Our poster from the How I Communicate project is up at @autismeurope.bsky.social It summarises findings from our systematic review into minimally & non-speaking (prevalence and terminology) in the UK. #AECongress2025 #AutismEurope25 @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @sxu33.bsky.social

➡️ Interested in autism and education? ➡️ Undertake research that takes a strengths-informed approach? ➡️ Within a neurodiversity paradigm? 🙌 Consider submitting an abstract to a special education of Behavioral Sciences More information in the link below 👇 www.mdpi.com/journal/beha... #AutRes

& not needlessly making them switch focus away from deep attention on learning that benefits & matters to them? @thewoodbug.bsky.social’s work on interest-based learning chimes with your insights re wasted staff effort imv. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Getting ready for trip to Dublin ☘️ for @autismeurope.bsky.social congress next week! I will be presenting some fascinating findings from the Autistic School Staff Project. Parents from the UK, Poland and US share their understandings of autistic teachers. ➡️Merrion Room ➡️Thursday 11th ➡️17.45 #AE25

📣 Latest article from Autistic School Staff Project - the experiences of autistic teachers in Poland 📣 Many challenges but strongest findings yet on monotropism. Questioning the inclusivity of current expectations of teachers. Open access - please share! 👇🏻🇵🇱 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reshare of the Autistic community e-book with contributions from @drmbothapsych.bsky.social @autisticrealms.bsky.social @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @wardasworld.bsky.social @emergentdivergence.com @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @kieranrose.bsky.social autismbooksbyautisticauthors.com/ways-of-bein...

In this short video, Professor Sara Ryan, research group lead, and Professor Chris Hatton share more about the Learning Disability and Autism research group at @scswmcrmet.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social. #AcademicSky #AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #ResearchGroup #ManMet

I am a happy teacher. A happy autistic teacher. My autism makes me exceptionally good at teaching certain age groups. I manage to do the work I adore w/o being overwhelmed. I wish that for all autistic teachers. That’s why we need this kind of research published in the journals.

Fantastic to see that our article on the experiences of autistic teachers in Poland has been published open access in the International Journal of Inclusive Education 🙌https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13603116.2025.2518393#abstract #AutismResearch

Almost a year & almost £3000 raised. This ebooklet is still available. To get it donate to a charity supporting aid in Gaza & send proof of donation to [email protected]. @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social & many more. Minimum donation £8 pls. Thank you

Such important work by @mariemarm.bsky.social #SLT #Neurodiversity #NoLanguageIsBad

@drstevenkapp.bsky.social's panel at International Society for Autism Research on Neurodivergence-affirming research practices for autistic people w/ high support needs illustrates relevance of neurodiversity framework for people w/ significant disabilities - an important principle of our MSc course

Q2: 1) factors impacting high rates of Autistic unaliving in high masking Autists 2) Autistic Joy/glimmers and the healing impact of Monotropic flow 3) impact of Rampant discrimination, stigmatization, infantalization in hiring practices, media representation & political circles by decision makers

#INSAR2025 researchers, if you actually talk to autistic people of all ages, disability profiles, and communication profiles, you'll find that a non-innate commonality is … trauma. And as this is avoidable, this is one of the root areas from which all autism research should proceed. #neurodiversity

I have my posters ready for #INSAR2025. This year I'm presenting on ➡️ perceived dehumanization and masking mediating the relationship of group (au v not) and depression. ➡️ dehumanizing autism research predicts dehumanizing attitudes to autistic people ➡️ A Computational CDA of 60000 abstracts

Read this extract from 'The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook' in @bpsofficial.bsky.social on moving away from deficit-based models and towards truly #neuroaffirmative child #autismassessment www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... Get your copy here: uk.jkp.com/products/the...

Out Now! By @taraodk.bsky.social , Davida Hartman, Maeve Kavanagh, Anna Day & @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social . Thanks to @autisticrealms.bsky.social l , @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social & Katie Kerley for their invaluable contributions. uk.jkp.com/products/the...

Increasing prevalence of autism is due, in part, to changing diagnoses www.psu.edu/news/researc... - many cases of what used to be called 'intellectual disability' are now being diagnosed as 'autism'

Conceptualizing and describing autistic language: Moving on from ‘verbal’, ‘minimally verbal’ and ‘nonverbal’ - Bottema-Beutel et al - Autism - 2025 #AutRes journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Save the date!!!! 📢 Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies, and Mad Studies. One-day hybrid symposium for researchers and community members. 11th June 10am - 4pm Centenary Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ. And online! #MadCrip2025 #AutRes

New Article! Why Autism Awareness & Acceptance Are Relevant To Autism Diagnosis emergentdivergence.com/2025/04/13/w... #ActuallyAutistic #autism #ADHD #neurodiversity #neurodivergent

"Autistic adults experienced a lack of understanding of both autism in general & a lack of empathy toward them as individuals on the part of the employer & colleagues. Further, there was NO evidence of responsibility being taken by the employer to mitigate their gaps in knowledge." 🫠 I'm shocked.

