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✨New #OpenAccess research "Through reviewing experiential, behavioral and neurological literature, we demonstrate that auditory processes interact with and shape the broader autistic profile—something not previously considered." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/au… La Trobe Researchers

New paper: Tan et al (2024) Reporting community involvement in autism research: Findings from the journal Autism. doi.org/10.1177/136236…

Preprint now available: “It's like all of my senses and my body become more awakened”: Autistic adult’s experiences of attending live music. Co-authored with Gemma Herbert & Abbie Smith. Thanks to the Autistic adults who shared their experiences with us 💖 doi.org/10.31219/osf.i…

Just happened - the NIH had an entire conference on Music as Medicine! It's great to see this shift at such a macro level!! nccih.nih.gov/news/events/mu… #musicasmedicine

6 Ways Auditory Processing Difficulties May Show Up #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAwareness #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability #Disabled #DEI

Finally at rest. With your mum and dad. Miss you every day. Thank you thank you thank you. Such a firecracker full of dignity and grace. One day the long goodbye will be no more.

Our paper (first one in a journal as first author for me) is now out. 🙂 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… (open) Thanks again to our incredible participants for all what they shared with us, which made writing this a very intense experience and at the same time facilitated it very much.

The autism diagnostic criteria is based on deficit. So many of us aren’t diagnosed until we’re struggling and traumatised. #GirlUnmasked is out NOW in paperback 🥳

From humble beginnings: Reflections on 10 years of the Participatory Autism Research Collective journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

I have started a resource page about the importance of neuro-affirming language. Includes signposting, research, blogs & links to other glossaries-will be ongoing! Thank you Bryony Shannon & CommunicationFIRST What would you add? autisticrealms.com/neuro-affirmin…

🚨 Calling all PhD & MRes students! 🚨 We’re looking for the next Student Representative on the ASfAR Committee for 2025-2026! If you’re passionate about autism research, this is your chance to make an impact. ✅ Eligibility: Current PhD/MRes candidate & ASfAR member

Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor? thelancet.com/journals/lance…

W/ autism causation & science in the news, I have a new free timely paper on autism as innate and lifelong, underpinned by sensory and motor differences. Cascading impacts, reduced perceptual narrowing, neurological feedback loops, support implications... frontiersin.org/journals/integ…

‘We’re quite good at thinking outside the box: Early autistic sensory experiences expressed by autistic adults and caregivers of autistic children journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Using Q Methodology, a Group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Researchers Ask: What is the Neurodiversity Movement and what should it do? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…

🤔 What is #SensorySeeking? Craving movement or texture? Some brains need more input to feel just right—like spinning, chewing or touching everything. It’s their way of staying balanced! #SensoryNeeds #SensoryPlay