New role live: Professor or Reader in Child Clinical Psychology 🎓🧠 Advert close: 14th October 2024 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience NHS Maudsley King's DClinPsy #professor #clinical #psychology #researchpaper kcl.ac.uk/jobs/093308-pr…

Twenty two(!) years after my first venture into autism research as a placement student it was special to return to Cambridge to give a talk at the centre where it all started. Thank you AutismResearchCentre for having me today!

It's Dr Grant! Sarah Grant.bsky.social did an amazing job defending her PhD thesis. Huge congratulations from a very proud supervisor. And many thanks to examiners Profs Rebecca Charlton and Will Mandy

Applications are now open for KCL MRC DTP PhD studentships! Instructions are here: kcl-mrcdtp.com/apply/applicat…, deadline 29 Oct 1pm. Please consider applying to a studentship associated with the TheSPARKproject supervised by Kimberley Goldsmith and myself kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/longit…

I wrote quite a personal piece about racism now and racism then. Have a read…. tortoisemedia.com/2024/10/04/ana…

Calling families of children with complex needs and providers - the Law Commission has just launched a consultation to reform the social care laws to work better for children and their families! They want to hear your experience (by Jan 2025)! lawcom.gov.uk/project/disabl…

🚨CALL FOR INTERVIEWEES🚨 Do you self-identify as #autistic, or have you received an #autism diagnosis? We're looking for English-speaking #ActuallyAutistic adults to take part in our #AutismResearch. If you're interested, express your interest here: forms.office.com/e/wDSFaBTPKK

We are watching this in our lab meetings. Very interesting. Making Sense of the Research on Social Media and Youth Mental Health tyde.virginia.edu/livestream-odg…

Are you the parent of an #autistic child? We would love to hear from you to better understand the role of extended relatives in caring for your child. Please find the survey here: qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_3w…

33 authors from 5 countries, all slowly slowly sketching out the exact design of our TheSPARKproject trial. I am so happy this paper is out! Now we 'just' need to complete the actual trial... NIHR Global Health trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

What a deeply distressing case. Prison is not a safe place for autistic people in an acute mental health crisis theguardian.com/society/2024/o…

All Awards applications for #INSAR2025 are open! Applications are due by November 25, 2024. View all the categories and submit your application here: autism-insar.org/page/AwardsApp…

Please consider standing for election to join the International Society for Autism Research, INSAR board. Do email me if you would like to know more about what the role entails

17 years after my own viva defence I returned to the VU university, this time as co-supervisor of the fabulous Fangyuan Liu who defended her PhD thesis, a cross cultural study of autism in NL vs China. What a special day, ended with an amazing Chinese hotpot

Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya, home to over 405k people––up 60% from two years ago––faces soaring needs as new arrivals seek refuge from conflict and climate disasters.

Drs. Rosa Hoekstra and Mark Shen kickoff the #INSAR2025 Awards Ceremony this afternoon!