#AutChat is a tag for autistic people & "autistic cousins" (people with similar experiences due to hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, ADHD, etc). We welcome autistic/similar people whether formally diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or questioning/wondering if they are autistic/similar.

Q2: Have you been shamed or otherwise not accepted by others for your eating difficulties? #AutChat

Q3: What changes have you made in your lifestyle to accommodate your difficulties? #AutChat

And, dear ABA industry, please don't try the, "We don't do this any more" thing. These are brand new papers, aren't they. You're still doing it.

I don't know if many people understand what ABA teams are trained to do. So, in a way, I'm glad that this paper has set it out so clearly. Choose kind, caring approaches instead, please. Ask the autistic specialists and our allies for their wise advice. #BetterWaysThanABA

link.springer.com/article/10.1... Brand New ABA, 2025. The teams recommend how to prepare a room and the staff, before using ABA methods to stop autistic children showing distress/overwhelm. They refer people to another paper by Helvey & team (2024) which shows the recommended stuff. Thread./

Such a helpful model for thinking about energy, wellbeing & regulation. Will be incorporating this into our neuro-affirming practice CPD for schools 🤩 #EdPsychs #neuro-affirming

Video description: Charles Yang (with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on stage behind him looking on) performing Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" solo. Yang is playing violin and his delivery of the vocals has a lot of soul.

Check out Lavender’s Nonspeaker Library — it is a collection of posts, writing, art, poetry, researcher, and more by and about nonspeaking people and people with communication disabilities.

32 years on, 'Don't Mourn For Us' still resonates... "It takes more work to communicate with someone whose native language isn't the same as yours. And autism goes deeper than language and culture; autistic people are "foreigners" in any society." www.autismnetworkinternational.org/dont_mourn.h...

Does anyone have good references on the topic of Autism and Dyspraxia? I would be happy to read some modern articles, books, etc. Maybe #AutRes has something? Thanks! #autism

Recent autism research focuses on cures, not care. This article exposes the global neglect of housing and employment needs for autistic adults—and calls for solidarity, class struggle, and systemic change. open.substack.com/pub/autside/...

Join Aut2Ask on Discord- discord.gg/T49D8aGS #autism #AutRes #actuallyautistic

How do #ActuallyAutistic and #AutRes feel about neurodiversity profiling for all children in schools to identify strengths and needs?

Brand New Autism Research 2025. link.springer.com/article/10.1... So, which interventions (psychological or social, not medications) improve quality of life for autistic young adults? Er, after 100 years of research, it turns out we don't know. 👀 Not joking. Let's look/

Hopefully that makes some sort of sense! It’s part of why monotropism stuff is so hard to describe because it floats in time, and it sort of dissolves the boundaries of tasks. Interrelated things can sorta merge, kinda. Ish. Language is so damn hard.

The rapid switching between single things that looks like multiple things is called ‘concurrency’ in tech stuff. I absolutely have periods of concurrency, but the concurrent things are within the tunnel state. The tunnel is the monotropic bit, the interest is broader than a specific task.

Please see the UPDATED poster as we are now offering payment. I’m looking for fellow #autistic, #ADHD, and #AuDHD adults to take part in a group discussion to help shape my PhD research on emergency department experiences 🏥🚨 🗓️ Online session // Tues 25th March #AutRes

Really excited to announce a one-hour webinar coming up in May, with Natalie Russ Introducing the Therapy Harm Resistance Project. This webinar is open to all with tickets on a donation basis. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducin... Harm in Therapy Series: www.erinstevens.co.uk/events

It's worth reminding @naomilong.bsky.social and her colleagues that they are cruelly subjecting Trans+ adolescents to conversion therapy abuse and forced detransition That they're forcing them through disressing, often irreversible, bodily changes requiring painful corrective surgeries as adults

If you are on Instagram and you are interested in harm in therapy, Natalie Russ is an important follow. This is an important fact for anyone working with harmed clients or involved in complaints processes.

Hello, everyone. I'm seeking views from fellow #Autistic, #ADHD, and #AuDHD people. My goal is to ensure my PhD project is driven by community needs and priorities right from the start. If you can spare an hour to help, contact me here or via email (address is in the image). Thanks! #AutRes

Delighted to share this new article, led by Elise Robinson, examining whether the dramatic principles of play, openness and togetherness could foster the socio-emotional wellbeing of a group of Autistic young people in a special school. #AutRes nasenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

a-labour-of-moles.blogspot.com/2025/03/defi... Every individual within a community matters to the 'being' of that community. A community that others and excludes one of its members, is not a community at all.

After years of trauma for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream & specialist, & for us as a family, we have all benefited from education from home. Recently, he put into words why this was important & shared the idea of his ‘fuel bubble’. a-labour-of-moles.blogspot.com/2025/03/my-f...

My @uoppald.bsky.social student Sarah Harwood is calling autistic parents (especially fathers) of autistic child(ren) to share their experiences, by e-mail or video anywhere, or in person (SW England). 5-min questionnaire to express interest (more options on poster): research.sc/participant/... Thx

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