I've been super quiet for a few months but I've re-emerged at Autism Europe in Dublin! Please say hi! You can also catch me/the Learning About Neurodiversity at School project at symposium S1.06 at 1530 today. #AEC2025

Last week, the Learning About Neurodiversity at School #LEANSproject celebrated 3 years since releasing our 100% free classroom resources. Changing minds and practices takes time--thank you SO much for continuing to download, share, and use LEANS, wherever you are in the world!

Just a few days left to submit evidence for this: Meeting the needs of neurodivergent children and their families living in temporary accommodation - Special Needs Jungle www.specialneedsjungle.com/c...

Excited to say that I have a chapter in each of two books on neurodiversity & education coming out this autumn, edited by @krysiawally.bsky.social and @keatesresearch.bsky.social. 🎉 Details in following posts. 🧵

If you're interested in autism, religious experience, and people who are minimally-speaking / have higher support needs, do check out this job at U of Aberdeen: www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/rese... You'd get to work on a very interesting project with a really great team.

Resesearchers, can you help? My wonderful MSc student Esther is recruiting NOW for an online interview study on how uni-based academic/clinical researchers think and talk about neurodevelopmental diversity in their everyday work (postdocs + up). We've had loads of spam sign-ups, so really need YOU!

Excited to say that "Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction" written by myself and @suereviews.bsky.social is finally ready to preorder! Afaik the first general academic introduction covering the ND movement, ND studies, and applications of ND theory in practice. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

These events are going to be really well run, and capture such important perspectives which will shape future understanding and policy. If you're eligible please sign-up if you can share, please do that!

I have been off social media for a while and all I can say is FIRST YEAR OF LECTURING. Have some events on the horizon, and meeting colleagues/hearing about others' work often makes me feel more inspired to post, so maybe I can make a comeback!

Thrilled to find out today that my paper and symposium for the @autismeurope.bsky.social Autism Congress 2025 have been accepted. So looking forward to presenting our research on neuroinclusive education with @aalcorn.bsky.social @drlornaham.bsky.social and Anna Cook. Who's coming too?

Delighted to share this new open access article which presents four amazing case studies showcasing coproduction methods in neurodevelopmental research Lots of people have published theory and there are some useful toolkits too, but its still rare to actually read what people did... rdcu.be/ebbgu

Really pleased to have been part of the team who authored this new article: 'Applied Principles for Inclusive Practice in Neurodevelopmental Research: A Selection and Report of Illustrative Case Studies'. Huge thanks to @cjcrompton.bsky.social & @suereviews.bsky.social for bringing us all together!

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!

Man at the co-op just excused his confusion over paying by saying he "hadn't had his morning coffee". After an awkward pause he added defensively to the cashier "Well it's morning SOMEWHERE!"

I'm working on a large scale feedback survey right now about an educational resource (sent to thousands of people!). *In general*, what % of responses might you expect for a feedback survey to majority-UK recipients? Hoping for ~5-10% but have seen wildly varying estimates on this...

I feel like January has already lasted SEVERAL years...anyone else?!

We are hiring! We're looking for a great project manager to help with a large-scale Wellcome funded study. If you know of anyone that this might appeal to, please share. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49880/

Very excited to share this 2year postdoc job, working on a co-produced model for autistic adults' social care Project led by & draws on work of the National Autistic Taskforce (especially Yo Dunn) with supporting cast of David Orr, @kathyleadbitter.bsky.social + me www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI718/r...

I've stress-eaten all my scones before I finished marking all the assignments...send help

What time is it? Time to start inflicting Dolly Parton Christmas music on the people near and dear to me, I'm so glad you asked!

Final call for the @autistica.org.uk public transport survey which closes tomorrow! If you are neurotypical we'd be especially grateful to hear from you. There has to be *one* neurotypical person following me, right? www.autistica.org.uk/our-research...

🥳 Check out our new article introducing neurodiversity research--for kids! Frontiers For Young Minds is a peer-reviewed scientific journal for kids, with young reviewers (+ adults). With @cjcrompton.bsky.social @katiecebula.bsky.social @suereviews.bsky.social kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Ooh, the call for abstracts is live for Autism Europe 2025! Really nice list of topics, too. Deadline 10th January :) autismcongress2025.org/call-for-abs...

