At the #EaglesAutismFoundation, Simon Baron-Cohen is speaking about the varied needs of autistic people. He is highlighting that 1 in 4 autistic adults experience suicidal ideation. Autistic people who mask are often hidden from services, which makes support harder to find.

Today's Fonagy review has been read several ways. Overdiagnosis risk (Mirror, BBC). Distress is real (Guardian). Not every trait needs a diagnosis (Independent). Reform and regulation (Gov). The headline you see will shape what you think it said.

##AutismResearch I am a proponent of having multiple ways of supporting folk. Do (as researchers) we need to ‘sub-type’ people to create the many supports needed; or do we just need to create the helps… and then let them choose?

#EaglesAutismFoundation Simon BC spoke on physical & MH wellbeing as highest priority. Principles of community engagement: from the earliest stage. Values in science, care not cure. The change in autism field and our need as researchers to change with it.

Opening panel at the Eagles Autism Foundation Conference. Fab to have it start with co-pro. Nicholas Putts (King's) spoke on sensory experience. Eva Loth (King's) on social context and personalised neurotech . (1/4)

#ADHDAwarenessMonth Hard to focus = can't filter? Meh. In CRAE's SuPer study, ADHDers matched autistic, AuDHD and PNT adults on an attention task and showed no difficulty filtering out distractions at the simplest level. Autistic folk were seeing more. doi.org/10.1016/j.ac... 1/2

Superior perceptual capacity is specific to autistic cognition

To systematically measure perceptual capacity for autistic, ADHD, autistic people with ADHD (AuDHD), and neurotypical adult populations, and to examin…

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Exploring The Phenomenology of Autistic Attention Poole D, Molloy H, Butnicu B, Milne E, Buckle KL. (2026) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Here is the free version to read: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/24...

Exploring the Phenomenology of Autistic Attention - Daniel Poole, Helen Molloy, Beatrix Butnicu, Elizabeth Milne, Karen Leneh Buckle, 2026

Background: Existing research has identified areas of strength and challenge in relation to autistic attention. However, this work has tended to rely on compari...

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On Tues 13th October I'm giving the annual Hook Lecture in Leeds, on disability, belonging and justice in churches and society. Please share with anyone who might be interested. Hope to see you there! #DisabilityTheology #DisabilityStudies www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hook-l...

The Hook Lecture 2026: Just Belonging

Disability, Justice and Churches by Dr Naomi Lawson Jacobs

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An autistic woman has branded her expensive noise-cancelling headphones “useless” after they failed to filter out her horrifying rumination cycle, it has been announced. Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism...

www.autismcentral.nhs.uk/events/when-... Free webinar from two top people at the fantastic Autism Central team, 25 Sep, UK lunchtime 12-1. About the impact of school on many autistic children and young people. Strongly recommend. Limited tickets.

I also forgot to let you all know about this! @brianirvine.bsky.social @naomijacobs.bsky.social

Naomi L. Jacobs@naomijacobs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Research by @brianirvine.bsky.social , @krysiawally.bsky.social & myself, on the front page of the Times (with neurodivergent clergy on barriers to/enabling their flourishing in churches). I'm really glad to see this discussion in the media ahead of General Synod motion on neurodiversity.

New book for the daily commute. Will post thoughts as I bumble through. Ps @petewharmby.com rocks.

Pete Wharmby's new book is out! His first two were excellent, and this one is badly needed: a book about why so many autistic kids are struggling, especially at school, from one of the people best-placed to explain it (and guide people to fix it). Very pleased to see he narrates the audiobook, too!

Different Minds Audiobook on Libro.fm

If you have an autistic child in school, you may be painfully aware that mainstream education wasn’t built with them in mind.In Different Minds, former teacher and neurodivergence campaigner Pete Whar...

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Pete Wharmby@petewharmby.com · 2mo ago

6 days to publication. If you want to know why schools are seemingly inaccessible to autistic children, and what we can do about it, then this is the book for you. I wrote it for parents, teachers, civil servants and everyone who is in any way involved in the education of our children.

A lot of people are asking me how Nathan Cofnas was hired, UGent professor Bouke de Vries invited him to UGent. Bourke and Cofnas are part of the same global network to mainstream eugenics and far right academics. Of course funded by Peter Thiel and other rich far right activists.

The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday

The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network

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Will Self naming those with ableist and racist ideologies that compounded Prof. Andy’s vulnerability.

Neil Mackay@neilmackay.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Every single journalist in Britain should read this searing essay by Will Self

We measure "successful" transitions for autistic young people by employment and independent living. We nearly never ask if they thought it went well. CRAE's Norah Richards has a new blog post at Research in Practice looking at 25 reviews and 435 studies

Transitions out of school for autistic young people: what does the evidence tell us?

