I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.

🔍 Researchers from the Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative (#EDAC) have used an innovative 'photo voice' technique to empower Autistic people with eating disorders to shape the direction of future research. #MedSky 📄 read paper: lnkd.in/dAWSUVyT 🖼️ view virtual exhibition: lnkd.in/dnBHnAh5

Happy first birthday to the Neurodivergent peer Support Toolkit (NEST)! If you are in a mainstream secondary school and interested in setting up a peer support group for neurodivergent young people, see the resources linked in this thread...

In case you missed it: #AutINSAR is a much-needed discussion between autistic people, autism researchers, family members, and professionals about priorities in autism research. This year it happened during #INSAR2025. Recap at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/05/what... #autism #neurodiversity

Are you a care experienced adult (16+ years) or the supporter of care experienced children/adults in Scotland (e.g. foster parent, residential carer)? If so, we invite you to come to one of our ‘Sibling Cafes’ in May (choice of in-person or an online). To sign up and for more info: edin.ac/4cIYdcs

As part of my MSc dissertation, I’m exploring the risk and protective factors associated with eating disorders in autistic and/or ADHD individuals. I invite you to complete the survey. @karri-g-smith.bsky.social lnkd.in/gcPpMs7c #ADHD #AutismAwareness #EatingDisorders #Research

At @journalautism.bsky.social we are recruiting! Thanks to a massive increase in submissions over recent years, we are dramatically expanding our team to appoint FIVE new editors! See details of the role and how to apply here, by May 23rd. journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...

Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.

URGENT - there are growing concerns that the NHS will be included in trade talks with Trump 🚨 EveryDoctor has set up a way to tell Keir Starmer within seconds that you do not want this. Please click here, and then share! bit.ly/TellKeir

Anyone else fed up of this stuff?🚨 “Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms.” This is about Lord Darzi… www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

1. Major news in transgender care. Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines. They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the Cass Review in England. Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

We are delighted to present a selection of *Photovoice photographs, drawings and digital art produced by Autistic people with eating disorders on Inspace @designinf.bsky.social City Screens on Potterrow, each evening across this week. #Photovoice #research #collaboration #data #photography

We @EDACautism_ED launched our exhibition on Friday and Saturday. We were over the moon that so many participants and collaborators were able to make it along. @EDAC is more than a research grant or network – we are a #community of #Autistic people, (1/2)

Well that was an amazing opening night of the EDAC "you're not alone" exhibition of Autistic experiences of ED's! Huge shout out to the amazing @Karri_G_Smith , Kyle and Sarah for the enormous amount of work pulling this together and for everyone who made it along tonight 🥰🥰🥰

For anyone coming along to see our exhibition on autistic experiences of eating disorders and research priorities, our peer researcher @eatsleeplaugh.bsky.social has done this handy video to let you know where to go!

We are recruiting UK based clinicians in eating disorder services to think about barriers & enablers for implementing autism affirming care, for example PEACE pathway. If you would be willing to be interviewed over TEAMS there is more information here! edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🎉GOAL: get 200 autistic (self dx / questioning valid!) folks in a room to connect and chat about healthcare. See below! Share to help us! We hit 125 folks last month us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Unapologetically. ✊🇪🇺

This isn't a surprising but it is devastating. The great betrayal of Ukraine begins. We, in Europe, are in a place of danger. We all owe Ukraine & its people a debt of gratitude for its extraordinary courage. 😢

EDAC is proud to host an exhibition of photographs, drawings and digital art on the experience and research priorities of autistic people with eating disorders . inspace.ed.ac.uk/youre-not-al.... 1st to 8th march (closed Sunday Tuesday and Thursday, free drop in 10-5 quiet hour on sat.

New publication with @edaceatingautism.bsky.social, @eatsleeplaugh.bsky.social @emynimbley.bsky.social and others, qualitative study of clinicians experience of eating disorder focused family therapy (FBT or FT-AN) with Autistic young people and their families onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Fascinating thread & Table Talk @edaceatingautism.bsky.social @fergus.oolong.co.uk talking with Kyle Buchan re monotropism & autistic experiences of eating, incl. sensory; impact of cognitive load; neuro-normative expectations; orthorexia; validation; trauma; safe foods & more youtu.be/CUyUkjUgKAw

Thanks to everyone who joined our online launch earlier! Great to see so many people in attendance and sharing such insightful thoughts and questions. Feeling even more energised for the next steps!✨️ A recording and FAQ from the event will be available soon😊

This is well worth a read. Autistic girls, & camouflaging/masking, at school. How friendships with other neurodivergent young people are a lifesaver. How bullying & exclusion happens from nonautistic pupils. Who has the behaviour and social skills problems, eh? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Happy to share the first empirical paper from my PhD thesis in collab with Angus MacBeth and @karri-g-smith.bsky.social - a cluster analysis of risk and protective factors for maternal smartphone use and mother-infant responsiveness onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PerinatalMentalHealth

Slightly excited to find that nearly 400 papers (out of 8000 autism research papers) on PubMed mentioned autism *and* quality of life, last year. The graph shows the steep increase in the number of papers talking about quality of life (somehow). Getting there...

