Pod ‘Exploring Developmental Language Disorder: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Support’ with Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz (he/him) of The DLD Project bit.ly/48aIbpQ Pls share @@lilacCourt Susan Afasic Isabelle Duquennois RADLDcampaign

Unrecognised difficulties in communicating prevalent in adults w mental illness. Need to think- could this be #DLD ? Need to understand impact on adult life if communication is impaired Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust LYPFT R&D School of Healthcare

It's Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day! Researchers at York Psychology have recorded some short videos on current research on topics of DLD and wellbeing. #DLDday youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Dr Hannah Hobson #DLD isn't always obvious, and one reason for this might be that young people camouflage or mask their differences in social settings. Dr Hannah Hobson describes the latest research on how and why people camouflage, and the impacts on mental health. youtu.be/rkbHgm4JArg?fe… #DLDday

Dr Hannah Hobson There are close links between language and emotional development in children. @trishC_20 explains why words matter for emotion recognition, and summarises the evidence on emotion recognition difficulties in children with DLD. youtu.be/6isxoNXkCyY?fe… #DLDday

It's #DLDday! Researchers at York Psychology EMERALD Lab SUNRAY have been busy sharing their research on different aspects of DLD and wellbeing 📹. See below 🧵 for introductions to #DLD, #literacy, #camouflaging and #emotion.

Bake sale for #dldday underway in York Psychology ! We also have some baby spider plants for sale :)

Yes! DLD is a lifelong neurotype: adults do not “grow out” of DLD, so we must have things in place to support them. We need universities, employers and health services to know that anyone of any age could have DLD!

I wrote a blog about #devlangdis for Mini First Aid , as it was #DLDday last Friday! Thanks for having me guest on your blog - and there’s a podcast queued up about DLD soon too! minifirstaid.co.uk/blog/developme…

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT: CW: Abuse. Two papers out today in Autism In Adulthood from our Violence Abuse and Mental Health Network funded project on supporting autistic adults who have experienced intimate violence. The first paper focuses on meaning-making, and the second on intervention 🧵Thread (& links) incoming.

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Ironic posting this on X, but Dorothy Bishop has resigned from The Royal Society after its failure to see the damage of having Elon Musk as a fellow. For an organisation purporting to ensure gov policies are informed by good science, his fellowship is jarring. theguardian.com/technology/202…

I recorded a podcast with Mini First Aid about Developmental Language Disorder! Hopefully a useful intro for people less familiar with DLD :) you can check it out at buzzsprout.com/2184565/episod…

Just unironically sent an email to a bunch of research students starting “Good news everyone!” and I think I’ve probably peeked and can just die now.

Do you stim? We’d like to ask people who stim a few questions about their experiences first, so we can design our studies appropriately. If you are over 18, and think you stim, you can fill in a short questionnaire here: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1G…

Very excited to share this 2year postdoc job, working on a co-produced model for autistic adults' social care Project led by & draws on work of National Autistic Taskforce (especially Yo Dunn) with supporting cast of David Orr, Kathy Leadbitter + me Please share! jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI718/res…

Better late than never I guess - hopping off the Nazi-led bird app to BlueSky. Sad to lose many connections on here, but hopefully I’ll reconnect with many of you on an app that isn’t putting money in the pocket of an absolute twerp. Come find me at bsky.app/profile/hannah…