We're looking forward to #AutismEurope later this week! Our lab co-lead, Dr Gavin Stewart @gavrobstew.bsky.social, will be presenting a poster on Thursday, exploring sleep problems and mental health in middle-aged and older people. Drop by and say hello!

If you'd like to hear more about our autism work, including lots on ageing and other topics, you can sign-up to the ReSpect Lab's mailing list here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ayFfhqc7pd

We start by raising the issue that autism in midlife and old age are often overlooked. Using data from O'Nions et al. (2023; Lancet), we estimate that 89% of middle-aged autistic people and 96% of older autistic people in the UK are likely undiagnosed. doi.org/10.1146/annu... #AutRes

🚨 TODAY! 🚨 Eunhee Kim, a PhD student from Bournemouth University, is presenting her research on health and wellbeing in menopause in autistic and non-autistic people. This is our last talk of the academic year: we hope to see you there! Tickets can be found at: t.co/K5ZlvIs5YS

🚨May Talk Announcement!🚨 Join us on May 28th at 2PM to hear Kayleigh Doyle (@kayleighdoyle.bsky.social) discuss her PhD work looking at using the creative arts to teach autistic students. Tickets are available at eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin... We hope to see you there!

📢April Talk Announcement 📢 Join us on April 16th to see @lomasresearch.bsky.social discuss his PhD research exploring the usefulness of Theory of Mind in pedagogy. Tickets can be found here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin... We hope to see you there!

Sadly, due to circumstances beyond our control, this talk will not be going ahead today. Apologies for any inconvenience caused - look out for details of our next talk shortly.

🎙️SPEAKER CHANGE!🎙️ Due to unforeseen circumstances, this month's talk will now be given by @sophphillips32.bsky.social, and will be on her research on autistic women's experiences of higher education. Tickets are still available through eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin... We hope to see you there!

📣New talk announcement 📣 The next ARCH talk will be held at 2pm, March 26th, with Ashlea Cromby talking about her work on autistic communication via memes! Tickets can be found @ t.co/K5ZlvIsDOq

The day is here - join us at 2pm UK time for this amazing talk! Sign up information is linked below.

Thoroughly enjoyed discussing some of the existing research on PTSD in autistic people at the Autism Hub's monthly webinar (ALAG) and hearing people's thoughts on future directions! You can read Nick's blog about the meeting here: theautismhub.org.uk/creative-out...

📣February 19th! Come join us to hear about the PhD work by @ninadanon.bsky.social on musical neuroqueering. The next ARCH talk will be held at 2pm, February 19th, and tickets can be found @ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin...

📣 Join us for the next Autism ResearCH (ARCH) talk, which will be held on the 22nd of January at 1pm! @heasutherland will talk about her ethnographic work on communication in high support needs autistic adults in support services. Register for free @ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin...

Since we're using BlueSky more now, I figured I'd make a thread recapping some of my ageing/autism research. For an easy-read overview, see my open article in The Psychologist here: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... #autres #autism #ageing #aging #midlife #oldage 1/X

All this and more at our lab showcase next week! Eventbrite link here - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin...

📣Join us for the first ARCH seminar of the academic year - the ReSpect Lab Showcase! On December 5th, members of the ReSpect Lab will be showcasing their research from the last year. Tickets are available @ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin... We hope to see you there!

Very happy to be a part of the Autism research community on here! 👋 🗯️ We are led by @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social & are REsearching autism across the SPECTrum and lifespan. 🗯️ Our PhD Students organise the online Autism ResearCH (ARCH) seminars for ECRs to present their work (stay tuned!)

November's Bonus Autism ResearCH (ARCH) talk on the 28th of November at 4 pm! Ellie Gray from King's College London will discuss multi-disciplinary staff perspectives on autistic adults at-risk of admission to or in hospital. Register here for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin...

🔔 Next week's Autism ResearCH (ARCH) Seminar is on Wednesday 15th November 2pm - Hannah De Laet will be presenting her results on double empathy from survey with 400 autistic people. Register for free below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin...

Our Autism ResearCH (ARCH) Seminar series is back for another year of fantastic ECRs sharing their research! Our first speaker is Hannah De Laet, presenting her results of a survey with 400 autistic people focusing on the double empathy problem. Join us on the 15th Nov at 2pm shorturl.at/ET469

Hi there! We will start sharing Re:Spect Lab news on here and continue to do so on the other app - we will keep an eye on where the scientific community lands. Looking forward to connecting with new and old friends of the lab :)