New publication by EDACs amazing post doc Michelle Sader on the Co-occurrence of autism and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder-meta analysis of prevalence rates ... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @karri-g-smith.bsky.social @drhelensharpe.bsky.social @fionaduffy.bsky.social

"Misdiagnosis may further compound such experiences of exclusion, difference, & diminished self-worth. The label “borderline” is frequently used pejoratively & in sex/gender-typed ways, describing women." Misdiagnosis of BPD is harmful, esp when people are #ActuallyAutistic

Exactly this @aimautistic.bsky.social @ausomecharlie.bsky.social @emergentdivergence.com @queerlyautistic.bsky.social #TransRightsAREHumanRights

A recruiter called me yesterday offering me a fabulous position. Paid relocation, sign on bonus, famous hospital near beaches. Huge salary…. It was in Texas. No thank you. As a woman I would NEVER live or work in Texas. Good luck with your search. publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/analysi...

Are you an Autistic therapist, psychiatrist, or scientist in the field of psychology, especially Autism studies? We need you! Please just ask if you want to be added or removed! go.bsky.app/ARPDrD4

“Its replacement, the Turing scheme, is less inclusive and far narrower in scope: there is no funding for overseas students to come to the UK, and students from disadvantaged backgrounds receive less funding than under Erasmus+.”

💜🌟🌈 My neuro-affirming starter pack includes a collection of wonderful individuals and organizations dedicated to supporting autistic individuals and effecting positive change. Please follow and share. 💜🌟🌈 go.bsky.app/9N5UEUC

Monotropism Archives: "Positive hyper-focussing abilities - giving more to an individual's leading interests and less to others - can make for enhanced processing not diminished" Dinah Murray: Dimensions of Difference Full article: monotropism.org/dinah/dimens... Find out more: www.monotropism.org

New paper by neurodivergent team critical of a) treating autism via oxytocin & b) animal models for autism research (low clinical relevance & validity). We argue instead for participatory research w/ esp. marginalized autistic ppl. Free via this link until Dec 19 authors.elsevier.com/a/1k0eB15hUd...

Interoception – how we feel what our body is doing – has been linked to wellbeing. A team, with Geoff Bird, looked at a new app that might how accurate someone is at feeling signals form their body. It uses the ‘Phase Adjustment Task’.

In collaboration with @fionaduffy.bsky.social, @karri-g-smith.bsky.social, @dr-liz-evans.bsky.social, @kerenmaclennan.bsky.social and Emy Nimbley, we moaned over the lack of ED measures for the autistic ED community 👺 doi.org/10.1080/1064...

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT: CW: Abuse. Two papers out today in Autism in Adulthood from our @vamhn.bsky.social funded project on supporting autistic adults who have experienced intimate violence. The first paper focuses on meaning-making, and the second on intervention 🧵Thread (& links) incoming.

‘We aren’t suggesting that good autism research can’t be done by non-autistic researchers. But autistic people should always be involved in research in a meaningful way and should be listened to at every stage’ so appreciate this discussion on such a platform! theconversation.com/why-autistic...

“in primary schools, nearly 90% of those permanently excluded over the past 5 years also had special educational needs & disabilities” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some really great study tips here from Lucy for neurodivergent students in a handy guide

We are super proud to have worked with this with Phaedra Longhurst, @dr-liz-evans.bsky.social @kerenmaclennan.bsky.social @karri-g-smith.bsky.social @fionaduffy.bsky.social and Emy Nimbley 👇

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We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

🚨 Beautifully clear and accessible article about what neurodiversity means from @cjcrompton.bsky.social, @suereviews.bsky.social and colleagues!

New paper from the fab Emy Nimbley (not yet here on BSKY?) + others on outcomes of ED treatment for autistic people and those with high autistic traits. @eatingresearch.bsky.social @intjeatdisord.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🥳 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....