We are conducting a UK-wide study exploring how adults experience emergency care, including how people seek care and how it is delivered once they arrive. Share your experience: EDSurvey.link #Emergency #NHS #ED #UK #Healthcare #Autistic #ADHD #Care #Neurodivergent #AutRes #AutismResearch #Medical

I much prefer doing my research amidst the flickering lanterns of an old-fashioned library in Prague during a raging thunderstorm with the help of a library ghost, so no, I'm afraid I have no interest in "asking ChatGPT.”

⬇️ Pleased to be co-hosting another Neurodivergent Mindfulness Network (NiMiN) session on 27 April. 🙏 If you are ND or neuro-questioning and want to try a little #mindfulness or see what it's all about, this might be of interest. Free to register using the link below ⬇️ #autism #adhd 🙏

Final call! ⏳ Join Dr. Michael Lifshitz tomorrow to learn how meditation, prayer, and psychedelics reshape the human experience. CheetahHouseConsultations.as.me/plasticities

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It’s the perfect day to disappear into a quaint bookstore, never to be seen again.

Question for AI haters who are also academics: How do you navigate co-authorship situations, where you don’t want to be involved in manuscripts where an author is using AI? Do you have explicit discussions with potential co-authors? How do these go?

Thrilled to share that The New Yorker featured my work on musical anhedonia - why some people don’t experience pleasure from music, and what this reveals about how our brains predict and process reward. www.newyorker.com/culture/anna... #neuroskyence #musicskyence #psychscisky

Why does live music hit different? Our new paper has a neural answer: EEG in a concert hall showed stronger brain-rhythm phase locking during live vs. recorded Bach violin — and that predicts higher pleasure & engagement. 1/2

Rediscover the power of sound. 🕊️ The Lalich Center’s 4-session workshop helps survivors of coercive environments reconnect with music in a safe, empowering way. Led by Dorian Wallace. Dates: April 13, 20, 27 & May 5 Details: lalichcenter.org/rebuilding-your-relationship-with-music/

Autism and Ageing Video by Wenn Lawson youtu.be/_tbFw_ZyERg?...

📢 Research opportunity for #autistic and AuDHD #mindfulness teachers ⬇️⬇️ My colleague Emily is looking for two more people to take part in this research. Fantastic opportunity to share your experiences. This is an under researched area so it's great to see this research being done. Pls share 🙏

The next application deadline for a @nihrspcr.bsky.social PhD studentships is with @uonresearch.bsky.social 📅Deadline: Monday 27 April 2026 New opportunities will be added as they are made available Find out more: bit.ly/404redv #PhD #studentship #primarycare

I'm looking forward to speaking at this event tomorrow ⬇️ Still time to register 😊💃🕺

Just found this thread thanks to a friend quoteposting a piece of it. It's long and somewhat distressing, but it offers such important insights (including insights into why so much online discourse is so terrible) that it's worth clicking through and reading all of it or a lot of it.

THIS WEEK: Join our free webinar on 26 Mar, 7-8pm on 'Autistic adults’ experiences of dance, and co-creation of short films to increase awareness about autistic experiences and how to make dance more accessible.' 💃 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4s175kN #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

The SPCR recently hosted a masterclass titled “Engaging people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation in research.” Webinar slides and link to the recording are now available for viewing: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/spcr-ma... #SPCR #PPIE #PrimaryCare #Research

This research event looks awesome. Seeing other people #dance is joyful. Watching the trailer made me feel like I was #dancing too. #Autism #Autistic #stimming #flourishing Online, Thurs 26 March, 7pm UK time.

Next up, how do we imagine FOOD and MUSIC? Is it similar to what we experience in real life? A small proportion of folks reported no imagined gustatory experiences But finally we have a winner! When it comes to music, no one in our cohort reported zero imagery for familiar songs!

Once a year I ask my students to imagine a red star. It’s cognitive psychology and we are about to talk about whether “imagery” is the same or different from “perception”, but first, I like to check in on what our class experience when we imagine something. Friends, the results NEVER disappoint!

“Dance is what I am. It's how I inhabit my body, and best meet the world; dancing is my main form of stim, and helps me live, rather than barely exist, in the world.” – autistic participant in the Ada study. We’re sharing results & short films on 26 March, 7pm UK time, registration link below. 🧵

UK authors - I urge you to read this article about a school in Manchester who removed hundreds of our books from their library they deemed ‘inappropriate’ and share. This is appalling censorship - and it’s coming from the school’s head and SLT themselves. @indexoncensorship.org

🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️ Congrats @autimedic23.bsky.social! The experiences of autistic medical students in relation to seeking and receiving online support “It gave me a lot of courage… I felt a sense of… belonging somewhere” Read free: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @autisticdoctor.bsky.social #MedEd

Looks fun. As we like to say about stim dancing, "Let’s Bolster Against Stress and Pass Down Bodily Survival Knowledge" stimpunks.org/happy-flappy/

