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A new CRAE study is looking for parents/carers/guardians of autistic young people who attend special schools in England to share their experience of preparing them for life when they leave school. Research is collab'd with 5 autistic YP & Sam Dexter. bit.ly/parentsviewsca…

Honoured to have been featured in Jason Dimmock's recent photography project 'On Autism', in a joint portrait with Anna Remington. There's some really stunning portraits of researchers, advocates and practitioners in the field - check it out ⬇️ jasondimmock.com/on-autism

Prof. Laura Crane from ACER: Autism Centre for Education & Research was one of a select group of academics, advocates and practitioners chosen to have a portrait taken for photographer Jason Dimmock's new collection 'On Autism'. jasondimmock.com/on-autism#0

📢 Call for participants for a study on demand avoidance You can take part if you: ✅ are aged 18+ ✅struggle to undertake everyday tasks and experience a stress response to demands Take the survey here (closes 13th Sept): bit.ly/3YYjpGN

Please take part and share if you are able

🚨Job Ad🚨 We're looking for a postdoc to join our MWAY project on anxiety and depression in autistic young people. The role is for someone with strong quantitative skills and a commitment to collaboration with autistic people. tinyurl.com/yzxe979m (grateful for RTs🙏)

This article is now published as open access in Autism Journal - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11… Thanks to the two helpful reviewers, we have added the following information:

A *massive* thank you to my super(visor) team Anna Remington Dr Brett Heasman and Laura Crane for all your invaluable support. I am so grateful for everything. Thank you to @jvincent_tweets and Mark Brosnan CAAR for such a thoughtful and positive viva experience!

You can pre-order our book - Improving Mental Health Therapies for Autistic Children and Young People - now! Special thanks to Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou for her leadership, and hugely grateful to our incredible contributors for their wonderful chapters❤️ amazon.co.uk/Improving-Ment…

Was an honour to be involved in this newly published study, led by Paulina Buffle: "Journeys towards accessing an autism diagnosis and associated support: A survey of families of autistic children in Ecuador". The article is free to read in Autism Journal journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Pre-orders open on amazon. Book In Press! The anticipated publication date is 26th November 2024, you can also order via Routledge webpage. #autism #mentalhealth #accessibility #talkingtherapies #autismMHcyp #AnnaFreud Laura Crane Damian Milton Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @PeterFonagy

Really pleased to have been able to contribute to, and review, this new parliamentary report on support for neurodivergent children and young people, published today by POST (UK Parliament) cc ACER: Autism Centre for Education & Research DISN Education Research at Birmingham College of Social Sciences

Very few mental health interventions actually measure quality of life changes experienced by autistic adults. New systematic review led by Amanda Timmerman Amanda Timmerman Liz Pellicano Laura Crane UCL Mental Health Sciences MScs @ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Professor Laura Crane from DISN contributed to the recent POST (UK Parliament) POSTnote on support for neurodivergent children and young people. Read more ⬇️ post.parliament.uk/research-brief…

Tony Dobbins City-REDI Budget 2024: SEND funding is welcome but it will not be enough on its own. Prof. Laura Crane (Laura Crane) reacts to the increase in spending for SEND announced in the Budget: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/budg…

"The right support is life-changing and the wrong support is life-ending” – powerful words from an autistic young person in our new study, published yesterday in Autism In Adulthood. Free for 30 days: authorcite.com/view.aspx?doi=… Laura Crane Will Mandy Ambitious about Autism

Fantastic news that ACER: Autism Centre for Education & Research's Professor Karen Guldberg has been announced as the Chair of the Department for Education's new Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group 👏 cc DISN Education Research at Birmingham College of Social Sciences gov.uk/government/new…

Huge thanks Nuffield Foundation for funding this exciting project! Can’t wait to work w/ incredible practitioners, community members, researchers, educators, assessment providers & policymakers. Dream team! Dr Mick Walker Laura Crane Donna-Lynn Shepherd Geoff Bird & fab others not on X!