School participation of autistic youths: The influence of youth, family and school factors - Boya Li, David Heyne, Anke Scheeren, Els Blijd-Hoogewys, Carolien Rieffe, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

The sudden rise of AuDHD: what is behind the rocketing rates of this life-changing diagnosis? theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

For #WorldAutismAwarenessDay , a thread from a few years back on how sleep can differ in autistic young people, and how strategies can be put in place to try to improve sleep

🌟NEW🌟Guidance on taking steps towards writing neuro-affirming reports and profiles

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**New resources** for employers and employees to better meet the needs of autistic professionals Health in Scotland
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🆕 Open access article from NAIT published today, outlining a neuro-affirming perspective on the important issue of anxiety related absence experienced by autistic learners. autism + environment = outcome and the onus is on the adults to make the changes

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Ireland’s Call. Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the west of Ireland ☘️

SLTs make a difference across the lifespan. Sign to ensure that those who need it have the resources they need and deserve.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6579…

There are a wide range of FREE talks as part of Nuerodiversity Celebration week. Follow the link for full range of talks

neurodiversityweek.com/events

Come join us, friendly team and sea views 🌊😊

Our paediatric cardiology team Evelina London are really well supported by different therapies

Speech and language therapy is essential & we get excellent support for inpatients and outpatients

This is Maya Asir who has been a key part of the service

Maya #heartmonth

‘Obligatory’ photo by my poster. Hoping to talk to people about my #SEEMStudy . Aiming to create a toolkit to support Safe Efficient & Enjoyable Mealtimes for school-aged children with oropharyngeal dysphagia who need mealtime assistance & their family-caters. UKSRG2024

Fantastic Sabrena Lee, excited to read this

Ever wanted to learn more about #AHPs who work within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services #CAMHS ?
Specialist #Dietitians have shared their blog; Allied Health Professions, AHPs working with children and young people with eating disorders ahpscot.wordpress.com/2023/12/04/all…

Great to see ⁦RCPCH⁩ advocating for children and making a stand on the fundamental issues that have a major impact on paediatric health and wellbeing.

Proud to be a member ⁦Camilla Kingdon⁩ theguardian.com/society/2023/o…

Experts from Evelina London and King's College London have made major advances in detecting brain conditions in babies using portable MRI scanners.

Their pioneering research is making brain imaging for newborn babies more accessible and affordable worldwide: guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/news/major-adv…

This #WorldMentalHealthDay , spend 20 minutes having a conversation about mental health with your child. Here are some conversations starters you can use.

The cost-of-living crisis makes accessing the necessary OT services harder for children and young people.

⬇️ Read about the challenges that paediatric OTs are facing and the impact that’s having on children and their families in our new report. loom.ly/KdT-T9s

First announcement! Journal Club webinar next month! Organised by Young EPNS.

25 October 2023 17:00h Belgium time. Learn more: epns.info/epns-journal-c………

Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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A young child’s brain is inherently designed to be playful and play is crucial to its development, Dr Jacqueline Harding says in her new book

Middlesex University #childdevelopment #playtime #brain #education #learning #children

nrtimes.co.uk/play-is-crucia…