We support calls for urgent investment in children’s mental health services to build a system that can cope with growing demand as the impact of the pandemic continues to bite. Read our full response to Children's Commissioner for England report 👉bps.org.uk/covid19_childm… Division of Clinical Psychology BPS DECP

We know for many autistic people and their families it is difficult to cope with coronavirus and the impacts that is having on our daily life. To help, we’ve created some handy tips to help you during this time of uncertainty: bit.ly/2XNzwpX

Let's help children express themselves this #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek with the help of the free #MentallyHealthySchools toolkit. It's full of resources about understanding emotions & feeling safe enough to reach out for help when it’s needed. Download👉bit.ly/3rb8SUp

Our new preprint (on Center for Open Science): The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Autistic Adults in the UK: A Mixed-Methods Study osf.io/9v5qh/ by @beckie_bundy, Will Mandy, me, @Aspertypical, Laura Bourne, Janina B., Laura Hull and Julia Cook

A high in the UCL DClinPsy journey today! The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Autistic Adults in the UK: A Mixed-Methods Study osf.io/9v5qh/ via Center for Open Science Will Mandy Laura Crane Julia Cook @Aspertypical Laura Bourne Laura Hull Janina B.

Laura Crane and colleagues have published an article on how #COVID-19 impacts the mental health of autistic adults. It discusses how best to support the autistic community during and after the pandemic. Read here: bit.ly/3rzogu8 #OpenAccess

Out today, our paper on how autistic adults fared in the early stages of the pandemic, using longitudinal data and qualitative analysis Beckie Bundy Laura Crane Dr Hannah L. Belcher Laura Bourne Janina B. Laura Hull Jana Brinkert Julia Cook tinyurl.com/y698ekty

So proud of our newly published paper on how autistic peoples’ mental health was impacted during early stages of COVID-19! Grateful to be part of an amazing team Will Mandy Laura Crane Julia Cook Jana Brinkert Dr Hannah Belcher 🌈 Laura Hull Janina B. Laura Bourne ⭐️

Thank you Autistic Selves, Sam, Sarah Cassidy, Mental Health Autism, Jenkirton, @janecagoodwin, Beckie Bundy & Mirabel Pelton for joining the Festival last year. Please retweet this so others have an opportunity to present at this year's Festival. #autisticafestival

How did autistic people fare in the early stages of the pandemic? Great article by Beckie Bundy and Laura Crane in National Autistic Society newsletter tinyurl.com/ywuwe7jb (Based on this Autism Journal paper) tinyurl.com/2thkemh4