Are you a SENCO, ALNCo, LSC, or ASN Principal Teacher working with primary-aged pupils? Join online focus groups on supporting pupils facing barriers to learning. 🗓️Evenings, Nov–Dec 2025 ✉️Voucher provided Sign up: bit.ly/op-end Funded by Kusuma Trust UK #SEND #Inclusion

Our paper has recently been published in @Autism in Adulthood: “Trapped in a No-Win Situation”: A Qualitative Exploration of Autistic Adults’ Experiences of Loneliness tinyurl.com/2yeuch6j @craeioe.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @lauramaycrane.bsky.social @annaremington.bsky.social

happy to share this new article on reporting standards in autism intervention science: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41070555/ Autistic people deserve the highest standards of evidence based practice and reporting practices in this field fall woefully short. We offer recommendations to improve that.

@drmbothapsych.bsky.social - congratulations on an incredible lecture this evening. You were AMAZING and I feel enormously fortunate to be part of your village ❤️ #AutRes

#AECongress25 attendees: here's some Autism Research Starter Packs, where I've tried to collate BlueSky accounts from those who do/support/facilitate autism research. Let me know if I've missed anyone! 1. go.bsky.app/B9XV8UA 2. go.bsky.app/Pfbbvot 3. go.bsky.app/DWvXhk6

Huge congrats to @drrachaeldavis.bsky.social @claruineill.bsky.social and @suereviews.bsky.social on their forthcoming book! Was such an honour to co-author a chapter with the fabulous @hjayoosi.bsky.social. Available to pre-order now! www.routledge.com/It-Takes-All...

Really excited to be going to the @autismeurope.bsky.social International Congress in Dublin this week! You can access all the presentations from our team at the Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER) via this link: bit.ly/ACER-AE

➡️ 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

Exciting to see details of our new project, 'EXAMINE: Exam inequality for neurodivergent students', live on the @nuffieldfoundation.org website! Led by @annaremington.bsky.social, @craeioe.bsky.social www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/exam...

If you are a neurodivergent person over 16, please complete this survey! It can potentially impact recommendations made to the government.

PUBLIC LECTURE: My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...

Are you a neurodivergent person over 16? Share your views to help improve support for neurodivergent young people in schools. Our survey supports the work of the Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group, and may influence recommendations to Government. Take part here: https://thegoo.se/survey

There is a growing push to make research data 'open' (i.e., not just stored by the original research team, for no one else to use). In our new study, we examined the views of autistic adults and parents of autistic children on this issue. Results suggest a cautious, nuanced approach is needed...

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

Delighted to be part of this really exciting new project led by the brilliant @annaremington.bsky.social 🎉

[1]🧵On 19 May, we hold an evidence session on key barriers hindering autistic people from finding and staying in work, and solutions to such barriers. At 14:45, we hear from the following witnesses: - Prof Kim Hoque, KCL - @annaremington.bsky.social, UCL - Laura Davis, @base-uk.bsky.social

[1]🧵On 28 April, we hold two evidence sessions. You can watch the both sessions online here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

📽️The video below👇with our Baroness Rock, our Chair on our committee's call for evidence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfPt... 🧵[4]

To mark #WorldAutismAcceptanceDay on 2 April, we launch🚀our call for evidence on the Autism Act 2009 and the Government's Autism Strategy. Share your views 💬 via the link here: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi.... The closing date is at 5pm on 2 June 2025. 🧵[1]

Such a joy to be back at @craeioe.bsky.social to celebrate our book on Improving Mental Health Therapies for Autistic CYP. Beautiful talk by @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social and what an amazing panel of discussants ❤️

We are recruiting for two Advisory Editors at Autism! Deadline for expressions of interest is April 25th. For full details, please see the link journals.sagepub.com...

Really enjoyed presenting at the National Autism Congress in Amersfoort this week, sharing my work on best practices when talking to autistic children about their diagnosis. Huge thanks to Els Blijd-Hoogewys for inviting me 🥰

So exciting to read neurodiversity affirmative research exploring autism and the arts! Shockingly it’s a rarety in the field so this is refreshing to say the least 👏🏼👏🏼

I'm delighted to share that I have recently been appointed as Specialist Adviser to the UK House of Lords Committee on the Autism Act 2009 (@hlautismactcom.bsky.social). I really look forward to supporting the Committee with this important work, which you can follow here:

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....

