A recent study showed 1/5 of people referred to #psychiatry OPDs are #actuallyautistic. If your clinical experience is that this is much lower, you’re probably missing #autism in your patients. This 🧵 will explain why that’s a problem, why it happens, and how to stop 1/35

ADOS-2 / Autism diagnostic assessors, please can you share advice on creating more positive and neuro-affirming diagnostic reports. It’s a big question in one tweet but is there any type of working group/supervision on this? Thank u #Neurodiversity #SLTchat #wespeechies

Does anyone know of any articles about DLD and neurodiversity? I feel like autism and ADHD have a lot more on them, but I can’t find much about how the neurodiversity movement applies to DLD? #devlangdis

A Psychiatrist BBC One Great question! My colleagues and I have just finished a pilot paper on this: psyarxiv.com/x7pbj/ We are working on guidance for clinicians at the moment and hope to finalise our additions to the current diagnostic toolset very soon.

A few folk have asked whether I undertake private assessments - and I do! I work mainly online for a few different clinics, as well as the NHS. You can find those clinics through a Google search and I’m also in the process of setting up my own website too - watch this space!

Autistic people & moving home: systematic review by David Mason & colleagues reports little is known about this. Independent living has potential advantages & ongoing co-designed research will produce a tailored resource Prof Francesca Happé NEW, FREE to 4 Apr: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/au…

Don’t miss this paper while open access - by the wonderful David Mason, Vicky Milner and amazing students from our SGDP Centre KCL MSc - part of our work on #autistic adults’ experience of moving house

Are you #autistic and/or have #ADHD (18+, UK/USA)? Tell us YOUR perspective on life ambitions that matter to you & how negative experiences have shaped you. Research by PhD researcher Jola Layinka Psychology at Bath Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience GW4 Neurodevelopmental Neurodiversity Network Take part 👉 bit.ly/ndcs_life

If you are an #autistic adult who has experienced #school_exclusion from UK mainstream school, please help with our #research (30min online interview). Contact [email protected] for details. RTs appreciated!

The BPS Pre-Qualification Group 2024 Alternative Handbook was published last week, for the past 5 years it has asked trainees if they would recommend their course to others. The variation between programmes is quite stark. Scores fluctuate year on year so I've also posted the 5-year mean (1/2)

🚨Job alert🚨 We're looking for a postdoc (PhD, DClinPsy) with qualitative research experience - come join our friendly team at UCL Psych & Lang Sci to help better understand the development of anxiety and depression in autistic young people. tinyurl.com/ymne9n4x (pls share and RT!)

Our Autism ResearCH (ARCH) Seminar series is back for another year of fantastic ECRs sharing their research! Our first speaker is Hannah De Laet presenting her results of a survey with 400 autistic people focusing on the double empathy problem. 15th Nov 2pm shorturl.at/ET469

How effective, currently, are psychological therapies for anxiety and depression of autistic people? Evidence from ~8,500 autistic adults who accessed UK primary care services tinyurl.com/mr353pvf

Anyone driving from #bruges to #london or #uk tonight and has space for two more? #eurostar #cancelledtrain

📢There's just one week left to apply for the 2024 IoPPN Youth Awards! Come and join us at the King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience this summer☀️ Head to the link in our bio to apply!

CRAE's wonderful Charlie has been sharing key ideas for teams at #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek across UCL this week: • No one needs to tell you they’re neurodivergent. Start by assuming groups are all neurodiverse and work from a genuinely inclusive stance. 1/4

🔔 Volunteers aged 18+ needed for #OxfordUniversity Psychological #Research! 🧠 We are looking for staff working in #homelessness services who work face to face with service users. More info: tinyurl.com/DClinPsyHomele…

🔔 Volunteers aged 18+ needed for #OxfordUniversity #PsychologicalResearch! 🧠 We are looking for staff working in #homelessness services who work face to face with #serviceusers. More information: tinyurl.com/DClinPsyHomele…