A Review article published in Discover Mental Health highlights recent advancements in gene therapy for monogenic ASDs, demonstrating promising preclinical results that suggest potential broader applications for therapeutic interventions across the entire autism spectrum. 🧪 #AutRes
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
Delighted to share this new article, led by doctoral researcher Lucie Eadon, on whether active learning approaches in higher education are enabling or disabling for autistic learners #autres journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“Autistic respondents were also more likely to have a diagnosis of several co-occurring physical health conditions, including dysautonomia/POTS, Chronic Fatigue/ME, and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.” #AutRes
My caseload feels disproportionately plagued with autoimmune & dysautonomic disorders!
“Autistic people actively assess risk and relational trust in deciding when and how to stim, revealing stimming as a socially negotiated act shaped by safety, disclosure, and belonging.” #AutRes
Une vie et
cette quête d’un trésor,
sans en voir la valeur,
tant d’années sans en voir la couleur.
Et pourtant, depuis tout ce temps,
il était devant nos yeux
et était si précieux.
©Pinard - 2026
Photo de David Bartus
#tresor #quete #valeur #voir #couleur #temps #devant #precieux #soi #autres
“This discussion is a call for compassion that moves beyond surface-level recognition and toward the dismantling of systemic blind spots.
To understand Black neurodivergent lives is to confront the ways racism, ableism, and stigma converge — to silence needs or pathologize difference.”
#AutRes
"Autistic adults experience extremely high rates of depression, anxiety & other mental health concerns.
Autistic adults w/ greater alexithymia found cognitive strategies more difficult to use, while those who engaged in more frequent self-talk found cognitive strategies easier to use."
#AutRes
Sin indicar qué es esa cosa para usted puede sonar condescendiente e incluso capacitista. Le recomiendo que lea a @fergus.oolong.co.uk y el hashtag #autres antes de opinar tan hiriente y tajantemente sobre este tema tan sensible para algunas personas
The Neurodivergent Music Network now has its own domain name: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com
The deadline to submit a paper for our inaugural conference is April 13th!
#MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes
Yes. yes it is. #AutRes Kinda wish I'd saved those posts. Didn't think about them until far too late. Bleh. Still, great tag and content and humans. Good happy tag, that one. 🖖
"Things like this" meaning research about autism, the differences in how it can present, the science and lived experience behind assertions commonly made, and my opinions about those things
#AutRes in general is a great tag/feed to keep an eye on
if folks want to see the research studies I've commented on about things like this, if you search
from:audhd-psychnp.com #AutRes
can pull up most of the research I've commented on over the years
I'm sure I failed to tag some stuff
but yeah, this subject matter is why I'm on bluesky basically
Proud to have worked with @bendybrain.bsky.social on this, refuting overdiagnosis of autism and ADHD, published this week in @bmj.com These narratives undermine the genuine challenges that many neurodivergent people face in systems designed without them in mind #AutRes www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Has anybody got a good academic reading on the concept of "self-advocacy fatigue/burnout"? As in, when having to be an advocate and role model for your own identity/rights becomes exhausting? #AutRes #AskingAutistics #Neurodiversity
Il avait trouvé son sens de la vie,
à expliquer aux autres,
qu'il n'en avait pas.
©Pinard - 2026
Photo de Tuesday Temptation
#sens #sensdelavie #vie #soi #autres #negation #pas #avec #sans
#poet #poeme #poem #poesie #poetry #poesieengagee #ecriture #writing #poesiefrancaise
New conference poster 🙂
Submit your abstracts for the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference here: theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual...
#AutRes #MusicResearch #CallForPapers #AcademicSky #Neurodivergent #Music
Congrats to Leoni Boyle for publishing the first paper from her PhD - Autism in Viet Nam: A systematic scoping review - in @journalautism.bsky.social. An extremely thoughtful and thought-provoking analysis of autism research in Vietnamese communities...
#autres
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Poster titled “Have you needed Emergency Care?” “About the Survey”: The survey explores what shapes decisions about seeking care from a hospital emergency department and how people experience the environment and interactions within it. It uses a neurodiversity-informed approach and particularly welcomes responses from autistic, ADHD, dyslexic or dyspraxic adults, whether formally diagnosed or self-identified, alongside people who identify as neurotypical. The aim is to understand patterns and needs across diverse experiences and inform how emergency care services can better support a wide range of people. “Who can take part”: You can take part if you are 18 or over, live in the UK, and have needed emergency healthcare, whether you attended an emergency department or not. “How to take part”: The survey takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on how much you choose to share. Website link: EDSurvey.Link City St George’s, University of London, CRRAG and GRRAND. Ethics ref: ETH2425-1579
UK-wide study exploring how adults experience #emergency #healthcare.
How easy was it to communicate what you needed?
Did the environment help or hinder?
What influenced your decision to seek care?
