I enjoyed Gemma Williams's introduction to our research/theory paper on Autistic flow states with @brettheasman.bsky.social, @drlornaham.bsky.social‬ and others, and the podcast we recorded talking about it: open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...

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/...

When autism researchers from all sorts of disciplines, paradigms, methodologies, politics, and worldviews agree, you know the threats to science and to autistic people have gotten way outside the bounderies of typical scientific debate. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Just heard Prof Lorna Hamilton talk about her project on neuro-inclusive campuses @ York St John - fascinating participatory research asking 'Can I exist/thrive here?' Love their focus on making acceptance visible & shifting from individual adjustments to inclusive campus design by default.

Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.

Excited for this forthcoming collection on double empathy curated by Damian Milton. Our chapter addresses double empathy barriers in the higher education classroom - with @ruthknight.bsky.social

Neurodivergence - a collection of articles, interviews and more from The Psychologist and @researchdigest.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/collections/...

Amazing set of resources here @kathrynlewis.bsky.social @suemesa.bsky.social

Well done @kathrynlewis.bsky.social whose first paper was recognised as one of Wiley’s most highly cited last year 💫 Exploring the experiences of autistic pupils through creative research methods: Reflections on a participatory approach onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Very much looking forward to this symposium at @autismeurope.bsky.social on neuroinclusive education. Hope to see some of you in Dublin in September 🤩

The sad thing is that email and admin have taken over academic life so much that many of us have to squeeze in the poisoning of minds on evenings and weekends.

Lovely blogpost on our Project INC (Inclusive Neurodiverse Campuses) from our excellent partner and collaborator Jamie Williams at Spectrum First Education. blog.yorksj.ac.uk/isj/2025/02/...

2nd Royal Society fellow resigns over Musk’s membership, citing the Council’s “inability to take proportionate action on Musk’s promotion of disinformation and attacks on evidence-based policies and science advice”. FRS Andrew Millar, prof of engineering bio at Uni of Edinburgh, confirmed to me.

Important new evidence published today: large-scale DofE trial (N=12,166) found that two universal MH awareness interventions, in secondary schools, led to an *increase* in emotional symptoms at long term (9-12 month) follow up tinyurl.com/4ffday8y Thread below /1

New paper in Autism in Adulthood led by Stephanie Petty, arising from our Inclusive Neurodiverse Campuses (INC) project. We reflect on actions that could remove barriers to employment (to a research position here) incorporating insights from both sides of the process. doi.org/10.1089/aut....

Finally pressed deactivate on the other place/ hellscape. Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

💜🌟🌈 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

Prof Dorothy Bishop resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Still buzzing from the @bps-dartp.bsky.social CPD day yesterday! Great to have space to reflect on education focussed careers in Psychology. Two great workshops from @diervilla.bsky.social and @juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social! Thank you to all attendees and @drlornaham.bsky.social for organising!

Wonderful, inspiring @bps-dartp.bsky.social workshop on education-focused Psychology career development today, led by the dynamic duo @diervilla.bsky.social and @juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social

A warm welcome from @cupandsword.bsky.social to today’s @bps-dartp.bsky.social CPD day. Excited to hear @diervilla.bsky.social’s talk soon, and I’m up talking #scholarship this afternoon 🤩 Thanks @drlornaham.bsky.social for organising us!

"even if data are quantitative and numerical, the ways in which they are analysed and, to a greater extent, the inferences made from this analysis, will vary depending on who the researcher is." I LOVE this paper, which talks about reflexivity in quant, not qual, research tinyurl.com/3r3s39ty

If you missed @stevesilberman.bsky.social's gorgeous and touching memorial yesterday, you can see the ceremony online. Beautiful speeches by @wardqnormal.bsky.social, @ericmgarcia.bsky.social and others. It will be available for a couple of weeks only. www.youtube.com/live/2fegZ0m...

Developmental Psychology starter pack! I've included people doing child/adolescent research and as well as a few lifespan folks. Please share widely, and let me know if there is anyone who should be added! go.bsky.app/ECJtpXi #DevPsych #DevSci #PsychSciSky

Seems there’s another surge in new users - welcome! Here’s my UK Psychology starter pack go.bsky.app/JUgQGsP

The details are finally available! I'm DELIGHTED to announce that I'll be joining @diervilla.bsky.social & BPS DARTP to talk teaching-focused careers in #Psychology on 22nd November. #CPD #AffordableCPD #TeachingFocused #ProfsInPrep #AcademicSky Book now! www.bps.org.uk/event/buildi...

This promises to be a fantastic CPD opportunity for Psychology academics building education focused careers… 22 November in person in London. Sign-up link below

Big emotions this weekend as we dropped off son 1 at the very same quad/college/university where I had the best time as an undergraduate 30 years ago 🥹

Very good to see our book is rising fast in the sales lists in good bookstores now. Much needed. With thanks as ever to the editors, and to my fellow contributors.

Under 2 weeks until Neurodiversity in Higher Education #NDinHE2 at York St John with Spectrum First Ltd. We've a fantastic programme of research, interactive seminars & creative workshops. >400 delegates signed up on campus/online! Last few free online places: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...

Devastating news. NeuroTribes changed everything RIP Steve Silberman and thank you for your light

The open-access version of my book Narrating the Many Autisms: Identity, Agency, Mattering is now available to download: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

Delighted to write for @wonkhe.bsky.social with Chiara Horlin on how lecture recordings benefit disabled & neurodivergent students & how lecture recordings fit into a post-covid world (why is it ok for staff to refuse to attend in-person but not students?) #AcademicSky wonkhe.com/blogs/lectur...

Come and work with us! We’re looking for two lecturers, 1 senior lecturer - broad range of psych expertise welcome - in lovely York #psychologyjobs #psychjobs

Tomorrow at 1-2pm I'm giving an online talk about potential harms from (universal) school mental health interventions. I will be discussing recommendations for researchers designing and running these trials – so that the field can better understand and tackle this issue

Excited to share the first of three animations created collaboratively by a group of amazing autistic / neurodivergent young people, on their feelings moving to secondary school! 🏫 📽️ Watch here: t.ly/4P9Cc 📽️ Led by Dr Jonathan Vincent w/ myself and @drlornaham.bsky.social 🧵1/6 #AutRes #EduSky

This is so real. I’ve reported on this over the years in many forms. Coral reef scientists. Conservationists caring for endlings. Public health workers in the pandemic. Journalists covering all the above. The people bearing witness are not okay.

🌈♾ Yay, new paper! ♾🌈 Co-designing neurodivergent student-led peer support for mainstream high schools Work led by @cjcrompton.bsky.social and others The paper reports on a participatory design process with neurodiverse groups of educators + young people journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Great to see work like this coming out, using creative approaches like ‘walk and talk’ and photography to involve autistic young people in research

Very cool stuff!

🔖 New paper led by @kathrynlewis.bsky.social out in Infant and Child Development this week ⭐️ Reflects on how universal design can be applied in research to facilitate participation by neurodivergent children with differing communication profiles

Hey #HISciSky #EduSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky I’m Lorna, developmental psychologist working on neurodiversity. Glad to be here.