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In conversation with Virginia Bovell – author of Danny’s People – and Jules from Autistic Radio.
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The CRAE tech imp has been rewiring the Bluesky New Autism Research Feed. It trawls through posts and tries its best to find the latest papers for you.
Do PM us if there seem to be any glaring omissions as we syncopate the algorithm.

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‘Who, When, How to Share’: Pilot study of a new disclosure decision-making programme for autistic adults Autistic adults often face a dilemma of whether and how much to conceal or reveal about their autistic identity. Disclosure can lead to understanding and support, but also judgement and discriminat…

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‘Who, When, How to Share’: Pilot study of a new disclosure decision-making programme for autistic adults

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Emeline Han, Katrina Scior, @kanabaletti.bsky.social Eric Heath, Simone Dufresne, and @lauramaycrane.bsky.social (2024)

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Are you autistic? Have you just finished your GCSEs?
And do you have views on exams and school support?

You might be interested in taking part in this master's research project led by former CRAE placement student Aaron:
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Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism & Alexithymia Connor Keating considers whether emotion-processing differs between autistic and non-autistic adults after controlling for alexithymia.

Our October #CRAEwebinar:
Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism, Alexithymia and Psychological Mechanisms.

@connortkeating.bsky.social will ask, do autistic & non-autistic adults process emotions differently once alexithymia is in the mix?
2nd Oct 4 pm BST

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Folk at CRAE are reading:

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Using Q Methodology, a Group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Researchers Ask: What is the Neurodiversity Movement and what should it do?’
Stenner et al. (2025)

Autistic people commonly experience anxiety and depression. These issues often arise by adolescence and can have detrimental effects on autistic people’s lives. However, support for anxiety and depression among autistic people is lacking, in part because we currently do not have a good understanding Environmental influences on anxiety and depression in autistic YP - Sarah Hampton (10-Jul-2025)

Our latest #CRAEwebinar is now up on YouTube:
Environmental influences on anxiety and depression in autistic young people with the brilliant @schampton.bsky.social

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Special school staff perspectives on how careers guidance is provided to their autistic young people The team looked at how careers guidance is provided to autistic pupils in special schools in England. Careers guidance helps young people move from school into work, and schools must offer this sup…

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Special school staff perspectives on how careers guidance is provided to their autistic young people.
(Dexter et al. 2025)

Changes are needed in policy and practice to make careers support more accessible

crae.ioe.ac.uk/speci...

Neurodiversity Matters: Damian Milton on double empathy and autistic worlds The Qualitative Open Mic · Episode

Being listened to by folk at CRAE:
The Qualitative Open Mic - Neurodiversity Matters: Damian Milton on double empathy and autistic worlds

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The CRAE tech imp has been rewiring the Bluesky New Autism Research Feed. It trawls through posts and tries its best to find the latest papers for you.
Do PM us if there seem to be any glaring omissions as we syncopate the algorithm.

bsky.app/profile/did...

Autistic people commonly experience anxiety and depression. These issues often arise by adolescence and can have detrimental effects on autistic people’s lives. However, support for anxiety and depression among autistic people is lacking, in part because we currently do not have a good understanding Environmental influences on anxiety and depression in autistic YP - Sarah Hampton (10-Jul-2025)

Our latest #CRAEwebinar is now up on YouTube:
Environmental influences on anxiety and depression in autistic young people with the brilliant @schampton.bsky.social

youtu.be/8RI4dWB9IQc

Metacognition facilitates theory of mind through optimal weighting of trait inferences They found that our confidence in a judgment is shaped by how similar we think the other person is to ourselves… and how well we actually know ourselves. So the idea that, “I know what he’s thinkin…

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Metacognition facilitates theory of mind through optimal weighting of trait inferences
Long, Catmur, Fleming & CRAE's Geoff Bird (2025)

or
Confidence in guessing what others are thinking is shaped by how similar we think we are to them.
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Theoretical limitations on mindreading measures: commentary on Wendt et al. (2024) This paper sees potential problems with traditional ToM tests by identifying the types of skills that are necessary for ToM judgements. Often, as psychologists, we are attempting to design experime…

ToM measuring has its limitations. Conway et al (2024).

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Drake meme in Lego
Dismay: Tasks with actors. Photos of eyes. Made up stories.
Gladness: The real situation others are in. An understanding of how people vary.

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“This difference might be because #Autistic people have increased perceptual capacity (so they take in more information) while people with #ADHD are experiencing difficulties in selecting what they want to pay attention to (i.e. excluding distractions).”