Share your experience: EDSurvey.link
#NHS #UK #Autistic #ADHD #Neurodivergent #AutRes
Chris Bailey has written this letter to the TES in response to Uta Frith’s (damaging) article about why she no longer believes autism is a spectrum. Great letter - please sign, especially (but not only) if you’re a researcher in this field. #AutRes thisdamnpassivesoul.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/f...
Poster titled “Have you needed Emergency Care?” “About the Survey”: The survey explores what shapes decisions about seeking care from a hospital emergency department and how people experience the environment and interactions within it. It uses a neurodiversity-informed approach and particularly welcomes responses from autistic, ADHD, dyslexic or dyspraxic adults, whether formally diagnosed or self-identified, alongside people who identify as neurotypical. The aim is to understand patterns and needs across diverse experiences and inform how emergency care services can better support a wide range of people. “Who can take part”: You can take part if you are 18 or over, live in the UK, and have needed emergency healthcare, whether you attended an emergency department or not. “How to take part”: The survey takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on how much you choose to share. Website link: EDSurvey.Link City St George’s, University of London, CRRAG and GRRAND. Ethics ref: ETH2425-1579
UK-wide study exploring how adults experience #emergency #healthcare.
How easy was it to communicate what you needed?
Did the environment help or hinder?
What influenced your decision to seek care?
Share your experience: EDSurvey.link
#NHS #UK #Autistic #ADHD #Neurodivergent #AutRes
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS
For the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference: a two day, fully virtual conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st (asynchronous).
theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual...
#MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes #Music #Research
Poster titled “Have you needed Emergency Care?” “About the Survey”: The survey explores what shapes decisions about seeking care from a hospital emergency department and how people experience the environment and interactions within it. It uses a neurodiversity-informed approach and particularly welcomes responses from autistic, ADHD, dyslexic or dyspraxic adults, whether formally diagnosed or self-identified, alongside people who identify as neurotypical. The aim is to understand patterns and needs across diverse experiences and inform how emergency care services can better support a wide range of people. “Who can take part”: You can take part if you are 18 or over, live in the UK, and have needed emergency healthcare, whether you attended an emergency department or not. “How to take part”: The survey takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on how much you choose to share. Website link: EDSurvey.Link City St George’s, University of London, CRRAG and GRRAND. Ethics ref: ETH2425-1579
Have you needed to visit a hospital emergency department?
How was it to communicate what you needed?
Did the environment help or hinder?
What influenced your decision to seek care?
Take Part: EDSurvey.link
#NHS #UK #Healthcare #Autistic #ADHD #Care #AutRes #AutismResearch #ADHDresearch #ND
Poster titled “Have you needed Emergency Care?” “About the Survey”: The survey explores what shapes decisions about seeking care from a hospital emergency department and how people experience the environment and interactions within it. It uses a neurodiversity-informed approach and particularly welcomes responses from autistic, ADHD, dyslexic or dyspraxic adults, whether formally diagnosed or self-identified, alongside people who identify as neurotypical. The aim is to understand patterns and needs across diverse experiences and inform how emergency care services can better support a wide range of people. “Who can take part”: You can take part if you are 18 or over, live in the UK, and have needed emergency healthcare, whether you attended an emergency department or not. “How to take part”: The survey takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on how much you choose to share. Website link: EDSurvey.Link City St George’s, University of London, CRRAG and GRRAND. Ethics ref: ETH2425-1579
We are conducting a UK-wide study exploring how adults experience emergency care, including how people seek care and how it is delivered once they arrive.
Share your experience: EDSurvey.link
#Emergency #NHS #ED #UK #Healthcare #Autistic #ADHD #Care #Neurodivergent #AutRes #AutismResearch #Medical
#AutRes “humour—often conveyed through jokes targeting oppressors or reflecting on shared hardships—plays a vital role in reinforcing group solidarity, enhancing self-esteem, promoting individual well-being, and preserving a sense of hope.”
#scribaland LA BONNE ÉTOILE DE MICHEL
Michel, jeune homme privilégié prend #conscience de sa chance et apprend à la partager avec les autres!
Il passe d'une attitude passive face à sa #chance à une approche #active où il utilise ses privilèges pour aider les #autres! #scribaland1 #litteraire #kindle
#AutRes Being Autistic made me a better floor nurse and makes me a better prescriber & diagnostician 💯
Autistic healthcare professionals could fill the staffing shortage (read: labor crisis) if we paid fair wages, had universal healthcare, and accepted more PT positions w/in healthcare settings.
#AutRes Paid ($50) study from the U of Maryland (do your due diligence before participating but)
"We want to learn from autistic adults about how you find allies at work or school."
10 minute online survey and then 90 minutes of video to rank/comment on each "ally" presented
check it out!
#AutRes “…autistic females, on average, rated touch as less pleasant in friendly and professional scenarios than non-autistic females, while no group difference was found in males, possibly due to the small autistic male sample.”
#AutRes “Several children identified ‘friends’ as people that they have limited contact with but still felt strong emotions towards.
These strong emotions included excitement about children they only saw for limited periods, often within shared play spaces in school.”
🥺
