Today in our Guardian letter, @drjennyg.bsky.social and I call for a greater public discourse on how AI toys are interacting with young children and the impacts on their development. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The hardest disbelief to suspend about the show.

📢📢 PhD Scholarship Opportunity 📢📢 “Language and literacy difficulties and youth mental health” Are you passionate about supporting the mental health children with language and literacy difficulties? 📌 More info & how to apply: research.curtin.edu.au/higher-degre... (search Boyes) #DevLangDis

I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4

It's been such a delight to host @elizafricker.bsky.social and our amazing comics and autism team this week! Looking forward to working with you again in the autumn 🙏

Are you an educator interested in learning more about supporting children with developmental language disorder? Join the next Nasen Twilight Talks on May 8th, with @juhaynat.bsky.social. Book your place now! #DLD

Do you have a project that exemplifies open science in ecology and evolution? If so nominate the project for a SORTEE Commendation Award 🏆 More details about the SORTEE Commendation Award:

706 signatures this morning. docs.google.com/document/d/1... We have every letter of the alphabet represented except U - I know this sounds like an aphorism ("U can sign too!") but it's also the literal truth. Who in comics (individual or company) has a name starting with U?

This April, please do what you can to ensure that Autistic people are listened to about autism - and beware that too much awareness can be wearing.

Good data is essential for research. But it can be hard for researchers to find it. The Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets is changing that. This free tool lets you explore thousands of datasets from all over the world. Learn more from @larseneault.bsky.social ⤵️ www.linkedin.com/pulse/creati...

Play is central to children's lives, wellbeing & quality of life Play is a fundamental right of all children Normative assumptions often used to describe autistic play Need autistic understanding of play from autistic players themselves journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... youtu.be/62mVZ-VCoPw?...

New video with Christina O'Keeffe and Sinéad McNally talking about the recently published paper on a strengths-based understanding of the play of Autistic children. Watch the full video on our YouTube: youtu.be/62mVZ-VCoPw Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1177/1362...

"I never quite found my groove in the world" - can't believe it's 10 years since Gavin died way too young. We still miss you friend. Worth a listen if you don't know his work 💜

Supports finally offered. We spent some time getting those in place. And what a difference they made. What a relief. So now? Apparently they are mended. Cured? Time to put those hurdles back. Before they all start asking for them.. (got to think about that tax payers purse)

This is fascinating and useful - as you’d expect from brilliant @touretteshero.bsky.social

New blog post about my recent talk for the Linguistic Justice Society. Video should be posted soon. epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/01/deaf...

The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving. osf.io Contact [email protected] if you need assistance

We have been asked to pass this opportunity onto our followers by NICE: If you’ve used NHS Talking Therapies, please complete our survey, about your experience of pre-assessment (also known as triage): nice.welcomesyourfeedback.net/NHS_Talking_.... The NICE survey closes at 12 noon Fri 7th Feb.

A lovely study on autism and comics from @drjennyg.bsky.social and co! You can take part by following the link. cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Survey by my PhD student @elinorlim.bsky.social on how family (parents, partner, sibling, etc.) support may impact the experiences of autistic university students in the UK. See below for for eligibility and how to participate. Please share.

Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social is looking for UK parents for her (potentially very useful) research: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I'm excited that our new project about #autism and #comics got reported by the BBC! If you're autistic and into comics, #manga or graphic novels please check it out - there's a link in the article to a research survey. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New job, new social media account! 👋 Excited to be starting a postdoc on this new project about children's play with AI toys, led by @drjennyg.bsky.social and me. 🤖 www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news...

Podcast on the history of adventure playgrounds! #play #risk #adventure www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Autistic? Into #comics? Our research project needs you! From occasional doodlers to published cartoonists, from casual readers to hardcore fans - we would love you to share your views! Take part in this research by clicking this link: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share!

EarthCARE goes live with data now available to all www.esa.int/Applications...

Wow! This 3D fanmade animation of Hallownest is next level 😍 #HollowKnight #Silksong deprivation is clearly breeding creativity By Pelmennikov youtu.be/LLPQP7nTy3E?...

