Super proud of this paper - tackling a topic that has been overlooked by autism research for far too long. Brilliantly co-produced with inspiring autistic and non-autistic colleagues: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/au… free-to-access until 16th Jan - get in quick!

I know the phrase 'neurodiversity affirming' is a new buzzword in therapy, but as an autistic therapist it sounds VERY much like allistics heard neurodiversity is the new thing and want to jump on that for branding purposes without ever really learning or changing.

A formal autism diagnosis can be good for community, services, & self-understanding. But there are downsides, which will persist as long as diagnosis 'is controlled by a non-autistic-dominated medical & research establishment.' Sue Fletcher-Watson et al:

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And I just married Linguistic Autistic 😍

Cite autistic scholars. Cite autistic activists. Cite autistic advocates. Cite autsitic people. Cite autistic knowledge. CITE AUTISTIC SCHOLARS. CITE AUTISTIC ACTIVISTS. CITE AUTISTIC PEOPLE. CITE AUTISTIC KNOWLEDGE.

Check out this brilliant new piece in Psychology Today by Linguistic Autistic and Autistic Wellbeing Consultancy! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insigh…

Such a helpful, succinct explanation of neurodivergence, from Nick Walker / Bluesky: @dr-nicky.bsky.social’s Neuroqueer Heresies

My diagram for 'PPI/ Participatory research and the Research Cycle' is now ready! 😊

Months of hard work, but co-produced & a visual resource for researchers who want to work meaningfully with communities

#coproduction
#publicinvolvement

We are super-proud to announce a VERY FIRST IMPACT FACTOR for Autism In Adulthood of 6.8.

This confirms our position as a leading journal in our field. To share your research & join our scholarly community visit:

home.liebertpub.com/publications/a…

Thanks to Liz Pellicano for leading on this new letter to the editor, just published in Autism Journal, about the issues we've had on several recent research studies (🇬🇧🇦🇺🇺🇸) where we think we've fallen foul of 'scammer participants'. 🧵1/ journals.sagepub.com/eprint/R6EFT9R…

I have no idea what I actually said during this interview, so if you’d like to find out, you’ll have to listen!

Looking forward to reading this - looks like a fabulous (and much-needed) framework!

❤️ this fabulous new paper!

Probably the best thing you'll see today.

In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world.

The results 🧵

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Lay summaries are a great way to share our research with a wider audience, yet they need to be MUCH better (cheeky little recommendation for journal editors to consider autistic reviewers too - um yes?) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/au… Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice - ARCAP

What an honour to spend the afternoon talking about #autism with Dr Amy Thunig, 🌻 c h l o é h a y d e n 🌻, and Grace Tame at Sydney Opera House #AllAboutWomen !

One week to go until 🌻 c h l o é h a y d e n 🌻, Dr Amy Thunig, Grace Tame and Dr Jac speak at 'actually autistic' as part of #AllAboutWomen

Book now: soh.online/aaw_actually-a…