Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland

audhd postdoc @Cambridge_Uni // currently midrash & reading diversity for @templeton_fdn // generally autism, neurodiversity, Qualitative research

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

Hello! I do cognitive science-ish things, neurodiversity (mostly autism), mixed methods research, and some random interdisciplinary stuff. I love giving talks.

Papers, datasets, talks etc. on my website: https://t.co/MTdThjWzC0

More active on bsky @ https://t.co/4DuOQqJL3J

[James Eglinton @DrJamesEglinton]

Recording resources for our @templeton_fdn project on multilingualism and religious experiences, and thinking about the Bible as a book about a world of languages. @uoedivinity @GaidhligODE @thbaketal @zosia_mat

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

If you missed our poster at #INSAR26 on how autism impacts adults' ability to identify and exploit ambiguous language (and the novel creativity task we used to assess this!), you can now see it here: https://t.co/q7vsIhYau0

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

#INSAR26 Poster today! Covering ambiguous language interpretation, a novel creativity task we've developed, and our experiences with using LLMs for qual coding.

Fri 12.30-1.30, poster 21B: "How does autism impact adults' ability to identify and exploit ambiguous language?"

[Anna Freud @annafreuduk]

Do you want to better understand autistic people in your life or stay up to date on research?

Join our free Autism Central webinar with AuDHD researcher @heasutherland on “Understanding autistic social communication from autistic people’s perspectives”: https://t.co/asRAdU3Dp3

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

📜 New preprint with my INSAR '25 co-panelists - "Making space for Autistic people with ‘complex support needs’: Recommendations for inclusive research practices". About doing ND-oriented and participatory research with autistic people with CSN.

https://t.co/LyfrUiffvy

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

📃New paper!📃

Editorial with @suereviews.bsky.social and @sarah595.bsky.social on doing research in high support needs autism services. We cover practical challenges, ethics, consent/assent issues, safeguarding, and the emotional burdens of research.

https://t.co/QSAfNefqR1

[James Eglinton @DrJamesEglinton]

Thanks to @the_issr for hosting our God, Language and Diversity panel at the @AARWeb (@templeton_fdn).

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

I'm going to be at this event on qualitative research with non-speaking neurodivergent people - talking about ethnography as an inclusive methodology when working with autistic adults with high support needs. Would love to see you there!

https://t.co/JNE4KZPSEj

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

Hello! Im at #AECongress25 - do come say hi if you see me. I also have a talk this afternoon about the double empathy problem in care and support services!

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

Belated because I've been super busy, but I graduated a few weeks ago! I'm *officially* Dr. Sutherland now. Not sure I can explain what that means to me - I've wanted a doctorate for as long as I can remember. Huge thanks to the wonderful supervisors who helped get me there. 💜

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

Very excited to be attending the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference today, from the @NdHumanities network. Sad I can't be there in person, but their online provision is wonderful, and lots of very cool speakers in the lineup...

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

If you're interested in autism, religious experience, and people who are minimally-speaking / have higher support needs, do check out this job at U of Aberdeen:

https://t.co/dRRnytR8a9

You'd get to work on a very interesting project with a really great team.

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

This is now published in the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research!

▶️ https://t.co/1LGJU3XMPd

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

Another new preprint! ▶️ https://t.co/1WAJGvkzsE

“A difference in typical values”: autistic perspectives on autistic social communication 🧵

[phaedralonghurst.bsky.social @phaedrajayne]

Autistic women or non-binary participants (18+) needed📢

We would like to hear your valuable expertise in reviewing an intervention that aims to prevent body image concerns and disordered eating. For more info, please email Hannah at [email protected]

[GRRAND @grrand_team]

🚨 Our new research just out in Autism journal:

@grrand_team @UCLPALS @LJMU @UCL @EdgeHill @AFNCCF highlights systemic barriers in #CAMHS for #autistic children. https://t.co/Mz2LllUVyV

@NAT_taskforce @NHSAbility @AutismPractice

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

@phaedrajayne If it's also helpful- I got minor corrections, and very clear instructions on what my examiners wanted. I wrote about 15 extra pages (which is probably a bit more than they wanted...). They took me less than a week (which I took off work, so I could concentrate). Good luck!

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

Thesis corrections were submitted Saturday! Three added sections on the ethics of and participation recruitment for my studies, and also a bit on my epistemology and how that interacted with my methods. Hard work to write them, but glad I did it - the thesis is better with them.

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

The podcast I did about my PhD research with the wonderful Middletown Autism Centre is now out:

https://t.co/7dpvhM43NI (+ Apple & Spotify )

It's a pretty casual chat, not a super technical academic thing - so if you're a carer, practitioner, etc. do give it a listen!

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

This is part of "Neurodivergence-Affirming and Inclusive Research Practices for Autistic People with High Support Needs" a 10:30-12:30 on Saturday, Room 608-609! Do come along, it's going to be a great panel.