Are you interested in studying longitudinal developmental trajectories of children with developmental disabilities in Ethiopia and Kenya? Please consider applying for a PhD! More information about the project is here: kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/2026... #AutRes

After 5 yrs of writing, my book is here: White System, Black Therapist. I stopped many times , silenced, reported, harassed. Then I realised: white supremacy thrives on silence. So I kept writing. This book is the result. 📖 www.routledge.com/White-System...

I will be accepting a PhD student for Fall 2026 in our Curriculum and Instruction program. If you are interested in autistic sociality, caregiver influence on their autistic children's development, and neurodiversity in school contexts, please get in touch!

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Neurodiversity is looking for a new Editor! The deadline for expressions of interest is October 5th. Full details are here journals.sagepub.com...

Being Autistic (And What That Actually Means) by Niamh Garvey @niamhgarvey.bsky.social is EXCELLENT! The author is autistic and also has autistic children and the illustrator is also autistic. This is my go-to non-fiction recommendation for this age group. uk.jkp.com/products/bei...

Roll up, roll up! Come and work with us on this important project!

Neurodiversity is looking for a new editor! The deadline for expressions of interest is 5 October 2025. Full details are here journals.sagepub.com...

👉Are you a post-doc? 👉 Passionate about improving care for people with learning disabilities? 👉Interested in communication? The ICALD study has 2 jobs: one based in London and one in Manchester. See links👇 Come and work with us! jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ464/r... jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ213/p...

👉Are you a post-doc? 👉 Passionate about improving care for people with learning disabilities? 👉Interested in communication? The ICALD study has 2 jobs: one based in London and one in Manchester. See links👇 Come and work with us! jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ464/r... jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ213/p...

🌟 Calling Autistic Researchers! 🌟 We’re building a searchable database of Autistic researchers to celebrate Autistic excellence + connect researchers, students, allies & community. ✅ Learn more and join our database here: www.aidanlab.ca/autistic-res... Join us and be part of something bigger! 💙

📣 Post-doc position Are you passionate about improving care for people with a learning disability? Come and work with us! Details 👇 Feel free to dm to discuss. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

I'm excited to share that my team is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow for a new 5-year participatory, mixed methods longitudinal study focusing on accessing experiences of loneliness across life transitions among autistic young adults! For information & to apply: careers.drexel.edu/en-us/job/50...

Check out this blog post about our unconventional approach to co-producing research questions on the M-WAY study! If you'd like to stay in the loop about our research, give @m-waystudy.bsky.social a follow. We'll be sharing updates as the study progresses 🙂

We recently completed the 'bridging phase' of the M-WAY study! We worked with autistic young people and adult stakeholders to move from qualitative findings to research questions ready for big data analysis. Read more in our blog post: m-way24.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

the latest special issue in @journalautism.bsky.social is out! The Social Model in Autism Research guest edited by @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @dramypearson.bsky.social Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist plus @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social from the permanent editor team journals.sagepub.com/toc/auta/29/...

The state of most autism research summarised by Wednesday Addams 😂

Building on our survey study, we want to interview #autistic adults aged 18+ about dancing at home (kitchen disco anyone?), out socially, or at a dance class 💃🕺 To find out more and take part, email: [email protected] This study has been designed with autistic project advisors. #dance

📢 Our new interview study is open! If you are #autistic, 18+, in the UK and would like to talk to us about your experience of dance 💃🕺 please consider taking part 😊 Interviews can be via zoom (speaking or via the chat), phone or in person (Manchester). See below & contact Claire for more details ⬇️

We've got 3 new job opportunities awaiting the right people to help us progress our multi-award-winning charity to the next level. CLOSING DATE 11th AUGUST so please share widely dancesyndrome.co.uk/job_opportun... #job #NorthWest

👋 Hello, Bluesky! We're the M-WAY study team, based at UCL. We're researching mental health and wellbeing in autistic young people. Check out our intro blog post below to find our more about what we're doing 🙂 m-way24.blogspot.com/p/what-is-m-...

Another call! Colleagues at University of Liverpool seek #autistic participants, their relatives, care/health staff and autistic co-researchers to explore experiences of #cancercare in #NorthWest #England supported by North West Cancer Research. Please see more info and contact details on flyer ⤵️

Research opportunity: Understanding the Needs of Autistic Patients with Cancer This research is led by an Autistic or otherwise neurodivergent researcher/student. Neurodivergent people have been meaningfully involved. Ethics approved. Find out more: api.typeform.com/responses/fi...

We're looking for autistic people (18-29 years old) to take part in a new study about autistic people's experiences of trauma. If interested, please contact Amy and Sascha (contact details in the advert). Please share the advert if you can!