Getting set up very soon with masters students and first year research apprentices, asking neurodiversity-related questions. Feels exciting to be starting new stuff with students--it's been too long!

🚨 Upload alert. We've posted last week's #CRAEWebinar The wonderful Felicity Sedgwick on 'Supporting Autistic University Students: Policy and Practice' youtu.be/BJDdBIKDfMY

Tomorrow's #CRAEwebinar Supporting Autistic University Students: Policy and Practice Oct 3rd at 4 PM GMT Felicity Sedgewick on her research on reviewing Uni provision, and training staff to support our autistic students. 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Missed the news at the start of this month? Our big #LEANSproject paper finally came out, reporting a feasibility study of our neurodiversity teaching programme in schools 🥳 Download our open-access publication today (free for everyone--this means you!) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Felicity Sedgwick's #CRAEwebinar will address the question: An increasing number of autistic students are entering university - but are universities prepared to support them? 🗓️ Oct 3rd 4pm, GMT Do sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

NEW PUBLICATION! The report on our Learning About Neurodiversity at School #LEANSproject feasibility study is published today! Many, many thanks again to the participating schools, the LEANS research/design teams, and our colleagues at SMRC 💛 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Unfortunately, the Learning About Neurodiversity at School (LEANS) downloads were offline for a while due to a technical problem...but now we're back!!! Find out more + get our free classroom resources here 👇 salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/leans/download

Shared this elsewhere but cross-posting here! VERY excited to share my NEW JOB! 🥳🥳🥳 Last week, I started a fixed term lectureship at @BristolUniPsych . The department could not have been nicer or more welcoming as I settle in and sort out the details of my new role. 1/2

"The longstanding effects of austerity, coupled with the attainment-focused pressures that schools are under, has led to schools struggling to meet the needs of fairly homogenous groups of learners, yet alone those with additional learning needs." #AutRes #EduSky

FREE COMMUNITY E-BOOKS NEW RESOURCES for families/professionals to help develop an understanding of neurodivergence www.autisticrealms.com/resources Supporting The PDA Space & their amazing workshops delivered by @gr0ve.bsky.social (Neuro-Affirming)@ferrousmu.bsky.social (Monotropism) & others

The Belonging in School resource was 6 months old on March 20, and we're still celebrating! If your school is working on inclusion policies, check it out for tools and ideas. All content and our intro webinar are FREE and downloadable for everyone 👇 inclusion.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk

We’re halfway to happy birthday! 6 months ago we launched Belonging in School, a free, school-level resource for educators who want to develop more inclusive policies. Haven’t seen it yet? Download the content and watch our introductory webinar here! inclusion.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk

Mary Doherty's fantastic CRAE lecture "Autistic professionals and the triple empathy problem" is now available on YouTube. bit.ly/CRAE2024Tripl... A must watch for wisdom and hope.

This time last year, many of us were gathering in Edinburgh for the 1st It Takes All Kinds of Minds #neurodiversity conference! I met so many great people that I wish we were doing it again. In the mean time, check out the 2023 session recordings here: www.youtube.com/@salvesenmin...

Mary and her colleagues are doing such interesting and important work--don't miss this chance to hear about it for free!

This was popular on Twitter so cross-posting! Saw this open-access paper that may interest teachers/families/community interested in #neurodiversity resources or #LEANSproject: "A commentary on children's books about autism: What messages do they send about neurodiversity?" doi.org/10.1002/aur....

I may not be the only one who missed this...but many recorded talks from the It Takes All Kinds of Minds (ITAKOM) neurodiversity conference in March 2023 have now gone online! Find them on Mindroom's YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/@salvesenmin...

Tue 12 March Autistic professionals and the triple empathy problem. Dr Mary Doherty, founder of Autistic Doctors International, on leveraging insider perspective for community benefit. bit.ly/tripleempathy #CRAEwebinar

I'm planning to stop lurking and start posting...with the news that we've recently passed 7000 downloads of the Learning About #Neurodiversity at School (LEANS) resource! Thank you to everyone who has helped share and promote along the way ❤️ Download LEANS free here: salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/leans