You know that how-to for writing Nature abstracts? I had a go at making one for lay summaries. Check it out... (more detail and accessible version in the thread)

Just signal boosting this great postdoc job We’re looking for someone passionate and compassionate, who’ll put their all into an impact-focused, autistic-driven effort to make social care work better for autistic people Apply online before 30th Jan

Such a wonderful charity and such a fantastic opportunity. Do sign up to this webinar if you want something good and inspiring to lift your hearts!

I'm excited that our new project about autism and comics got reported by the BBC! If you're autistic and into comics, manga or graphic novels please check it out - there's a link in the article to a research survey. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

One more share for this exciting postdoc job on what promises to be an extremely impactful project shaping how UK social care is delivered for autistic people. Closing date 30th January! jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI718/res…

Happy to share a piece I wrote from a patient perspective in ⁦The BMJ⁩ about my recent pregnancy pathway I left out the fact it was a surrogacy… I didn’t want to distract from the key message - we do not look after fat pregnant people well! bmj.com/content/388/bm…

Excited to report that I'm going to be on a plenary panel asking "What is neuroaffirming support?" at the NAS conference in March. I'll be talking specifically about high support needs contexts - because neuroaffirming support is for everyone. autism.org.uk/what-we-do/aut…

Whenever I make the claim that science is not value neutral this is part of what I mean. We have our values, and we absolutely bring them to our work. Nows the time to not obey, not even for a second.

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I'm delighted to be a speaker at the upcoming Autism Europe congress in Dublin, in September 2025 I'll be talking about neurodiversity and education Find out more and register here: autismcongress2025.org #AECongress25

From humble beginnings: Reflections on 10 years of the Participatory Autism Research Collective journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Interesting answer to a question that in hindsight I should have been curious about

The question remains The Labour Party - why strip vital support away from millions of people when a 2% wealth tax on multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise many, many times more? theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Pleased to see this paper exploring autistic communication experiences, particularly acknowledgement of the difficulties interacting with other autistic people. For far too long we have ignored this, while serious harm is caused by lateral violence within the autistic community

I completely agree withZack’s analysis and interpretation of the prevalence data

We're recruiting - one in-person (Edinburgh) & one online (anywhere) focus group We're interested to hear from folk who have experience of depression, and opinions on future possible new treatments. You can express interest in the group via this form: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

These events are going to be really well run and are on such a crucial topic. If you're eligible, please sign-up! if you're not (and also if you are), please share!

New paper alert! Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people is out today in Nature Human Behaviour. nature.com/articles/s4156… THREAD! 🧵⬇️