In this project we were not only able to answer one of our @autismu21 community top research priorities, but this collaboration brought together researchers (and now friends) from across the globe with a shared goal. Absolutely my academic highlight to date! UoB Centre for Developmental Science School of Psychology, University of Birmingham

Check out the article that Jennifer Cook and I wrote for #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek🤩Here, we highlight the potential of movement differences for identifying autism. Soon, we'll be recruiting a fully-funded PhD student to explore this avenue...🧵 birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/auti…

For #AutismAcceptanceWeek we made this video to discuss our recent paper on acceptance, camouflaging & mental health. Our findings underscore the crucial need to combat stigma & to reduce the pressure on autistic individuals to conceal their identity youtu.be/bc1Lk06wJTA 🧵1/6

Most striking for me was that 75.5% of the autistic respondents did not feel accepted or only sometimes felt accepted as an autistic person - we still have a long way to go to… #AutismAcceptance #AutismAcceptanceWeek

We're recruiting for a fully-funded PhD studentship CENTRE-UB🎓Developing digital tools to improve screening for autism: Identifying diagnostic markers based on bodily movements🏃🏽Supervised by Jennifer Cook, Dr Hannah Heath, & I - deadline 16th May ⬇️ bit.ly/PhD_autism_scr…🧵

This is a fantastic opportunity to help improve screening for autism, and join a wonderful lab group! Would highly recommend applying for this PhD position👀

Eeek🤩 Really delighted that our mixed-methods paper on autism-related language preferences was one of the top cited articles published in Autism Research, from 2022-2023. Check out this thread for a summary, or read the article here: doi.org/10.1002/aur.28… 🧵1/15 #Autism

Wonderful news🥳 Check out this excellent thread summarising the findings of our recent study examining autism-related language preferences of English-speaking autistic adults across the globe 👀

Congratulations to our very own Connor Keating on this hugely deserved award from Universitas 21, recognising him as a Leader of the Future! 🌟🥳 School of Psychology, University of Birmingham UoB Centre for Developmental Science Uni of Birmingham