Autistic women or Non-binary folks (18+) needed 📢 With support from @edaceatingautism.bsky.social, we would like to hear your valuable expertise to review an intervention that aims to prevent body image concerns and disordered eating. For more info, please email Hannah at h.k.lewis@qmul.ac.uk

Following public false claims on autism causation and attacks on science, INSAR has released a statement that people are “born with autism” www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...

Frontiers | Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism

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MSc Psychology and Learning Disability@uoppald.bsky.social · last yr.

@drstevenkapp.bsky.social has timely new paper (w/ 600+ sources) on autism as a lifelong neurodivergence underpinned by sensory+ differences prior to & if applicable even after meeting criteria. It deconstructs "autistic regression” & challenges outgrowing autism: www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...

It’s still not too late to get yourself a ticket to listen to Vikram Jaswal on Supporting nonspeaking autistic people’s flourishing. This Thursday at 6pm GMT Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Supporting nonspeaking autistic people's flourishing

... using collaborative cognitive science. With Vikram Jaswal

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Neurodivergence related access in work is intimately bound up with the norms of communication. This includes subtle things relating to enforcement of style, pacing, neuronormative email etiquette, and so on. I think this often gets overlooked in favour of a focus on less subtle things.

My third PhD study has been published and is currently available OA, just in time for submitting my thesis 🎉🤸 We tested a conceptual model wherein positive autistic identity is associated with flourishing via positive body image for some autistic folks! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Body appreciation mediates the association between satisfaction with autistic identity and flourishing in autistic adults

Underpinned by the neurodiversity paradigm, scholars are increasingly interested in relationships between positive autistic identity (i.e., feeling sa…

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Is it normal to cry over your laptop in the last month of your PhD? (usually people joking say "I'm asking for a friend", but I'm really autistic/socially anxious and so I have no friends) 💀

I am so excited to share my first publication, a labor of love! My co-1st author @katerinaldi1.bsky.social and I examined weight related terminology preference within two samples of folks in larger bodies🥰 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Words are heavy: Weight-related terminology preferences are associated with larger-bodied people’s health behaviors and beliefs

Clinicians and researchers may struggle with appropriate terminology when discussing body size. Pathologizing larger bodies has led to use of medicali…

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To my fellow AuDHDers, I would like to incorporate some PPI into the development of my grant proposal. While I do not have the funds to reimburse you, having your input would be a huge help in pursuing this important work! If interested, DM or email me at PL428@pgr.aru.ac.uk

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Ok, sure. But what about the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the IRA and the invasion of the soviet union in Afghanistan and the rise of the Taliban? See a trend here? Make-up, my arse 💀

Literally cannot wait to share this ✨new publication✨ with y’all. doi.org/10.1016/j.bo... Tl;dr. White working-class women’s body image is rooted in appearance norms, rather than appearance ideals (they are conceptually different). Super important to consider intersectionality of class x gender

The video of last week's methods panel is up! Come check out Freddie Jones, Léon Van Ommen and I talked about using qualitative methods with nonspeaking people. Link to the full panel video (and to the slides for my section) available here: www.heasutherland.com/talk/ethnogr...

Ethnography, neurodiversity, and higher support needs | Holly E. A. Sutherland

Part of a panel about qualitative methods for including nonspeaking and high support needs neurodivergent people in research.

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🔥Hot off the press🔥 We have FINALLY explored the relationship between nature exposure and positive body image in the #autistic community. So so excited to share our findings which is OPEN ACCESS🤸🌿🌳 doi.org/10.1016/j.bo...

My heart just dropped into my stomach when I saw the $589 STUDENT registration fee. I may end up getting tacos from Sainsbury's instead 🙃 #ICED2025

Phaedra Longhurst@phaedralonghurst.bsky.social · 2y ago

This Cornish lass is going to Texas! Very very excited to be given the opportunity to share what me and my amazing collab pals have been getting up to at #ICED2025. I'll also be sharing an upcoming PhD study of mine 🤸 I also can't wait to get tacos and be jet lagged 💀

🌟 Exciting Opportunity: #SENSS #PhD Studentship at the University of Lincoln 🌟 Are you passionate about improving #body #image in schools? 📝Apply now to this fully funded studentship supervised by Dr. Kamila Irvine & Prof. David Dawson👇 www.senss.ac.uk/collaborativ...

🗣️ Participants needed for my student's study We are looking for UK-based folks (18+ years) to take part in an online experimental survey to explore the effects of social media content on body image and eating attitudes. To learn more and take part, click here: bit.ly/eatsocialmedia

POV Only child at Christmas 💅🤶🐷

University of Exeter Fuly-Funded PhD Scholarships for Black British Researchers Deadline: Feb 28 www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Award details | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter

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This Cornish lass is going to Texas! Very very excited to be given the opportunity to share what me and my amazing collab pals have been getting up to at #ICED2025. I'll also be sharing an upcoming PhD study of mine 🤸 I also can't wait to get tacos and be jet lagged 💀

It absolutely blows my mind that the willy wonka experience happened only THIS YEAR. 2024, you have been way too long and way too unkind (except for gracing us with The Unknown)

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Why it matters that individuals literally can't be neurodiverse. #Neurodiversity

Sonny Hallett@scrappapertiger.bsky.social · 2y ago

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**Black UK PhD students** Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend -Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences -Faculty of Health and Life Sciences **Tell everyone** www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Please add alt 🥺 Turn on the reminder in the settings if you need help remembering ♡ For me (and many others): no alt? No repost. And I see lots of stuff I'd *want* to repost, but alas. ADD ALT 💜

Cats of Yore@catsofyore.bsky.social · 2y ago

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

Open access Research 101 training is now available. It was created with Autistic adults. Ideally, researchers would use this training for their Autistic collaborators who want more information about research. salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/our-projects...

Research 101: Collaborating in Participatory Autism Research

Research 101 is a training course designed by and for autistic people. The purpose of the course is to educate autistic people who are not academics or professional researchers, so they can be more in...

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Hooray! If anyone wants to hear me talk about #monotropism, #autistic sensory reactions to food, and #eatingDisorders, you can now do it on a phone without keeping YouTube in the foreground!

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

We are on Spotify now!!! Thanks again! open.spotify.com/show/6tEaThW...

My first post here definitely has to be Tendril Theory, because when I made this in 2015 I had no idea how often it would be ripped off. Tell your friends and your enemies to tag me please 😂

Sharing this with new connections on here 👀 We are looking for UK-based #ActuallyAutistic folks to take part in a one-to-one interview to help us explore how they feel about their body and certain eating styles If interested, why not send me (an autistic researcher) an email at PL428@pgr.aru.ac.uk

People’s worth isn’t determined by their ability to work. We all deserve a decent living standard regardless. Just under 1/4 of the UK population is disabled, and anyone could become so. Please, ditch “strivers vs skivers” narratives and instead repair our social security net.

For folks who have a mind to read what I've been up to, here is my some of my (PhD and external) research: 🥸: first, my qualitative paper on positive body image in autistic folks doi.org/10.1016/j.body…

Anyone else for the eating disorder field starter pack? go.bsky.app/Fsn93mM

Pass me the memes.