Quick question on behalf of a mentee - Is anyone familiar with whether the 'Girls on Board' training for schools has any content/consideration about neurodivergent/autistic girls' experiences?

Re autistic children, the Autistic Girls Network survey & research in 2021 💕 found that only 3 out of 17 participants had a successful Y6-7 transition. Individualised plans & friendships helped. Feb half term in Y7 was when most transitions broke down autisticgirlsnetwork.org/some-tips-fo...

‘It feels like we're out of the rat race’: Family reflections on traumatic school experiences leading to home ed. (Gillie, 2025) This research reveals the uncertainty of access to support for some neurodivergent families who deregister & home ed nasenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A lovely positive boost finding out during neurodiversity celebration week that my paper with @drlornaham.bsky.social and Dr Jonathan Vincent was a top-cited paper last year 🥳

A wild year for the Barkley marathon, and a nailbiting joy to follow. Far less of a joy to run, I imagine! #bm100

Brilliant article from @autisticrealms.bsky.social

The Barkley marathon is a long-term special interest for me. Happy to be able to follow on bsky now! #BM100

In Manchester this week for the #BERA conference. I'll be presenting my research on primary-secondary school transition experiences for neurodivergent pupils. 👩‍🏫 If you're here please come and say hi 👋 #BERA2024 #Educationalresearch #Schooltransitions

Love this - often the only approach to someone not understanding something is simplification. Really interesting to see alternative explanations and responses being explored!

Excited to share the first of three animations created collaboratively by a group of amazing autistic / neurodivergent young people, on their feelings moving to secondary school! 🏫 📽️ Watch here: t.ly/4P9Cc 📽️ Led by Dr Jonathan Vincent w/ myself and @drlornaham.bsky.social 🧵1/6 #AutRes #EduSky

This sounds brilliant, can't wait to read!

Great to see work like this coming out, using creative approaches like ‘walk and talk’ and photography to involve autistic young people in research

Very cool stuff!

Beyond excited to share my first published PhD paper w/ @DrLornaHam and Dr Jonathan Vincent in ICD journal! 🔗 Read free Open Access t.co/anvXZ6jw05 🔗 This thread will cover participatory approaches used to explore the experiences of autistic neurodivergent UK pupils 🧵 1/10