Seriously interesting research

‘A storm of post-it notes’: Experiences of perceptual capacity in autism and ADHD A large accessible survey was designed by a neurodiverse group of researchers to find out about focus and distraction. It was shared with autistic adults, adults with ADHD, autistic adults with ADH…

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‘A storm of post-it notes’: Experiences of perceptual capacity in autism and ADHD

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Being read by folk at CRAE:

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“Retirement Is One Hell of a Change”: Autistic People’s Experiences of Retiring. “Retirement is one hell of a change isn’t it?” – “You know it’s a great big change of pace, of gear, of where you fit in the world, how the world sees you, how y…

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“Retirement Is One Hell of a Change”: Autistic People’s Experiences of Retiring.

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STAR showcase

STAR showcase

This evening, we joined the STAR showcase.. that’s Special Topics in Autism Research. The Masters students each created a showcase of work - on relaxed performances to the ways social media creates autism myths… and everything else in between. Thank you ✨

Environmental influences on anxiety and depression in autistic young people Join Sarah Hampton as she shares research that asks, why do many autistic young people experience anxiety and depression, and what can help?

#CRAEwebinar tomorrow
10th July 4pm bst

Join Sarah Hampton as she shares with us research that asks, why do many autistic young people experience anxiety and depression, and what can help?

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Autistic as F*ck An exploration of the autistic experience of performance.

In Sept:
Stephen Bailey & the AAF cast invite autistic people to shape the work - see excerpts & share thoughts.

Autistic as F*ck will be new show by award-winning neurodivergent company ASYLUM Arts, performativity and creativity in autism.

Details:
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Career progression for autistic people: A scoping review A systematic review of exisiting literature. Relevant papers by theme in the 33 papers in the review: Adequate support (11) Desired career progression for many (7) Tailored opportunities (2) Unempl…

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Career progression for autistic people: A scoping review

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Environmental influences on anxiety and depression in autistic young people Join Sarah Hampton as she shares research that asks, why do many autistic young people experience anxiety and depression, and what can help?

#CRAEwebinar next week
Thursday 10th July 4pm bst

Join Sarah Hampton as she shares with us research that asks, why do many autistic young people experience anxiety and depression, and what can help?

www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Brian met up with Oli Hobin after his presentation to PLASN-r for a brief chat about the function and benefits of transdisciplinary teams, particularly within the context of schools for autistic students. They discuss the coordination across various disciplines, the advantages of this approach, a Oli & Brian on Transdisciplinary Teams

Oli & Brian on Transdisciplinary Teams #CRAEwebinar #archive www.youtube.com/watc...

Environmental influences on anxiety and depression in autistic young people Join Sarah Hampton as she shares research that asks, why do many autistic young people experience anxiety and depression, and what can help?

And - should anyone wish to join us - you might want to sign up for the next #CRAEwebinar on Environmental influences on anxiety and depression in autistic young people
Thur 10th July at 4pm gmt

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challenging to the status quo - but prob more helpful in view of obvs need for systemic change. Some research orgs now have YouTubes - these can be like master classes! Check out @craeioe.bsky.social - @drjobillington.bsky.social’s presentation is outstanding and v relatable 🌟

First vacancy is live!
Come work with us on this exciting project... We are looking for a research assistant with strong quantitative analysis skills and experience of experimental research. We value lived experience.
Details and application here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Thank you. We are amassing a fair few webinars on

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alongside our summaries of most of our latest academic papers at

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“I Don’t Understand Their Sense of Belonging”: Exploring How Nonbinary Autistic Adults Experience Gender The study was led by a non-binary autistic researcher. Interviewed participants shared perceptions of gender as an internal feeling, shaped in interaction with others, and reflected on society&#821…

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“I Don’t Understand Their Sense of Belonging”: Exploring How Nonbinary Autistic Adults Experience Gender

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Recruitment flyer Text: Autistic GCSE Experiences: What are exams really like for autistic young people? Some autistic students enjoy their GCSE exams, but some autistic students find sitting GCSE exams challenging. However, not enough people have asked autistic students about their GCSE experiences! We do not know enough about what helps and what doesn't. We want to know more about how autistic young people feel about GCSE exams. We want to know what YOU think! We want to understand how well schools are supporting their autistic students during their GCSE exams! We want to find out if there are ways exam papers and exam support can be improved! We need students that are: autistic in Year 11 aged 16 If you want to tell us how YOU feel, scan our QR code to read more about our study and to complete the survey.

Are you autistic? Have you just finished your GCSEs?
And do you have views on exams and school support?

You might be interested in taking part in this master's research project led by former CRAE placement student Aaron:
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This is a video about In conversation with Virginia Bovell – author of Danny’s People – and Jules from Autistic Radio. 00:00 In conversation with Virginia Bovell – author of Danny’s People – and Jules from Autistic Radio. In conversation with Virginia Bovell – author of Danny’s People – and Jules from Autistic Radio.

In conversation with Virginia Bovell – author of Danny’s People – and Jules from Autistic Radio. #CRAEwebinar #archive www.youtube.com/watc...