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.

Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....

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🔍 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...

Catherine Crompton@cjcrompton.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s the Neurodivergent peer Support Toolkit (NEST)’s first birthday!!   A year ago, we launched this free, co-designed, research informed tool to support mainstream secondary schools to establish peer support groups for neurodivergent young people.

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

What Autistic People Want From Autism Research: AutINSAR 2025

AutINSAR is a much-needed discussion between autistic people and autism researchers about priorities in autism research.

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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

Urgent Action Needed: Tell Keir Starmer to Keep the NHS Out of US Trade Deals

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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...

Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms

Lord Darzi’s undeclared interests in four companies included $500,000 of shares in US-based healthcare venture

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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.

New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review

The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.

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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!

Inspace@inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 2y ago

Announcing You’re Not Alone exhibition showcasing the creative work resulting from participatory community research project with @edaceatingautism.bsky.social using photos and storytelling as the tools to connect and share perspectives ⏰ 10am-5pm 📅 1-8 Mar 📍 Inspace, EH8 9AB 🔗 edin.ac/42KbxdI

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...

Aut2Ask 🦦@aut2ask.bsky.social · 2y ago

SHARE TO HELP US BREAK A RECORD ♥️🎉 Info: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #autism #actuallyautistic #AutRes

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/...

Clinicians' Experiences of Eating Disorder Focused Family Therapy With Autistic Young People

Objective Eating disorder focused family therapy (FT-ED) is the leading outpatient intervention for adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa. Autistic people report poorer eating disorder treatment experie...

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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

Table Talk Episode 2 Monotropism

YouTube video by EDAC

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Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk · 2y ago

The only things I came away feeling I wish I'd talked about more are #orthorexia, which I have complicated feelings about, and the positive sides of #samefood. Orthorexia, because I think a lot of rules people have for eating are totally valid, and at risk of being invalidated or even pathologised…

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😊

Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative@edaceatingautism.bsky.social · 2y ago

Was fab to be at our "sister" research network @edcrn.bsky.social launch today and to see so many enthusiastic clinicians at it!! Such a clever idea taking a step towards meaningful and comparable data to evaluate real life outcomes for people with eating disorders 👌👏👏👏👏

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...

A “Round, Bruising Sort of Pain”: Autistic Girls’ Social Camouflaging in Inclusive High School Settings - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Although autistic females often “camouflage” their autism, few studies examine the degree to which adolescent females demonstrate these behaviors in inclusive school settings. We examined: (a) the nat...

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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

Associations between maternal smartphone use and mother‐infant responsiveness: A cluster analysis of potential risk and protective factors

Contradictory results in the extant literature suggests that additional risk factors should be considered when exploring the impacts of maternal smartphone use on mother-infant relationships. This st...

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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

The Co‐Occurrence of Autism and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): A Prevalence‐Based Meta‐Analysis

Objective Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a feeding and eating disorder characterized by extensive avoidance and/or restriction of food. Existing research demonstrates that ARFI.....

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"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

Borderline Personality as a Factor in Late, Missed, and Mis-Diagnosis in Autistic Girls and Women: A Conceptual Analysis | Autism in Adulthood

Autism without intellectual disability is diagnosed later and with greater difficulty in girls/women relative to boys/men. For autistic girls and women, the journey to an autism diagnosis may include ...

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

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 2y ago

In a story sent out to newsrooms around the world, AP calls puberty blockers a 'common approach' to treatment for trans kids and highlights how the UK ban goes against 'standards held by medical groups elsewhere, including the European and World Professional Associations for Transgender Health'

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...

Analysis Suggests 2021 Texas Abortion Ban Resulted in Increase in Infant Deaths in State in Year After Law Went into Effect | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate infant deaths expected if one of the country’s most stringent state abortion laws had not been enacted.

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