Call for participants. What is the project about? This survey is part of the wider Autistic Experiences of Breast Cancer research project. With this part of the project, we are exploring the breast cancer experiences of autistic and non-autistic people who have a breast cancer diagnosis to see if there are any similarities or differences in their experiences. Who are we looking for? • Autistic people (diagnosed or self-identify) • Non-autistic people • Aged 18 years or older • Been diagnosed with breast cancer (including DCIS and secondary/metastatic breast cancer) • Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in the UK What would it involve? • Filling in an online survey • This could take around 20-30 mins to complete • A code word is provided to you and you will be asked for the code word at the start of the survey. This is to help reduce the number of non-genuine participants trying to access the survey, including bots. Code word and More Information Email aebcstudy@exeter.ac.uk for survey link and code word. For more information, please scan the QR code or visit aebcstudy.co.uk Lead researcher: Dr Char Goodwin. University of Exeter, FHLS Psychology Ethics Committee ref: 12200553 Logo's: Autistic Experience of Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Now, University of Exeter

Call for participants!

We are currently recruiting for participants to take part in a survey exploring autistic people and non-autistic peoples’ experiences of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in the UK to see if there are any differences or similarities in their experiences.

Signed up!

Such an honour to have been invited to deliver the 2026 CRAE Annual Lecture 🤩

I'll be sharing reflections from my time supporting the House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee, and discussing how we can build a future where autistic people’s rights, needs, and voices truly shape policy.

#autres

How do you look younger now than when you were at uni?

⬇️ Pleased to be co-hosting another Neurodivergent Mindfulness Network (NiMiN) session on 27 April. 🙏 If you are ND or neuro-questioning and want to try a little #mindfulness or see what it's all about, this might be of interest. Free to register using the link below ⬇️ #autism #adhd 🙏

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Felines Against Fascism

#caturday

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This image is a recruitment advertisement for a survey study about autism, gender identity, and masking. It contains images of the trans pride flag, rainbow infinity symbol and a QR code. The text on the advertisement states ‘participate in our survey and tell us about your experience of hiding your identity. To access the survey or learn more about the study please use the QR code below or follow this link. The main researcher for this project is Mark Somerville, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. The link provided on the image is in the main post.

Are you Trans? Autistic? Both?

Please tell us about your experience of hiding aspects of your identity and the impact of that on your mental health

Online survey study, takes about 15 minutes.

edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

(replaces previous post with wrong link) #AutRes

Poster advertising Autistic Mothers & Children's Social Work Study - full text is in the post.

📣 RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY 📣

Autistic Mothers & Children's Social Work Study

We are looking for #Autistic mothers who can say "YES" to all:

✅ Are mothers, including birth mothers, stepmothers, same-sex partners, adoptive mothers, foster carers, or kinship carers, etc.
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Research Poster including the following information in text: Are you autistic*? If so, we would like you to take part in some PhD research for the University of Manchester. The research involves completing some questionnaires online. We are aiming to learn more about difficulty getting started on things in your daily life. Some people call this inertia. We are interested in responses from people who experience inertia and those who don’t This study received ethical approval via The University of Manchester Research Ethics Committee. Who can take part? Autistic adults (18 or over). This includes being diagnosed or self-identified. Who is running the study? We are a team of researchers at the University of Manchester. The lead researcher is an autistic PhD student. How long does it take? The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete. Is there any compensation for taking part? There is no compensation for taking part in this study. How do I take part? For further information, and to take part in this study, please follow this link https://www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_bJl0HjTghBcg71Y. What if I have questions or concerns? Please email Leneh Buckle (karenleneh.buckle@manchester.ac.uk) or Emma Gowen (emma.gowen@manchester.ac.uk

Happy New Year Bluesky peeps!

Are you #autistic? Please see our latest call for survey volunteers for a PhD project exploring autistic #inertia.

Interested? More information & the survey can be found here: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Last chance to take part in this survey which closes at the end or March

Last chance to participate in this important research. Survey closes end March

Yes, yes I do

Katie... where autistic people are concerned, difference = deficit ... come on, you know this! 🙃

I would say you have a youthful charm too Dr K

You are certainly very youthful

Autistic people: please consider taking part!

Winter Roundup: Toolkit Evaluation, Café Autistique, and What’s Next

Winter Blog post📢 #autism #research reflections including our December Cafe Autistique, an update on the research involvement toolkit & the new 2nd year Autism module co-developed with #autistic people for second year psychology students @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
sites.manchester.ac.uk/autism-at-ma...

Love this

I've seen some posts about gestalt language processing in autism again. Just to say we have no evidence that autistic language learners process language in that way. Some of us do produce language in that way though. Important not to conflate processing with production.

📢Are you #autistic and living in the UK? Would you like to provide feedback on our short films about autistic adults' experiences of #dance? We are running online focus groups in the new year to discuss the films and other resources. Email me for more info: kelly.birtwell@manchester.ac.uk 💃🕺

Nnena Kalu’s embodied, sensuous art makes her a worthy Turner prize winner The closer you get to Kalu’s endless sinewy trails of old VHS tape, the harder it is to know where their forms stop and the space around them begins

Nnena Kalu’s embodied, sensuous art makes her a worthy Turner prize winner

We are looking for clinicians who work with autistic people without Learning Disabilities to support their sensory motor needs to complete a survey asking experiences asssing and supporting autistic adults.

www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Wrong

Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’

And the guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Beautiful and evocative. So true about medical professionals working in their silos. Glad you got your diagnosis x

Welcome to my body After twenty years of pain and repeated medical dead ends, a stranger sent me a message on Instagram. It led to a diagnosis all the doctors…

Last month, I found out I have hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, after decades of chronic pain and medical disinterest.

I've decided to write publicly about this, not just about hypermobility and its health impacts, but about how it feels when doctors don't care:

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New autism strategy must deliver change for autistic people - Committees - UK Parliament This is the key conclusion reached by the House of Lords special inquiry committee on the Autism Act 2009 in its report ‘Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy’.&...

Today, @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk published their report, 'Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy'.

Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]