GW4 Neurodevelopmental Neurodiversity Network
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@GW4Alliance collaboration, bridging gaps between biomedical approaches to neurodevelopmental conditions and contemporary perspectives on neurodiversity
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We're recruiting for a fully-funded PhD studentship CENTRE-UB🎓Developing digital tools to improve screening for autism: Identifying diagnostic markers based on bodily movements🏃🏽Supervised by Jennifer Cook, Dr Hannah Heath, & I - deadline 16th May ⬇️ bit.ly/PhD_autism_scr…🧵
Are you interested in learning about the #neurobiology of #autism ? Be sure to join us for our last WHSS of the academic year! Meng-Chuan Lai 賴孟泉 will speak on “Considering sex- and gender-related mechanisms in #autism #neuroscience .” 🧬
Register here ➡️ bit.ly/3HHxGxL
I've done a shockingly bad job of promoting this, but! I'm going to be at College of Psychiatrists of Ireland's spring conference next Thursday, talking a bit about neurodiversity, the double empathy problem, and how non-autistic people can be more autistic in their communication. Come say hi!
The second paper from the brilliant team of Bobby Jertberg, Sander Begeer Dr. Hilde M. Geurts ([email protected]) & Erik van den Burg showing that age - and not #autism - is a significant predictor of multisensory integration of speech stimuli in a large sample (N=869) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ej…
VIP NEW STUDY:
✔️1 in 4 autistic patients received what they believed was a psychiatric misdiagnosis prior to being diagnosed.
✔️The most common misdiagnosis was personality disorders.
✔️Previous misdiagnosis was more common in women.
= #AutismNotPD
tinyurl.com/4cs49shz
In this interesting podcast, Dr Lucy Livingston provides insight into the comorbidity of #Depression in Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder ( #ADHD ) and #Autism .
A fascinating listen.
Listen to the full podcast to learn more. bit.ly/3HTe5eD
#Autism Acceptance
Taya (a student I am working with at Psychology at Soton) would like to know more about the experience of autistic adults who use earplugs for reducing auditory sensory challenges.
Thanks for sharing this poster with whoever may be interested taking part to her research project!🙏