What a Lovely two days at the DARCI (Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries) conference last week! It was great to hear about all the access work being undertaken in creative / culture / heritage spaces, and to present my PhD findings in full for the first time!

📣 Preprint! 📣 We explore secondary school teachers’ thoughts on teaching autistic students using creative arts-based pedagogy (CABP). Teachers felt CABP was safe, memorable, engaging, inclusive, accessible and fun, AND overstimulating, dysregulating, unpredictable and socially challenging.

📣 New preprint! 📣 This mixed-method systematic review applies a neurodiversity paradigm to frame/consolidate evidence on the nature of, perceptions of, and outcomes of creative arts-based educational practices (CAEPs) when used with autistic mainstream secondary school students osf.io/3zrm6_v1/

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

The busiest first week back from leave! (glasto pics added for good measure) - 1/2 The week started with a PGR conference which I had the pleasure of chairing. It was inspiring to hear all about what fellow PGRs are working on. The day was bookended by two fascinating keynotes. Plus pizza, win-win!

Join us for an exciting day of PGR speakers from @uoyeducation.bsky.social as well as two keynote speakers who will discuss creative and innovative approaches in education and research in education! We can’t wait to see people there! More information here: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/e...

🔔 Calling all @uoyeducation.bsky.social MA/MSc/EdD/PhD researchers 🔔 Submit an abstract and join us for a great day of sharing, learning and networking! Bit.ly/educationconference2025 for more information Details to follow for researchers from any institution who wish to attend but not present.

Excited to share the findings from two of my PhD studies next month!

We are now advertising one departmental PhD scholarship for home PGRs (only), October 2025 entry. The deadline for applying (not interview) is 22nd April. Details can be found here www.york.ac.uk/education/po...

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 👏🏼👏🏼

Hey Bluesky - I'm recruiting for my PhD research looking at how disability and intimacy is represented on Instagram. I am looking to speak to women with physical impairments to invite them to join the first stage of my research, a steering group. Please share far and wide!

Have a look at what our network has to offer through this Blog post. We will be announcing our next event, taking place in June, very soon so watch this space! www.sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...

A lovely UG3 at @uoyeducation.bsky.social is exploring how music can be used to support the well-being of autistic CYP. If you are a parents/carer of an autistic child (age 4-16) please follow this link to the questionnaire: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share with networks if you can!

Fab day at the White Rose DTP Advanced Methods Showcase at the University of Sheffield topped off with some yummy food with @sarah-wild.bsky.social !! 10/10 day overall

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🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️ "medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation" Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #MedEd @autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social