"older autistic women experience intense emotional distress when engaging with healthcare"--1 quote: "I can feel like waves fear coming up through the body, it’s like pulsing...that’s why I can’t think straight when I’m talking to the GP" https://t.co/fyavSF2nuk interviews, free
For autism acceptance day, a research summary of our healthcare improvement study celebrating the benefits of autistic doctors teaching hospital teams about neurodiversity.
#AutismAcceptance#Neurodiversity
full paper open access here:
https://t.co/JKF4KM15wE
New original research! I’m delighted to share my (open access, Autistic-led, coproduced) paper with you about auditory environments and how they influence the link between #ActuallyAutistic traits and quality of life, due to sound sensitivity. https://t.co/rAXy4FRhah
Don't mistake solitude for loneliness. Deciding to be alone is different from being isolated.
New evidence: When people think it's harmful to be by themselves, time alone is more likely to make them lonely.
Isolation is unpleasant seclusion. Solitude is often a peaceful choice.
Tonight I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n
So, my PhD by publication has just been approved by @LSBU. “Autistic doctors: leveraging insider perspectives to improve healthcare for autistic people”.
I should be ecstatic. I’m not. Why not?? 🧵👇🏻
#CRAEResearchSummaries
(and a Boxing Day read)
‘A storm of post-it notes’: Experiences of perceptual capacity in autism and ADHD https://t.co/oKNV2EWjRt
#AutRes
Please share the open-access curriculum and neurodiversity-affirmative training resources from our Game Design and Employment Workshops with anyone who might be interested.
All resources are available via the project webpage: https://t.co/fj0YKhjh2p
🗨️"Ontologically, the neurodiversity paradigm argues that neurodivergent people are different—not flawed, impaired, or disordered... Epistemologically, [it] argues that neurodivergent people should be central to the creation of knowledge..."
Read free: https://t.co/kxDFm2nCqr
Our new study on the construct validity of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) in autistic adults, led by Kat McKinnon and conducted by autistic, neurodivergent and non-autistic researchers, is now OPEN ACCESS in @journalautism
https://t.co/HbrGlUg1k6
The first paper 'Its not a physical prison but you cant get out' explores how autistic people recognise intimate abuse, and make sense of what happened afterwards. We found people felt powerless their whole lives, and were treated lesser by others...
https://t.co/erHvVAdzQU
Research alert🚨We (@ND_Journal) have just launched a special collection of some recent publications in the area of Neurodiversity and education across the lifespan. Read these fab papers here 👉: https://t.co/HjioP7dr5U