Neurodiversity movement: autism is difference *&*disability. 1st Autism Acceptance Day for this paper showing strengths eg enhanced auditory perception can contribute to challenges eg speech divergence. *Holistic classification* needed for assessment, support. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The Strengths of Speech Divergence in Autistic People: Implications for Assessment and Support

This narrative review analyzes the visual and auditory advantages that autistic people with speech divergence (A-SD) may have compared with autistic people without speech divergence (A-NoSD) or non-a...

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I will be accepting a PhD student for Fall 2026 in our Curriculum and Instruction program. If you are interested in autistic sociality, caregiver influence on their autistic children's development, and neurodiversity in school contexts, please get in touch!

Autism is now on LinkedIn! 🌍 👋 We'll also be sharing videos, summaries, and round-ups of research published in the journal! Come and join our community - our profile is here ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/company/1085... (Don't worry, we'll still be posting on BlueSky!)

Hi! We are a part-time (can work alongside) online ("live" *options*; costs the same in/outside the UK, can study from everywhere) MSc course on learning/intellectual disability, autism, and neurodiversity. Students have own tutor. We are recruiting for this term: www.port.ac.uk/study/course...

Psychology and Learning Disability

Learn how to make a positive difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities, as well as their families and supporters, on our MSc Psychology and Learning Disability course. This 2 year, ...

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Steven Kapp@drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Proud to teach on the MSc in Psychology and Learning Disability. @uoppald.bsky.social! It’s part-time & online, so students may meet in person for 1st time at graduation as below. It’s not too late to apply for this term, although next week is induction week & teaching week after, so act quickly!

Excited to be at #AEC2025! ShARL will be presenting 4 posters and a talk (NIHR projects on ICF Strengths and Needs Assessment; Community Partnerships using systems mapping for health @victorianewell.bsky.social ; ESRC projects on Student wellbeing and Attention Control; Views on Data Sharing)

Really enjoyed our #ShARL25 conference today. What a great set of talks and sharing of ideas!

New preprint: Open data in autism research: the views of autistic people and parents of autistic children osf.io/preprints/me... Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social #AutRes #OpenSci

Extremely pleased to have a copy of The Autism Dialogue Approach Handbook. What a wonderfully informative and progressive text! 👏

Next week @beatrixbird.bsky.social and I will be presenting b2b for Cafe Autistique at the Contact Theatre in Manchester. Talking research on attention,distraction and monotropism

Autism@Manchester@autismmanchester.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us @contactmcr.bsky.social for Café Autistique on 11 June 5.30-8.30pm! Elizaveta shares autistic adults' views on early #autism #interventions; Dr Daniel Poole explores #ADHD, #autistic & #neurotypical distraction & Beatrix Butnicu discusses #monotropism www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cafe-autis...

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/05/what... An important thread here in case you missed it #INSAR2025

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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Congratulations Vikki!!!

Victoria Newell@victorianewell.bsky.social · last yr.

I am pleased to announce that I passed my PhD viva yesterday with minor corrections!!! Huge thanks to my supervisors @sarahcassisy.bsky.social & Caroline Richards for their support over the years, and to my examiners Will Mandy & Brian O’Shea for a great experience. #PhDone 🥳🎓

New ShARL article on Autism diagnostic disclosure in adulthood journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Led by the wonderful Dr Sheena Au-Yeung

‘Am I gonna regret this?’: The experiences of diagnostic disclosure in autistic adults - Sheena K Au-Yeung, Megan Freeth, Andrew R Thompson, 2025

An increasing number of people receive autism diagnoses in adulthood, and there are few studies investigating autistic adults’ experiences of disclosing their d...

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poster on Employment including an employer focussed intervention #INSAR2025

Keynote Raymaker: Emphasises importance of centering neurodivergent epistemologies in neurodiversity research #INSAR2025

Keynote Raymaker: "It is impossible to control complex futures but we can dance with them" Quotes Meadows, 2002 #INSAR2025

Keynote Raymaker: "We need to have a better understanding of the kinds of futures we want to have." Provides an excellent example of how to do this #INSAR2025

Keynote Raymaker: Interesting discussion around knowledge and power - how to keep the good bits and move forward? ##INSAR2025

Keynote Raymaker: AASPIRE - has now been running for 19 years; inclusion guidelines and toolkit online - check it out! #INSAR2025

Keynote Raymaker: Now speaking about AASPIRE - check it out!! #INSAR2025

Keynote Raymaker: Now a helpful reflection on what is motivating change and how to get to plausible and desirable futures #INSAR2025

Keynote Raymaker: "Transdisciplinary research can really help to solve complex problems" #INSAR2025

Keynote Raymaker: Transdisciplinary and Co-Produced Futures in Autism Research #INSAR2025 Great choice of keynote speaker!

#INSAR2025 poster on diagnostic disclosure

#INSAR2025 poster on reasons for autistic student dropout from higher education

Keynote Lombardo: Looking at whether different subgroups respond differently to early intervention. Argues that yes they do. #INSAR2025

Keynote Lombardo: Looking at machine learning algorithms. Says this can find a type 1 vs type 2 distinction purely based on data ##INSAR2025

Keynote Lombardo: Now presenting twin studies, looking at genetic similarity. Patterning effects concur. Says this supports a poor language outcomes subtype ##INSAR2025

Lombardo Keynote: Genomic expression different in toddlers with poor language outcomes ##INSAR2025

Keynote Lombardo: "Data suggest subtype specific genomic mechanisms" #INSAR2025

Keynote Lombardo: Presenting data on prenatal neurogenesis showing relationship with high ADOS scores #INSAR2025