Some definitions which might be helpful: Neurodiversity: all types of brains. A person in the neurological minority is neurodivergent: different from the (neurotypical) majority. A group of people are neurodiverse: a variety of neurotypes, neurotypical AND neurodivergent. These are not synonyms.

What is Neurodiversity? It simply means that different people’s brains work differently, and that we’ll all be happier if we respect how those different brains work—instead of trying to force everyone to behave as though all brains are wired the same way. #neurodiversity

New preprint! The Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) is widely used in autism research, but until now there was no validated Brazilian Portuguese version. To read more: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Honored to participate today as a Working Group Member in the #INSAR Institute Session Webinar: Introduction to Academic Publication and Autism Research. It was incredibly valuable to hear researchers I admire share their experiences and perspectives on academic publishing!

Check out all the new books listed by @autisticbooks.bsky.social this year so far! autismbooksbyautisticauthors.com/2026-book-re...

2026 Book Releases

A list of books written by Autistic people that have been announced for 2026.

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Day 3 of #INSAR2026 was FULL! Panel, meeting, posters… And lots of interesting talks!! 😅🤩

Day 1 at #INSAR2026 🤩 So exciting to see familiar faces and meet new people !

So happy to have worked with the amazing Lizzie on this editorial, which is so necessary for Brazil, sharing a bit about our experiences with participatory research here! 🤩🇧🇷

Lizzie Shephard@lizzieshephard.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Proud to share my first editorial as one of the editors of Autism @journalautism.bsky.social We wrote about our experiences of trying to implement participatory autism research for the first time in Brazil @tallytafla.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Our first official publication on Participatory Research in Portuguese is now available as a preprint! 🤩 Pesquisa participativa e a importância da inclusão de experts por experiência na pesquisa em saúde - Possibilidades e desafios para o contexto brasileiro osf.io/preprints/ps...

Happy to share that the second paper from my PhD is out! We now have the internal structure of the Brazilian version of ABAS-3 parents forms! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Evidence based on internal structure of the Brazilian version of ABAS-3 parents forms

Adaptive behavior assessment is crucial for understanding individuals’ functional abilities. The Adaptive Behavior Assessment System-Third Edition (ABAS-3) is widely used for this purpose, but its ...

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New term? Wanting to learn something new? You may wish to sign up for October's #CRAEwebinar. Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism, Alexithymia, and the Underlying Psychological Mechanisms with @connortkeating.bsky.social Thur 2nd Oct 4 pm BST

Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism & Alexithymia

Connor Keating considers whether emotion-processing differs between autistic and non-autistic adults after controlling for alexithymia.

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