Fake data used to audit rail companies? Mystery shoppers who 'role play' being disabled have been checking how well access needs are met. If this data is sent to government as genuine, train operating companies are breaking the law. disabilitynewsservice.com/government-to-…

Camouflaging autism in pursuit of friendships: systematic review by Kathryn Ridgeway & colleagues reports camouflaging is a main strategy for pursuing friendship but is exhausting. Social motivation theory could reveal alternative strategies

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My wonderful colleague Belinda Belinda Henderson will be at #INSAR2024 presenting her poster on autistic children's belonging. Her 'Pentagon of Belonging' centres around #AutisticIdentity and is neurodiversity-affirmative. 📢Check out her poster on Saturday 18th May 11:30am-1:30pm

1st panel session of International Society for Autism Research, INSAR on Policing Black Youth in the US. Ashlee Yates Flanagan, PhD (she/her) is opening with a fantastic qual study on the concerns of Black families in regards to police interactions with their youth. Major concerns about training, misinterpretation, and murder.

Loving this from #INSAR2024 Marie Camin, Clinical Psychologist looking at stimming (repeated movement/sound, used to help us regulate ourselves, for example), and why no research has focused on the useful functions of it for autistic people. Who decides whose actions are 'purposeless', eh?