Important new insights on how to make consent materials and procedures more accessible when conducting research with autistic people and people with intellectual disability #AutRes www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10....

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!

"how do autistic children understand and conceptualise play?"--interviews, free journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... autistic children "described play as involving fun, friendships and engagement with meaningful materials and activities" & "deeply valued a sense of freedom and choice in play..."

Our beautiful campus at sunset - University of Birmingham, UK

Please see exciting opportunity to join our amazing international team of Associate Editors for the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. Please share with anyone who may be interested in applying.

"the number one question for the Commons Education Select Committee is whether our education system removes barriers to learning or creates them" @mmulholland.bsky.social with a very clear policy message on SEND this morning www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Exciting new postdoc job opportunity working with the National Autistic Taskforce, Yo Dunn, @suereviews.bsky.social, David Orr and myself. Two-year NIHR-funded project to improve residential and supported living services for autistic adults. Pls share. DM for info. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI718/r...

"...[children's] needs were being met through flexischooling, with the reduction of school-based days and workloads – together with personalised approaches and parental support – indicated as important to improvements in pupil well-being and coping abilities." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks to all who've taken part in interviews - we're now recruiting for the next study phase, which involves sharing images & captions to a private social media account for 4 months. Eligibility: identify as autistic, aged 16-26, currently live in the UK, some experience with using social media

Our first time all together in a physical (vs virtual) room - the fab four! What a lovely celebration of our book this evening, together with so many authors, colleagues and friends. Huge thanks to @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social for organising ❤

Fantastic news that the Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER)'s Professor Karen Guldberg has been announced as the Chair of the Department for Education's new Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group 👏 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Such a powerful & important set of films! I was delighted to be involved with the work of the Centre for Applied Autism Research at the University of Bath, @katiemaras.bsky.social, Ralph Bagnall & @lauramaycrane.bsky.social and the making of the film "A Witness" which we can't wait to share.

Autism in Adulthood is now on BlueSky!!! We are excited to build a community here. Please follow us (and share with others). And of course, please continue to contribute to, review, and/or read our journal! www.liebertpub.org/aut.

Here’s our evolving SEND/Education voices starter — if we’ve missed you let us know. It’s a WIP! go.bsky.app/Eg43NQ3

I’ve created a starter pack of accounts focusing on research to improve health, health outcomes, and healthcare for autistic people. Will continue adding to this over the next few weeks also! #Autism #AutismResearch #AutRes go.bsky.app/Kpo99jS

A wee PSA for anyone wanting to use the Autism Research feed on here To start with, here’s the feed link: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Back on campus for end of the day. Snowman and Old Joe

Blaming parents who seek support for their #autistic children is widespread. Watch our video and download a copy of our new research report 'Blamed instead of helped' from www.wm-adass.org.uk

What is neurodiversity? What does it mean for how we each go about our daily activities? We've written an article for young people, but hopefully a useful primer for all :) By @aalcorn.bsky.social, @katiecebula.bsky.social, @suereviews.bsky.social and me. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

There's so many autism research (#AutRes) accounts on Bluesky that I now have two Starter Packs! go.bsky.app/B9XV8UA go.bsky.app/Pfbbvot And HUGE apologies if I'm missing people. I've gone from 300 to 2k followers in a week, and my notifications are out of control 😱

Community for Education Scholars in all areas and concentrations looking to find each other! Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #EducationScholars go.bsky.app/BaXvoap

Look what just arrived through my letterbox! 🤩 Our new edited book (led by @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social), entitled 'Improving Mental Health Therapies for Autistic Children and Young People', which is available for pre-order now! www.routledge.com/Improving-Me...

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...

🥳 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....

Delighted to share details of a free online conversation with Dr Wenn Lawson, entitled "An autistic perspective on employment". Taking place on Wed 27th Nov, 10-11am UK time, it's free to register. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/disab...