U21 Autism Research Network

A group of researchers from @U21news universities addressing diversity and inclusion in autism research. Event recording:

[U21 Autism Research Network @AutismU21]

🚨Exciting news🚨
Our paper, "Autism-related language preferences of English-speaking individuals across the globe: A mixed methods investigation", is now available #OpenAccess in Autism Research! https://t.co/juyFIhPVCp 🧵1/15

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Really excited to share we’ve been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant ✨ This funding helps us take our co-developed autism screening tool from research into healthcare, improving access, equity & efficiency in diagnosis for children & adults
https://t.co/9TuCMvljWV

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Fab news! Our paper "The conceptualisation, experience, and recognition of emotion in autism: Differences in the psychological mechanisms involved in autistic and non-autistic emotion recognition" has now been published in Autism Research⭐ Summary: 🧵1
https://t.co/45Q8TTOXT5

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Autistic and non-autistic people may express emotions in ways that are different but equally meaningful - almost like speaking different languages. So, what has sometimes been interpreted as difficulties for autistic people may reflect a two-way misunderstanding...🧵17

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

We found that autistic and non-autistic adults produced different facial expressions, even when facial structure and alexithymia were taken into account... 🧵9

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Great news🚨Our article "Mismatching expressions: spatiotemporal and kinematic differences in autistic and non-autistic facial expressions" is published in Autism Research⭐Thanks to @Jennifer_L_Cook @Sophie_Sowden & Holly O'Donoghue.
Summary below:🧵1
https://t.co/Bv1azgTIPS

[Dr Sophie Sowden-Carvalho @Sophie_Sowden]

Very happy to see this published! Registered report & huge group effort with @Brain_apps, @thepsychologist, @ConnorTKeating looking at effort-based prosocial decision-making in autistic and non-autistic adults. https://t.co/JILBc7SLhu. See thread below for some of our findings

[Tally Tafla @TaflaTally]

Você é ou conhece algum adulto autista?
O preenchimento do questionário demora de 10 a 15 minutinhos.
Ajude-nos a alcançar o maior número de pessoas possível para entendermos melhor as demandas dessa população!

O link de acesso ao questionário do RedCap: https://t.co/LxzUWtZGyc

[Oxford ExpPsychology @OxExpPsy]

Congratulations to Connor Keating for winning the Dissertation Award from the International Society for Autism Research! A fantastic achievement👏 @ConnorTKeating @AutismINSAR #INSAR2025

https://t.co/xdOnoNL88q

[Dr Talar Moukhtarian @TMoukhtarian]

🚨Calling early to mid-career women in academia
We’re conducting research @warwickmed to explore the challenges faced by women in academia. Your insights will help us shape strategies to support career progression and retention.

Survey password is 4321

https://t.co/ldiiFBWHDM

[Ailbhe McKinney @AilbheMckinney]

🚨Camouflaging in neurodivergent and neurotypical girls at the transition to adolescence and its relationship to mental health: A participatory methods research study - McKinney - JCPP Advances - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/DT96TnxXM1

[Lydia Hickman @LydiaJHickman]

So honoured to receive this Prize - a huge thank you to everyone who supported me throughout my PhD (particularly my wonderful supervisors @Jennifer_L_Cook and Joe Galea)
@TheCHBH @UoB_SoP @LES_UniBham @MIBTP_BBSRC

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Thrilled that our article on knowledge, explicit stigma, and implicit biases towards autism across Hong Kong, the UK, and the US is now published #OpenAccess in
@journalautism⭐Was so great working with
@Yu_Lin_Cheng & Patrick Dwyer on this! 🧵1/6
https://t.co/kYmwMu29eB

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Eeek! Thrilled to share this news! It's an incredible honor, and I'm deeply grateful for all the support I've received - especially from @Jennifer_L_Cook who played a pivotal role in this work! Huge thanks to @ExpPsychSoc, and to @DrRebeccaBrewer for the nomination✨

[U21 Autism Research Network @AutismU21]

Congratulations to our very own @ConnorTKeating on this hugely deserved award from @u21news, recognising him as a Leader of the Future! 🌟🥳 @UoB_SoP @UoB_CDS @unibirmingham

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Still can’t believe this… Absolutely honoured to win the Universitas 21 Leader of the Future Award 🤩 None of this would have been possible without such wonderful collaborators! Huge thanks go to @Jennifer_L_Cook and @Sophie_Sowden for their unwavering support & guidance ✨

[U21 Autism Research Network @AutismU21]

Wonderful news🥳 Check out this excellent thread summarising the findings of our recent study examining autism-related language preferences of English-speaking autistic adults across the globe 👀

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Eeek🤩 Really delighted that our mixed-methods paper on autism-related language preferences was one of the top cited articles published in Autism Research, from 2022-2023. Check out this thread for a summary, or read the article here: https://t.co/nBlIDavPjX 🧵1/15 #Autism

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Eeek🤩 Really delighted that our mixed-methods paper on autism-related language preferences was one of the top cited articles published in Autism Research, from 2022-2023. Check out this thread for a summary, or read the article here: https://t.co/nBlIDavPjX 🧵1/15 #Autism

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

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_L_Cook, @HannahESHeath, & I - deadline 16th May ⬇️ https://t.co/SbLvBDfJKR🧵

[U21 Autism Research Network @AutismU21]

This is a fantastic opportunity to help improve screening for autism, and join a wonderful lab group! Would highly recommend applying for this PhD position👀

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

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_L_Cook, @HannahESHeath, & I - deadline 16th May ⬇️ https://t.co/SbLvBDfJKR🧵

[U21 Autism Research Network @AutismU21]

For #AutismAcceptanceWeek we made this video to discuss our recent paper on acceptance, camouflaging & mental health. Our findings underscore the crucial need to combat stigma & to reduce the pressure on autistic individuals to conceal their identity
https://t.co/jwNhJDFucd 🧵1/6

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Most striking for me was that 75.5% of the autistic respondents did not feel accepted or only sometimes felt accepted as an autistic person - we still have a long way to go to… #AutismAcceptance #AutismAcceptanceWeek