Startling and welcome change in tone from Bridget Phillipson gov.uk/government/spe…

"It's just an anecdote. And we don't do anecdotes in science." I'm grateful that the Daily Mail devotes some space today debunking the junk study that hit the airwaves this week dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

Congratulations to our Research Associate Dr Lizzy Tuudah on her graduation day!

New PLOS Global Public Health The missing voices in global health storytelling Tiffany Nassiri-Ansari Emma Rhule UNU International Institute for Global Health & team journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

New paper out! “Exploring context for implementation of inclusive education for children with developmental disabilities in mainstream primary schools in Ethiopia” journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… What was next? We created MIDDLE, an openly available intervention: thesparkproject.net/middle-interve…

Saying goodbye to the in-laws and these views over the lowveld. I have fallen in love with this dry winter landscape

A somewhat unexpected feature in an airline magazine #AcademicTwitter

among the rocks I rise #KleinKaroo

Celebrating NTFS success kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-pro…

The #INSAR_earlycareer committee has opened the call for new members. Must have a current INSAR membership. Apply to be part of the committee and its many exciting initiatives. Apply by Sept 18th at this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1tqKR6…

Lovely The New York Times obituary for Steve Silberman, who, per autistic advocate Ari Ne'eman, “told our story in a way that hasn’t been done in the past by placing autistic people at the center. He had a real respect for autistic culture." nytimes.com/2024/09/05/sci… #neurodiversity #autism

Abstract submissions for #INSAR2025 are now open! The submission deadline is 22 Oct.

If I lived in Oz this job at Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC) would be the absolute dream. And I loved Melbourne earlier this year. careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/533/caw/en…

Did you know? 🤔 We're offering 7 Research Opportunity Scholarships to applicants from BAME backgrounds to study for an MPhil or PhD at UCL! Applications open in October - register your interest now now 👇 bit.ly/46Rmc4U

New role live: Professor or Reader in Child Clinical Psychology 🎓🧠 Advert close: 14th October 2024 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience NHS Maudsley King's DClinPsy #professor #clinical #psychology #researchpaper kcl.ac.uk/jobs/093308-pr…

Twenty two(!) years after my first venture into autism research as a placement student it was special to return to Cambridge to give a talk at the centre where it all started. Thank you AutismResearchCentre for having me today!

It's Dr Grant! Sarah Grant.bsky.social did an amazing job defending her PhD thesis. Huge congratulations from a very proud supervisor. And many thanks to examiners Profs Rebecca Charlton and Will Mandy

Applications are now open for KCL MRC DTP PhD studentships! Instructions are here: kcl-mrcdtp.com/apply/applicat…, deadline 29 Oct 1pm. Please consider applying to a studentship associated with the TheSPARKproject supervised by Kimberley Goldsmith and myself kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/longit…