New @camhnews.bsky.social study: RCT of mindfulness for autistic adults. Program was feasible, acceptable & changes reported were only evident in those in the mindfulness arm. Working together with #autistic folks to design interventions for them matters. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Our survey is still open for autistic adults in the UK ⬇️ 😀 Thanks to everyone who has taken part already. 🙏

Laura needs just a couple more UK-based autistic people who experience inertia to take part in a research interview. Please consider taking part and please share! Many thanks 🙏

📣 Do you have an autistic child (aged 3-12, living in UK) who often repeats things they have heard? Please consider taking part in this study. Thank you 🙏

Is your child aged 3-12 & autistic (confirmed/working diagnosis)? Do they regularly repeat chunks of language they have heard (aka delayed echolalia / gestalt language)? Please consider taking part. To express interest: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/.../SV... Feel free to dm me Thank you🙏

📣 Do you experience autistic inertia and live in the UK? Please consider taking part in this study. Many thanks 🙏

Calling autism community members and justice professionals (with experience in Magistrates/Crown Court) to help co-design new, accessible resources for autistic people involved in criminal court systems in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5 Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd #AutRes

Volunteers are needed for the following study. Do you have a diagnosis of autism? Do you experience autistic inertia? Participants will take part in an interview (written or spoken) or focus group (spoken). Participants receive compensation. www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Is your child aged 3-12 & autistic (confirmed/working diagnosis)? Do they regularly repeat chunks of language they have heard (aka delayed echolalia / gestalt language)? Please consider taking part. To express interest: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/.../SV... Feel free to dm me Thank you🙏

Our latest paper: TRIAL FINDINGS FROM A INTERVENTION DESIGN FOR FASD CAREGIVERS: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Are you autistic and live in the UK? Do you experience autistic inertia? Please consider taking part in this research Feel free to dm me with any questions

Do you have a diagnosis of autism? Do you experience autistic inertia? Volunteers are needed for the following study. Participants will take part in an interview (written or spoken) or focus group (spoken). Participants receive compensation. www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Are you autistic and live in the UK? Do you experience autistic inertia? Please consider taking part in this research Feel free to dm me with any questions

Happy Monday & Happy #Pride Month🌈! We have an apt #research study to share, Niamh is seeking adult #autistic volunteers who are #transgender or gender diverse for a study into social communication. For more information, please email: [email protected]

Say it louder, Matt, for the over-diagnosis obsessives at the back. Beautiful article. Congrats on your diagnosis @mattcainwriter.bsky.social

"You are autistic, they said. When I heard the words...what I felt was relief. After years of being misunderstood – of misunderstanding myself – I finally had the right framework to build up a better picture of who I truly am."

A really great summary of where TAOD is more nuanced than the headlines *but still really, REALLY, offensively off the mark*. Aiming to get my own video on this out in the next few weeks. And looking forward to more reactions around now from people who've actually read the book, not just the hype.

Curious about how autism intervention researchers define and measure "problem behavior"? We examined 102 intervention studies with young autistic children and found that only 1/3 of studies give a reason for targeting the behavior they aim to reduce, 1/4 acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Love dancing? Hate dancing? If you're #autistic, age 18+, in the UK, please take part in our survey (designed with autistic project advisors). We want to hear about why people don't dance, dancing at home (kitchen disco anyone?), socially, or at dance classes. For more info: tinyurl.com/Aut-dance

We're hiring! One year full-time Teaching Fellow post in Developmental Psychology. Closes 12th June. Come join the super lovely Dev Psych in Education team in beautiful Edinburgh! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

An #Autscape2025 highlight: On Tuesday 6th August 2025 Laura Buckland Mason will be running a workshop entitled “A Little Piece Of Autistic Space: An Art Workshop & (Optional) Postcard Swap”. Registration is open until May 31st: www.autscape.org/2025/registr...

There's still time to apply to join our amazing Editor team at Autism! Apply by midnight tonight (in whatever time zone you're in).

An #Autscape2025 highlight: On Tuesday 5th August 2025 Caroline Hearst will be running a workshop entitled “The relationship between double empathy and mentalising”. Registration is open until May 31st: www.autscape.org/2025/registr...

Roll up roll up! Come and join us!

A UK-wide academic initiative was launched yesterday by non-trans feminist academics and educators (allies) who oppose the recent anti-trans Supreme Court ruling & the concerning EHRC attitude to it called 'Not In Our Name'. To co-sign: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🌈🎓 #AcademicSky

Hurrah! Who is going to Autscape this year? Tickets now available! Theme: Evolving Autistic Space 4th – 7th August 2025 Where: The Hayes conference centre, Derbyshire, UK Website: www.autscape.org Booking for the residential event is open until 31st May. Day-only tickets will be available later.