NEW PAPER OUT- share and let us know if this resonates www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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paper in progress
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wonderful team time with visitors from Singapore of Institute of Health
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Deep dive today into the personal accounts of #ADHD and #autistic young people who are not attending school. This work is part of the @grrand-team.bsky.social generously funded by Barts Charity, alongside our brilliant RESTAR youth co-researchers co-delivering creative personalised interviews.
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new paper fully co-produced and co-authored with neurodivergent young people
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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we won a prestigious @acamh.bsky.social award last night!!!
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new paper fully co-produced and co-authored with neurodivergent young people
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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NEW webinars' series---- in collaboration with Anna Freud www.autismcentral.org.uk/events/upset...
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Autism Central, grounded in lived experience and supported by robust research evidence running by #AnnaFreud working with
@grrand-team.bsky.social
at @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
NEW #NHS commission to improve lives of autistic people of all ages and their families. www.autismcentral.org.uk
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Theme 1) βWanting to feel seen and heardβ focussed on the recognition and validation of the autistic experience and identity, and how understanding of autism informs practice.
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Neurodivergent adolescents experience twice the emotional burden at school
Negative school experiences generate twice the emotional burden in autistic and ADHD adolescents compared to their neurotypical classmates, and this is significantly correlated with depression and anx...
π―. Iβm hugely impressed by the new wave of creative & coproduced #EdRes, such as the @grrand-team.bsky.social & othersβ RE-STAR project, investigating the aspects of school life which contribute to poor MH for autistic/ADHD CYP. Hopefully better #inclusion will follow
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
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βI Guess when a Lot of People Collectively Outwardly Donβt Like you, you Start to find a Dislike Within Yourselfβ: Experiences of Belonging Among Autistic Adolescents Assigned Female at Birth in Mainstream School Settings - School Mental Health
There is evidence that feeling a sense of belonging supports pupilsβ social acceptance and is a protective factor against harmful psychological outcomes. Despite this, limited research has considered autistic girlsβ belonging experiences in mainstream schools and what needs to change to facilitate belonging. Personal constructs and lived experiences of school belonging were explored using semi-structured interviews and personalised activities (e.g. drawings and poetry) with 18 autistic adolescents assigned female at birth (AFAB) in mainstream school settings. Participants were involved in the data analysis process as they commented on codes and themes. We generated three main themes from the data. Theme 1) βWanting to feel seen and heardβ focussed on the recognition and validation of the autistic experience and identity, and how understanding of autism informs practice. Theme 2) βLonging to belongβ focussed on the young peopleβs experience of trying to develop relationships with others, their experiences of trying to fit in, and the impact that this had on them. Theme 3) βSensory build-up results in shutdownβ focussed on the overwhelming nature of the sensory environment in school, and the impact that this has on both the learning and social experience. All participants want to be externally valued, heard, and involved in the school community. However, aspects of masking, stigma and sensory experiences limit the girlsβ belonging in school. Implications for professionals and future research are discussed along with recommendations. The latter can inform future school mental health policy and practice to create emotionally healthy school environments, in which autistic young people can be their authentic selves and have their best lives.
new paper from our wonderful team, experiences of #belonging of autistic AFAB students in mainstream secondary schools
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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This is so powerful, neurodivergent kids carry a heavier emotional burden in mainstream schools.
The students in this report talk a lot about the negative impact of certain interactions with adults in school π
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Important insights in our latest paper into the emotional lives of young people with diagnoses of #ADHD, #autism or #AuDHD highlighting the specific nature of environmental provocations when designing mental health intervention.
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @uclpals.bsky.social
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Social media and autistic mental health research; Shaping the agenda together / Blog | GRRAND
By Emma Hyner and Krysia Waldock
Our latest blog captures the journey behind our new paper βSocial Media and Autistic Mental Health Research: Shaping the Agenda Togetherβ (In Press currently at Autism in Adulthood Journal)
www.neurodiversity-research.org/blog/2675071...
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Systems meant to help often harm #neurodivergent people, especially where biases overlap, causing trauma + marginalisation.
This conference is your chance to connect, collaborate + spark real changeβ¨
All things #trauma #autism #adhd #learningdisabilities #clinical #practice
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On average, autistic, ADHD & AuDHD students experience around 2x the emotional burden of their peers at school
This study shows that school environments expose on our young people to more frequent & more intense upsetting experiences, and those experiences take a toll
#autism #neurodiversity
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This paper's really interesting
May be my AuDHD daughter's total collapse in school may be due to her emotional burden (EB)
Her experience of commonly upsetting emotions (CUE) and their intensity became too great a burden to endure
School can create trauma & ruin mental health
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acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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we are waiting for the longitudinal data and coproducing a new preventative whole school intervention...more to come
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