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Dr Aoife Munroe

@aoifemunroe.bsky.social

πŸ“Mayo, Ireland πŸ™‹πŸ»β€β™€οΈLecturer in Inclusive Education πŸ“šResearch Interest: Autism / Inclusive Education / Sensory Processing and Sensory Learning / Numeracy πŸŽ“B.Ed. | M.Ed. | PGC Autism | PGC SLD | PhD | Views are my own

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That's exactly what we were hoping to produce, accessible with practical recommendations. I think our combined backgrounds in teaching and research along with it being an autistic/non-autistic collaboration assisted us in achieving our aims.

26.08.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much Beth, delighted to hear that you like it. ☺️

26.08.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for your lovely words and positive feedback on our article Gregory. It was a long time in the making and we too are proud of it. We are hoping that it can make an impact on the ground. 😊

26.08.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the tag Helen! Hope you enjoy the paper ☺️

26.08.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A special thanks to Cat Hughes and Fiona McCaffrey for their advice in the early stages of this work and to the reviewers who provided us with positive constructive feedback during the peer-review process. πŸ‘πŸ»

25.08.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just in time for the new academic year, we believe this paper will be of particular interest and use to teacher educators and teachers at primary and post-primary level. We hope that the paper and its associated supplementary materials will support the enactment of Inclusive Education.

25.08.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We applied the original Autistic SPACE framework (Doherty et al., 2023) to the education landscape, broadening its application and highlighting its relevance in the school context.

25.08.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This paper is the culmination of an exciting and fruitful collaboration with my fantastic co-authors; Elaine McGoldrick,Β Rachel Ferguson, Carina Byrne and Mary Doherty.

25.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Autistic SPACE for Inclusive Education - Elaine McGoldrick, Aoife Munroe, Rachel Ferguson, Carina Byrne, Mary Doherty, 2025 The continuing policy commitment to Inclusive Education internationally requires the prioritisation of the creation of inclusive schools in practice. Research w...

πŸ“£Publication Announcement!

Our article 'Autistic SPACE for Inclusive Education' has been published open access with Neurodiversity Journal πŸ“‘

doi.org/10.1177/2754...

25.08.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7

I will be sharing a fantastic visual representation of my findings for the first time at the conference (a masterpiece created by the amazing Claire Comerford who took my vision and made it into a reality for me). Stay tuned for the post-conference reveal!
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24.07.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am presenting two papers based on my PhD research next Monday.

πŸ“‘Mainstream Post-Primary Teachers’ Knowledge and Understanding of Autism in Girls

πŸ“‘Autistic Girls’ Experiences of Mainstream Education Provision at Post-Primary Level in the Republic of Ireland

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24.07.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm very excited to be attending #LICIE2025 next week. What a fantastic programme line up and a great opportunity to connect with like-minded researchers.
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24.07.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would love for this post to reach some #actuallyautistic creative individuals but again I am open to working with anyone interested. My #PhD research is on the school experiences of autistic girls attending mainstream education.
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#PhDchat

13.02.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I have some ideas of what form this may take (sketch note/cartoon/mixture of graphic and text). However, I am open to ideas and if you have done something similar before I would love to see your work. 2/3

#CreativeResearch
#ResearchDissemination

13.02.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“£πŸ“£ I am looking for recommendations for someone who could create a one-pager, visual representation of my PhD findings to support dissemination with the individuals who took part in the research. 1/3

#CreativeDissemination #ActuallyAutisticArtists
#AutismResearch
#Inclusive

13.02.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully will have my PhD submitted by then, but I look forward to it nonetheless! 😊

07.02.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic news Sue! You'll have another feature space on my bookshelf 😁 Any ideas of a release date?

07.02.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for your comment, fantastic recommendations which I often find myself going to back to πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ˜Š

05.02.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic Fergus! Have messaged you 😊

05.02.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That would be absolutely fantastic Fergus, is this chapter available anywhere yet?

05.02.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for this Charlotte, I really appreciate it! πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘πŸ»

05.02.2025 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨Looking for Recommendations!

I'm looking for a good book/article that explores theories such as Double Empathy / Monotropism / Spoon Theory with reference to the education context.

Would appreciate any ideas and/or reposts please 🀞🏻
#AutismResearch #PhDchat #EducationResearch

05.02.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much Helen! What a lovely message to receive πŸ˜Άβ€πŸŒ«οΈ

03.02.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photograph shows a lit stove with an empty dinner plate in the foreground and a TV in the background with no power.

Photograph shows a lit stove with an empty dinner plate in the foreground and a TV in the background with no power.

Day 11 of no power after #StormΓ‰owyn πŸ€―πŸŒ€ I consider myself a patient person but it's getting progressively more difficult to deal with. Apart from the sitting room where we have a stove, the rest of the house is baltic cold ❄️πŸ₯Ά

03.02.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A dark room with a laptop in the foreground and candles and a lit stove in the background.

A dark room with a laptop in the foreground and candles and a lit stove in the background.

Day 6 of #PhD by the fireside with candlelight πŸ‘πŸ» Thanking my former πŸ€“πŸ’‘ self for downloading some files to work offline from before the Storm hit and for my Nanny for providing my daily laptop charge station πŸ˜‚ T-5 days until scheduled power restoration ⏳#PhDchat

29.01.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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16.01.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think I might have found one of my new favourite books (upskilling in a new area) 🀩🀩 Attention well and truly captured 🧠 Thanks @jo3grace.bsky.social for the recommendation πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

16.01.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of the front cover of a new book entitled 'Brain Health for Learning: What neuroscience brings to education'. The authors of the book are Denis Staunton and Aimie Brennan. The book cover includes a picture of an open book with a colourful image of a brain.

Picture of the front cover of a new book entitled 'Brain Health for Learning: What neuroscience brings to education'. The authors of the book are Denis Staunton and Aimie Brennan. The book cover includes a picture of an open book with a colourful image of a brain.

Photograph of a snowy garden scene with stone walls and mountains in the background.

Photograph of a snowy garden scene with stone walls and mountains in the background.

3 reasons why I'm excited that this landed in my letterbox this morning.
1.It is an important and extremely relevant topic🧠
2.Nothing beats a new book arriving in the postπŸ“–
3.The amazing @aimiebrennan.bsky.social is a co-author. Aimie is largely responsible for sparking my love of research.

21.11.2024 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Would love to be added to this please! 😊

19.11.2024 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Could I please be added to this group πŸ™‚

18.11.2024 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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