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Orla Putnam

@orlaputnam.bsky.social

PhD candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill - Seeking 2025 Postdocs! Queer, autistic researcher studying social communication (pragmatic language, prosody) and sex/gender differences in autism 🌈

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We know from the studies on burnout that engaging with special interests is one way to alleviate the adverse effects of camouflaging, and I suspect that may have something to do with that statistical relationship we found.

20.06.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Similar to previous studies, we found gender differences in different CAT-Q scores of self-reported camouflaging. We also found that more engagement with strong interests was associated with more camouflaging.

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We have a new open access paper out in #Neurodiversity entitled, 'The Role of Gender and Strong Interests in Self-Reported Camouflaging of Autistic Adults'! πŸ₯³

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

20.06.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway, what a way to finish out my first (diagnosed) autism acceptance month and to kick off my favorite conference!! See you soon #INSAR2025 !!

30.04.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, I have never been to a bookstore with an entire shelf dedicated to Orcas before, and will likely need to check at bag on the way home 🫣

30.04.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Autistic joy alert!!

I decided to spend an extra day in Washington to go whale watching. Orcas are a longtime interest of mine and getting to be in their environment was so moving and special πŸ₯°

30.04.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@drshodgetts.bsky.social and students are looking for autistic and non-autistic people to take part in a short online study about sex/gender differences in cognition:

www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.2/surv...

23.01.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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