Leaving school is one of the biggest transitions in a young person's life. For young people who need additional support, this process can be complex. Norah Richards shares findings from an umbrella review that explored evidence on the experiences and outcomes of transitions out of school for autistic young people.

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UCL's Centre for Holocaust Education is looking for history teachers of autistic and non-autistic pupils; if that includes you, we do commend their survey to you.

Corey@coreysoper.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I am conducting research into how autistic pupils experience Holocaust education as part of my doctoral research. If you're a secondary history teacher of autistic and non-autistic pupils, I'd appreciate it if you took the time to complete the following survey: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Powerful speech from Rev Alice Kemp #synod on how her autism diagnosis helped her 'start being who I am and to stop hiding so much of me. I’ve begun to recognise that I am fearfully and wonderfully made - and it is all of me that God has called into ministry and indeed my whole life' #GeneralSynod

Personal stories of living with #neurodiversity within the #ChurchofEngland, including that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, were given during a General #Synod debate on Friday afternoon

Celebrating neurodiversity and inclusion is ‘a core commitment of the Church’ Synod hears

PERSONAL stories of living with neurodiversity within the Church of England, including that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, were given during a General Synod debate on Friday afternoon. Members were discussing a motion to affirm neurodiversity in...

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After some criticism of the #GeneralSynod neurodiversity motion, Canon Dr Phil Groves has written this lovely response. Phil is a fellow member of the Neurodiversity Working Group of the Church of England. The motion will be debated at #Synod this afternoon. viamedia.news/2026/07/10/b...

Ruth Howlett-Shipley on importance of training and awareness for those who are exploring whether they might be neurodivergent. Then +Sarah Mullally @archbishopofcanterbury.org speaking about how she knows she has been called as she is, not despite dyslexia, and sometimes because she is dyslexic. /7

Fiona MacMillan now speaking at General #Synod in the debate on the 'All Kinds of Minds' motion on neurodivergent people in the church. She tells us that the church is diminished and overlooks abundance when we do not recognise the gifts of neurodivergent members and leaders, 1/

More coverage of our research for the #Neurodiversity Working Group of the #ChurchofEngland, on Premier. Really great to see the reporting before #GeneralSynod neurodiversity motion debate next week. @brianirvine.bsky.social @krysiawally.bsky.social #CofE premierchristian.news/en/news/arti...

Church told to do more for neurodivergent worshippers and priests - Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis

The report, All Kinds of Minds, has been put together for the General Synod, the Church's governing body, which meets in York next week.

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If you’re in the Church of England, please ask reps in your diocese to vote for our General Synod motion next week, on celebrating ND people in the church & dismantling the barriers we face - by my great colleagues in the Neurodiversity Working Group. (Supported by research I was proud to help with)

Ann Memmott@annmemmott.bsky.social · 4mo ago

www.churchofengland.org/resources/ba... So proud of this wonderful official Church of England neurodiversity team. All of us are working hard to ensure that our churches have the best possible research, training, advice, info, safeguarding, and related laws. Read all about it here.

Research by @brianirvine.bsky.social , @krysiawally.bsky.social & myself, on the front page of the Times (with neurodivergent clergy on barriers to/enabling their flourishing in churches). I'm really glad to see this discussion in the media ahead of General Synod motion on neurodiversity.

Centre for Research in Autism and Education@craeioe.bsky.social · 4mo ago

CRAE's Brian Irvine has had his research for the Church of England mentioned on the front page of The Times today! The article highlights his independent work to advocate for support for neurodivergent clergy members. Read the full Times article here: http://bit.ly/4eBDREL 1/2

CRAE's Brian Irvine has had his research for the Church of England mentioned on the front page of The Times today! The article highlights his independent work to advocate for support for neurodivergent clergy members. Read the full Times article here: http://bit.ly/4eBDREL 1/2

www.churchofengland.org/resources/ba... So proud of this wonderful official Church of England neurodiversity team. All of us are working hard to ensure that our churches have the best possible research, training, advice, info, safeguarding, and related laws. Read all about it here.

Neurodiversity Working Group of the Committee for the Ministry of and among Deaf and Disabled People (CMDDP) | The Church of England

The Neurodiversity Working Group (NDWG) has identified work already happening across the Church, including on clergy wellbeing, experiences of the discernment process and of formation, and in safeguar...

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Yesterday evening, the wonderful @lauramaycrane.bsky.social delivered our 2026 CRAE Annual Lecture on "Time to Deliver: Lessons from the House of Lords Select Committee on the Autism Act 2009." The full recording is now available to watch on the CRAE YouTube channel here: youtu.be/2JRlf2ZCDE8

Time to deliver: Lessons from the House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee - Laura Crane (22-JUN-26)

YouTube video by CRAE

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