercenter.bsky.social paper alert! We (big group of authors) look at summer school as a pandemic recovery strategy. What do we find? 👇 caldercenter.org/publications...

“Celebrate today, but keep organizing and keep advocating and using your voice so we can make sure that our students get the services that they need,” said Montserrat Garibay www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

“Peace at a price, if the price is right.” #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

We are very pleased to announce the 2025 Awards Winners for the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science! Join us in celebrating the exceptional projects that have revolutionized the field of psychological science. buff.ly/rzTeLYL

Remote mixed methods educational researcher position focused on DOE data and affiliated with UD CRESP group careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: Emeritus Professor Theo Wubbels on three initiatives that the Dutch organisation for educational research launched to help improve the relationship between educational research and practice. #EduSci #EERA_VOR https://blog.eera-ecer.de/educational-research-dutch/

New Publication Alert: "Sharing Materials to Heighten the Impact of Publications" by Campbell, Brunsting, Landmark, Butler, and Cook. The paper provides an overview of issues and recommendations for sharing materials with research and practitioner publications. riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

New pub alert! Didion et al. report an RCT examining effects of an extended version of Data Mountain (30 lessons instead of 15) on reading fluency for elem students with and at risk for reading disabilities when administered individually and in small groups. riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

My developmental psych class in college had an *entire* module dedicated to early childhood television programming and the gold standard has been and always will be Sesame Street.

Important ASF grant announcement! Federal funding cuts are forcing early-career autism scientists out of #research. To fight back, we’ve launched our new “Save Our Scientists” (SOS) Grants to sustain & empower #postdoctoral investigators & keep #autism research moving forward. More: bit.ly/4lwgnly

A recent poll from the Alliance for Learning Innovation shows that there is strong bipartisan support for federal investments in educational research: www.alicoalition.org/publications... #EduSky #AcademicSky

HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...

I just saw this in the Good News Roundup on Daily Kos, but I haven't seen it here on Bluesky. You're welcome. No new autism registry, HHS says, walking back NIH director’s claim Instead, agency says it’s investing $50 million in a new autism research effort www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/n...

Indiana University is eliminating or suspending over 100 academic programs in arts and humanities, science, education, public health, and more The cuts come after a new Board of Trustees majority, which has called for more “practical” degrees bloomingtonian.com/2025/06/30/i...

Very happy to have contributed to this British Educational Research Assocation (BERA) blog on inclusive language for writing and talking about neurodivergence “Neutral not negative” is a useful rule of thumb to check what you write. www.bera.ac.uk/blog/neutral...

I am very excited to have co-guest edited this special issue in Educational Psychologist - Toward Equity in Educational Psychology: Including Students with Disabilities in Research and Theory Check it out! www.tandfonline.com/toc/hedp20/6...

Embracing complexity: Applying intersectional, post-oppositional approaches to examinations of students with disabilities in educational psychology research www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We need to make sure that resistance is accessible to all. To help facilitate that, we put together a guide for those who can't protest or are looking different ways to contribute. We must resist. Together. #PoliticalRevolution #ThePeoplesMovement #Resistance @50501movement.bsky.social‬

New #NeurodiversityAffirming #Autism research out for #AutisticAdults: Defining Neurodiversity Affirming Psychology Practice for Autistic Adults: A Delphi Study Integrating Psychologist and Client Perspectives (Flower et al. June 2025) www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

I am so excited to see @mariahdharmon.bsky.social of @psuedu.bsky.social publish her piece, "From Object to Subject: Exploring the Absent Presence of Black Women Preservice Teachers in Teacher Education Literature" in Educational Research (Open Access even!) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I produce and co-host an education research podcast that releases new episodes on the 12th of each month. In this XL episode, we talk with @imogenherrick.bsky.social about her work creating data talks. A wonderful conversation about data, climate science, and hope. twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...

Check out our new article published as the introduction to a special issue of Educational Psychologist - Transdisciplinary inclusivity: strategies and implications for integrating students with disabilities in educational psychology research www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I recently sat down with Amplify’s Science of Reading: The Podcast host, Susan Lambert. We chatted about the science of learning, how cognitive load affects learning, and more. Listen to the full episode here: amplify.com/science-of-r...

You know what would help? Not having articles behind paywalls!! #AcademicSky #EduSky

Do I know any fellow #BskyAcademics using Motion for their emails and tasks? wondering if it's worth trying out!

I don't say this often: Clarivate/Proquest is doing a very good thing here. www.infodocket.com/2025/06/13/c... The loss of ERIC as a freely available resource (due to federal cuts!) would have been catastrophic to education research.

Federal autism research funding dropped 26% in early 2025. Scientists and families warn of lasting consequences. What’s at stake for the #autism and #neurodiversity communities? #AutismResearch More info: www.spectrumastrolabe.org/2025/06/02/a...

🧵STEM ED Research: I'm coming back from a week of interviews with math teachers that my team & I have been working with through a partnership funded by the NSF. The interviews are something qualitative researchers do as they are working on their analyses of what happened in the intervention. 1/

MPS staff and teachers are amazing and do so much and are criminally underpaid!!

People with disabilities can be at risk of developing secondary conditions from certain diseases. Tell us about your health by taking the NSHD at: kuhealthsurvey.org #disability #DisabilityHealth

Please know that I am still working on the #AutINSAR wrap-up (it was a HUGE chat) and hope to have it published this weekend. What a fantastic discussion we all had about autistic priorities for autism research! #INSAR2025

Yes, this 👇. What you choose to study can depend on your life experiences.

Praise from @aoc.bsky.social for the disability rights activists who protested: "I think that they have demonstrated a tremendous amount of courage and bravery putting themselves on the line in order to defend Medicaid for people across the country." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...