I am proud to announce that the first article in the Evolution of Complementary Cognition has been published today with Cambridge University Press! Press release: bit.ly/3q3Pppl #dyslexia #neurodiversity #sustainability #complexsystems #collectiveintelligence

At university, people w/ disabilities face barriers excluding them from full participation. Accessible Academia is a new platform for students/workers at Dutch universities that draws attention to these issues, initiates research & discussion, provides support &advocacy. It matters.

This, from the World Economic Forum "How #dyslexics could help humans adapt to #climatechange" #wef #worldeconomicforum #dyslexia #adapt weforum.org/agenda/2022/03…

"People w/dyslexia face a lot of difficulties because of an emphasis on rote learning and reading & writing.... [Instead, we could] nurture 'explorative learning'; through discovery, invention, creativity etc." Loved hearing about @drhelentaylorcc's work: sciencefocus.com/news/dyslexia-…

Feeling normal at last!😆 “[...] difficulty experienced by people with #dyslexia result from a cognitive trade-off between exploration of new information and exploitation of existing knowledge, with the upside being an explorative bias" shar.es/afWA6w by Dr. Helen Taylor

“The deficit-centred view of dyslexia isn’t telling the whole story. This research proposes a new framework to help us better understand the cognitive strengths of people with dyslexia.” Dr. Helen Taylor Read the full report: bit.ly/3IzGLIC

📢 1 week til applications close! 📢 🧑‍💻postdoc to lead on innovative analyses of videos of interactions between autistic and non-autistic people Join our 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸 team! From 1st December 2023, option for remote working. shorturl.at/nXZ79

Are you working in academia? Please take the time (15min) to fill in this really important survey! Little is known about the mental health of academics. This is where the STAIRCASE survey by the Researcher Mental Health Observatory COST Action comes in: service.tib.eu/remosurvey/ind… More in the thread below. 1/3

De UU actualiseert het onderwijsmodel. Wat vinden studenten ervan, vooral studenten met een beperking? UU is updating their educational model. What do students think about it, especially disabled students? onderwijskunde.blogspot.com/2023/09/kernpu…

Wij delen dat graag de VU is begonnen met een wervingsprogramma voor promovendi met een functiebeperking, inclusief specifieke beurzen We are pleased to share that VU has begun a hiring program for PhD students with a disability, including specific grants vu.nl/nl/medewerker/…

Invitation to an event at Radboud University, Friday November 3 at 12.30. At this event we will discuss accessibility for young historians with a physical disability in the public history sector. Jonge Historici

Uitnodiging voor een evenement op de Radboud Universiteit, vrijdag 3 november om 12.30 uur. Tijdens dit evenement gaan we in op de toegankelijkheid voor jonge historici met een fysieke beperking in de publiekshistorische sector. Jonge Historici

tomorrow is international Diversity Day diversityday.nl/en/ many universities have events scheduled this week and this month about promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusivity. You can find Utrecht University's Diversity day and month program here- uu.nl/en/organisatio…

Morgen is het internationale Diversiteitsdag. Veel universiteiten hebben deze week en deze maand evenementen gepland over het bevorderen van gelijkheid, diversiteit en inclusiviteit. Het Diversiteitsdag- en maandprogramma van de Utrecht uni vindt u hier: uu.nl/organisatie/eq…

Invitation: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson will deliver a lecture in Ghent 9 November (19:30-21:30) on 'Selective termination: reproductive freedom or disability discrimination?' Afterwards she will talk with writer and disability studies researcher Piet Devos. viernulvier.gent/en/agenda/6846…

A giant in autism field I've been part of for 12 years, autism participatory research pioneer AASPIRE, is recruiting for an ambitious project: the outcomes that matter most to autistic adults. We still need 100's more participants - please RT! aaspire.org/projects/outco…