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"while autistic interaction pairs showed equal communicative abilities when compared with non-autistic pairs, we did not find the predicted selective breakdown of communication when autistic and non-autistic people were interacting" nature.com/articles/s4156… registered report, free

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"To say that the body is silenced and occupied is to describe how systems of power and control, override or erase a person's natural, intuitive, and embodied ways of being and knowing. Especially when those ways fall outside of what's considered ‘normal’ or ‘acceptable’" 👇

#Pledge4Humanity #Pledge2endgenocide Health Workers 4 Palestine speaking out for Palestine! @rcslt we should speak out for special needs children and adults in Gaza #starvation #famine #genocide instagram.com/reel/DKuylsWoV…

🆕 New Paper Alert 📖 UCL Psych & Lang Sci IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society Young #twins in neuro-mixed families navigate difference and disability through empathy, connection, and resilience. frontiersin.org/journals/psych…

How many other schools in England have their physical intervention policies written or reviewed by the same companies training their staff? In this case, it would appear the training company approved and reviewed the school’s policy themselves. How many other schools have

It is coercive for disabled people to be asked over and over again: “Do you want a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) Order?” Nondisabled people are asked once. Disabled people are asked repeatedly. It is devaluation. It is ableism.

How inclusive is your workplace for neurodivergent staff? This training with Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou Pete Wharmby, Tumi Sotire & me, supports leaders, HR teams, and line managers to build more neuroinclusive environments across any sector. Move beyond awareness! annafreud.org/training/cours…

How many deaths will it take until we know that too many people with learning disabilities have died? #homesnohospitals #stolenlives itv.com/news/anglia/20…

🧵 Following Warwickshire County Council SEND Scandal, all parties unanimously backed a motion requiring mandatory annual SEND training for all councillors. This included a clear expectation: training must be co-produced with families of children with SEND.

It’s the Neurodivergent peer Support Toolkit (NEST)’s first birthday!! A year ago, we launched these free, co-designed, research-informed resources to support mainstream secondary schools in establishing peer support groups for neurodivergent young people.

Are you a parent or caregiver of an autistic child or young person who is experiencing avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder? We would like to hear about your experiences. Please follow the link below if interested👇 ljmu.questionpro.eu/t/AB3u6O7ZB3wD…

AT-Autism conference, 8th Oct 2025 📢Announcing our 10th and final speaker, Dr Damian Milton Damian will be speaking on the theme of Participatory Research: The Art of the Possible. #AutismArtOfThePossible Early bird tickets from atautism dot org

deficit thinking is an industry. through educational consultancy, academic knowledge production, teacher textbooks, and intervention programmes, ideologies of linguistic deficit get converted into economic profit. 💸💰💵🤑

🧵1/3 Solitary confinement/enforced isolation isn't just about being alone in a room. It's a systematic assault on the human spirit. It's about being unseen, unheard, and disbelieved #SolitaryConfinement #HumanRights

In the UK 16.1 million adults are disabled, but as of January 2025 only 3.7 million claims were eligible for PIP. This notion that only people with ‘lower level needs’ will lose PIP when the cuts come into force is absolutely tosh.

“…when the DHSC Minister is saying the report is with Kings, and Kings are saying its with Parliament, all I know for sure, with every fibre of my being is that learning disabled and autistic people are being failed. Again.” georgejulian.co.uk/2025/06/18/sti…

we did a good good thing so proud working with ExPAND Research Group @ King's College London 🧠🚸 and GRRAND on this wonderful adventure in participatory science

An honour to work on #NATPmentalhealth along with wonderful colleagues from #AnnaFreud At-Autism, hundrends of independent autistic folks of all ages and hundrends of services across all regions in England.