A long read but absolutely fascinating. Shows the long history & ongoing nature of institutional racism in the British scientific establishment. "As far as I know, the Royal Society did not elect a Black fellow until 2023."

Great to see this NIHR funding call focused on play! www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/unst... @profhelendodd.bsky.social @wendyrussell.bsky.social

Autistic abuse case must never happen again, says No 10 “Responding to the videos, No 10 said the DfE was looking at strengthening the guidance on the use of seclusion in specialist schools and would set out more information "as soon as possible". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Woke up to find someone had sneaked onto the bed AND had stolen my hat some time in the night. #schnauzer #stealthmode

If you’re UK based & want to be a part of lifting comics then join in with Comics Cultural Impact Collective aka CCIC (*See-sick) www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org/Join-Us

When I see these headlines, I play "guess which paragraph reveals the person is autistic". It's paragraph 11, in case you were wondering. Until we get timely diagnosis *AND ONGOING SUPPORT* for autistic people right, so many other things will keep going wrong. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Alongside outcomes & finances, we need to focus on quality of life & learning for disabled children at school and to implement effective accountability systems for those in charge of implementation. Parents would not be fighting for EHCPs if their children were thriving.

“This is about permanence.”

Mice making a good showing at the Cambridge Language Sciences symposium poster slam!

Hi there fellow newbies! I'm Professor of Sociology and Education at the University of Oxford, exploring reparations and reparative justice. Looking forward to connecting around mutual interests. Our project website: Reparative Futures of Education www.repair-ed.uk

SAGE Publications is seeking an Editor-in-Chief to lead the Autism & Developmental Language Impairments (ADLI) editorial team. Expressions of interest due by 31st December 2024. 🔗 ow.ly/gylr50TOeKw #CallForEditor #AutRes #Autism #bskySPEECHIES

In-depth article about Facilitated Communication (content note for SA). Highlights the importance of evidence-based communication support, the dangerous consequences of good intentions + misinformation, & the long way to go to provide better support to non-speaking folk www.bbc.com/news/article...

You can pre-order our book - Improving Mental Health Therapies for Autistic Children and Young People - now! Special thanks to @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social for her leadership on this endeavour. And hugely grateful to our incredible contributors for their wonderful chapters ❤️

Recently, rather than directing photoshoots with scientists, I'm illustrating their stories. And loving it 😊 Always awesome working with Scientific American! www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark... Info & more: www.olenashmahalo.com/project/here... #Art #SciArt #ArtByHumans #NoAI 🧪 ⚛️ 🐡 🔭 👻 ✨

1. For my doctoral thesis I explored the lived experiences of masking black autistic girls in UK schools and looked at how racism and ableism work in tandem to influence such experiences and how societal structures and systems marginalise and oppress groups deemed to not meet preconceived

I'm looking for resources or recommendations for supporting students to run postgraduate (level 7/masters) reading groups - any ideas?

We are bereft: Steve Silberman has died. He was our dear friend, and a tireless and enthusiastic ally to our entire community. His book NeuroTribes enlightened, empowered, and educated millions about autism and autistic people. May his memory be a blessing. www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/249...

It’s our job to bridge the gap: Perspectives of bilingual autism providers on heritage language care journals.sagepub.com...

🚨 Vacancy for Lecturer in Cognitive Science and AI at Radboud University. Deadline for application: 28 April (Please RT 🔃 for wider reach 🙏) 1/n www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Places are now available for our PPD course on Neurodiversity in Educational Settings. Explore neurodiversity & what it means for your own student & contexts with tutors including Jason Arday, Chantelle Lewis & @drjennyg.bsky.social. Applications close 8 March. www.educ.cam.ac.uk/courses/ppd/...

New preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... Happy to share the first version draft of our research exploring the professional experiences of autistic speech and language therapists - led by fantastic PhD student Mélanie Gréaux.

The Oxford Handbook of Conscientious Authors who Met the Official Deadline and Then Waited 6 Years to See their Chapter in Print Because of the Tardy Contributors

#HiSciSky I'm new here! I thought this was a night camera shot of barn owls, but it turns out they're teeth. How's your day going?