Congratulations! I've been saying one of these is needed for ages!

At @journalautism.bsky.social we are recruiting!

Thanks to a massive increase in submissions over recent years, we are dramatically expanding our team to appoint FIVE new editors!

See details of the role and how to apply here, by May 23rd.

journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...

A screenshot of the Eventbrite page for a talk titled "Qualitatively eliciting the 'voice' of non-speaking neurodiverse people". The talk is at 12-1pm GMT, Thursday January 30th, online. It is free to reserve a ticket. The talk description reads: Our session will appeal to researchers interested in using qualitative methods with participants who may be non-speaking or minimally verbal. The talk is hosted by Methods North West.

I'll be talking as part of this next Thursday! If you'd like a more methods-focused insight into my ethnographic research with autistic people with high support needs, do come along. The fantastic Léon van Ommen and Freddie Jones will also be presenting.

A systematic review of pre-registration in autism research journals - Daniel Poole, Audrey Linden, Felicity Sedgewick, Oliver Allchin, Hannah Hobson, 2024 Pre-registration refers to the practice of researchers preparing a time-stamped document describing the plans for a study. This open research tool is used to im...

New #AutRes paper: our review of the use of pre-registration in autism research journals was published over the holiday
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

w/ @fsedgewick.bsky.social, Audrey Linden, Hannah Hobson, Oliver Allchin

I'm still so proud of this book! Every time someone tells me they have read it, or that it has helped them understand masking better, I'm amazed and genuinely touched 😊

#AutisticMasking #AutRes

Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...

It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.

The University of Bristol School of Education starter pack is below!

Full of amazing researchers and brilliant people!

go.bsky.app/HAFp9qU

I've created a starter pack of #neurodivergent, #disability & #MentalHealth writers & authors. (The latter two didn't fit in the title)

There are loads I should add, so let me know who should be included below.

Please support underrepresented writers!

#ADHD #Autism #Dyspraxia

go.bsky.app/3pmvXM7

Thank you Sue, this is a fantastic resource

A wee PSA for anyone wanting to use the Autism Research feed on here

To start with, here’s the feed link:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Academia runs on contacting other academics out of the blue and saying HEY do you wanna do this COOL THING for essentially NO REWARD and equally certainly NO RECOGNITION from your employer and those people going OH MAN that sounds AWESOME sign me up for the COOL NO REWARD NO RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE.

ICYMI, here's my Starter Park re: autism research - please share, and let me know if there's anyone else I need to add!
go.bsky.app/B9XV8UA #AutRes

Amazing, exactly what I was looking for!

Good morning.

Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

Hello Bluesky!