“Dance is what I am. It's how I inhabit my body, and best meet the world; dancing is my main form of stim, and helps me live, rather than barely exist, in the world.” – autistic participant in the Ada study. We’re sharing results & short films on 26 March, 7pm UK time, registration link below. 🧵

It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week! Thank you for the ongoing support of my work, which embraces neurodiversity-affirming practice. Neuro-affirming resources, blogs & resources 👉 autisticrealms.com #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #Neurodiversity #Autistic

So If autism research traditionalism asks, “How do we change autistic people?” Autistic coproduction shouts, “How do we change the world and its attitudes to autistic people so we can thrive as respected and valued members of the human race” Excerpt from a talk I gave today #AutismResearchShift

Can consciousness be shared? 👻 From spirit possession to "transmissions" of the mind, we're diving into the deep end of anthropology with Dr. Lifshitz. 🔗 CheetahHouseConsultations.as.me/plasticities

I’m overly excited that #Wordgathering has published my essay-poem Impressions of Pure Joy. This piece was the first time I committed to the page, my feelings / thoughts/ experiences / around coming-aut, which means this piece is just really special to me... #ActuallyAutistic #AutieType

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

So the most British clergyman (and proto-academic) ever, our man John doesn't abandon his History of Northumberland. He's sitting on evidence that will change a key part of British history, but nope! Out of scope. So what does he do? He footnotes it. A 173 PAGE LONG FOOTNOTE. 13/22

Have you ever felt let down by an organization you trusted? 🏛️💔 That’s "Institutional Betrayal." Learn more with a pioneer on the subject, Dr. Jennifer Freyd. Save 60% when you register using code EBCOURAGE (Ends March 21!) CheetahHouseConsultations.as.me/courage

This is "Curb Cut" in action. Computing history is neurodivergent history. So when we talk about belonging, we are talking about how we belong to an arena we often made, not as a guest in our own house.

Audiobooks, we owe these to the American Foundation for the Blind. In 1932, Billion dollar industry! The Joystick, while we associate it with gaming, was originally developed as an assistive device for electric wheelchairs. Vint Cerf (who is hard of hearing) we owe for emails!

Could be worse. In order to avoid controversy, all Euro notes feature bridges. In order further to avoid controversy, they're all fictional. Or they were until the folk of the Dutch town of Spijkenisse took it upon themselves to build them. Now all Euro notes feature bridges from just one Dutch town

It has been absolute joy to work on this project about autistic adults' experiences of dance. 💃🕺 We worked with the brilliant autistic filmmaker Sophie Broadgate to produce short films about our findings and we'll share them at the event below ⬇️ You can see our trailer here: youtu.be/7OGcmYHq_KY

It has been absolute joy to work on this project about autistic adults' experiences of dance. 💃🕺 We worked with the brilliant autistic filmmaker Sophie Broadgate to produce short films about our findings and we'll share them at the event below ⬇️ You can see our trailer here: youtu.be/7OGcmYHq_KY

Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies. 🧵 1/3

I spent about 20 hours in the last week writing, from scratch, matlab code to run simple #metaanalysis. I had to search for the original #stats papers, browse Cochran manuals & try to understand R/CRAN stuff. The code already exists in R (JASP, Jamovi, etc) & likely in Matlab, so why not use 'AI'?

I've had this talk with other parents more than once. "I don't want my kid to feel different." "They already feel different, what they're missing is context and understanding so that they can learn to understand their own needs and advocate for themselves."

Never miss a chance to tell my favourite science joke: Q: What did Crick & Watson discover? A: Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.

We hope to continue to improve this publication and write more on community topics that will spread awareness and improve understanding about being Autistic. You can access the book here: heyzine.com/flip-book/e2fd430c8a.html 🧵👇

We are pleased to see the positive response to our Autistic Ramadan E-book! We would like to thank our service users for the learning, our partner organisations and fellow Autistic advocates for the continued love and support over the years & the team who put this together. 🧵👇

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

Good to know that Democratic attorneys generals took the threat of project 2025 seriously and planned ahead

📢 Really pleased to see this paper about autistic ageing published from my @autismmanchester.bsky.social colleagues ⬇️

The headline reads "Meta workers say they're seeing disturbing things through users' smart glasses." In a moment of uncharacteristic incredulity I assumed it was badly written. Why would Meta *workers* being seeing things through Meta *users'* glasses? SILLY ME. www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

We’re hosting anOTHER 'Ask Us Anything' on March 18th! 🎤 Got questions about dissociation or the neurology of the self? Our Care Team is here to help. Entry is just $5. CheetahHouseConsultations.as.me/AUAmarch

Autistic People May Play “Beat the Clock” to Find Financial Security Before Having a Breakdown www.thearticulateautistic.com/autistic-peo... #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent

The Autistic Burnout Conference 2026 (online) 5-6th June 2026. A conference for neurodivergent individuals, parents of neurodivergent children and professionals working with neurodivergent children or adults Purchase your ticket using this link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-autist...