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Yona Lunsky

@yonalunsky.bsky.social

Director, Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, CAMH Passionate about mental health & developmental disabilities. Opinions my own (she/her).

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Yona Lunsky@yonalunsky.bsky.social · last yr.

New @camhnews.bsky.social study: RCT of mindfulness for autistic adults. Program was feasible, acceptable & changes reported were only evident in those in the mindfulness arm. Working together with #autistic folks to design interventions for them matters. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Virtual group–based mindfulness for autistic adults: A randomized controlled trial - Yona Lunsky, Madelaine Carter, Sue Hutton, Jan Wozniak, Sheng Chen, Jonathan Weiss, 2025

There is evidence for mindfulness as a mental health intervention for autistic adults, but most of the research has focused on in-person interventions. This ran...

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Katie Munday@kmunday.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm super excited that my first first-author journal is published in Autism in Adulthood! "Improving Substance-Use Services for Autistic Adults: Insights and Recommendations from Autistic Adults" w/ @emergentdivergence.com , Chris Papadopoulos & Tanya Adkin. www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

Improving Substance-Use Services for Autistic Adults: Insights and Recommendations from Autistic Adults | Autism in Adulthood

Purpose: We aimed to explore autistic substance users’ experiences and their recommendations for improving substance-use services. Methods: We conducted an online cross-sectional questionnaire survey ...

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Donna Thomson@donna4walls.bsky.social · 2y ago

Let's make support for #caregivers a key policy linked to economic wellbeing in the #Canadian #election2025! @cdncaregiving.bsky.social Let's make #caregiving a public policy issue in our #election2025! Heather Aldersey Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence theconversation.com/governments-...

Governments must ensure caregivers have support to keep doing their vital work

Governments must ensure that caregiver support systems are in place, are flexible enough to respond to individual and family needs and enable natural support networks to flourish.

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Yona Lunsky@yonalunsky.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today is National Caregiver Day. Grateful to all the ppl who support me as a working caregiver & grateful to all the caregivers I get to work with @camhnews.bsky.social - Shout out to Anna & Dewlyn Lobo who talked about caring for each other in this Defy Dementia podcast pod.co/defy-dementi...

Defy Dementia Episode 22: No Brain Left Behind - Defy Dementia – The podcast for anyone with a brain, by Baycrest

This episode of Defy Dementia explores the relationship between developmental disabilities and dementia. Guests Dewlyn and Anna Lobo, a daughter-mother duo who live in Ottawa, share their personal jou...

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Yona Lunsky@yonalunsky.bsky.social · 2y ago

It is important that we understand how healthcare continued to evolve for folks with intellectual disabilities during the pandemic. Our @jidr-wiley.bsky.social study looked at health services pre-pandemic and then over the first two years of COVID across Ontario. Open Access

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research@jidr-wiley.bsky.social · 2y ago

Brief Report: Community and Hospital Healthcare Use by Adults With and Without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Ontario, Canada, During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Yona Lunsky@yonalunsky.bsky.social · 2y ago

Really enjoyed discussing our research on healthcare and autism with @mengchuanlai.bsky.social as part of the new #ICESOntario podcast #Disability #AutRes

ICES Ontario@icesontario.bsky.social · 2y ago

Autism research is evolving—and so is the conversation. In this episode of In Our VoICES, #ICESOntario scientist Yona Lunsky & CAMH scientist Meng-Chuan Lai explore how the focus has shifted to improving the lives of autistic individuals, especially in health care! 🎧 www.ices.on.ca/podcast/

Yona Lunsky@yonalunsky.bsky.social · 2y ago

learning to better care to ppl w #IntellectualDisability #autism starts in med school - our new study led by Gabriel Tarzi shows that med students across Canada want to learn more about how to provide better care & personal experience makes a difference. bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Experiences, attitudes, and knowledge of medical students regarding intellectual and developmental disability: a Canadian study - BMC Medical Education

Background As the healthcare of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) shifts toward community-based services, physicians in all areas of medicine are more likely to care f...

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Dr Lisa O'Leary@lisacoleary.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please see exciting opportunity to join our amazing international team of Associate Editors for the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. Please share with anyone who may be interested in applying.

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Natasha Spassiani, PhD@nspassiani.bsky.social · 2y ago

Check out our latest coproduced article! #inclusiveresearch #IntellectualDisabilities You Can't Exclude Us Anymore! A Critical Reflection of Inclusive Research and Teaching Opportunities for People With Intellectual Disabilities in University Settings onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

You Can't Exclude Us Anymore! A Critical Reflection of Inclusive Research and Teaching Opportunities for People With Intellectual Disabilities in University Settings

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Implementation Science Journals@implementsci.bsky.social · 2y ago

Identifying barriers and facilitators to primary care practitioners implementing health assessments for people with intellectual disability: a Theoretical Domains Framework-informed scoping review #impsci #ImpSciComms implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Identifying barriers and facilitators to primary care practitioners implementing health assessments for people with intellectual disability: a Theoretical Domains Framework-informed scoping review - I...

Introduction People with intellectual disability experience poorer health outcomes compared with the general population, partly due to the difficulties of accessing preventive care in primary care set...

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