Mary Hanley

Have you seen the new article by @chloefielding.bsky.social, Alice Streeter, @debbieriby.bsky.social and @mimhanley.bsky.social?

doi.org/10.1177/2754...

We were particularly excited to see this one as when the team visited @dulib.bsky.social in December, Chloe talked to us about this research!

The journey continues....with new research from our group ongoing - and with new developments for Triple-A, such as a focus on PE specifically, and with a whole-school in-person version of the training! Watch this space……

Once again, thank you to all the wonderful children, young people, parents and teachers who took part in the underpinning research, and to our amazing team of autistic people, parents, teachers and academics who co-designed the training tool. @21andsensory.bsky.social

It’s been such an interesting and worthwhile journey so far - with over 8000 users and considerable evidence of positive impact on understanding and practice. Here we share our new pre-print on the development of Triple-A, including analysis of its use and impact so far: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

It has been just over 3 years since we (@debbieriby.bsky.social & I) launched Triple-A (www.tripledurham.co.uk) - a training tool for educators for supporting autistic and neurodivergent pupils with attention, sensory arousal and anxiety.

NeuroDevelopmental
Annual Seminar
**26th June 2025**
@citystgeorgeslcs.bsky.social
@citystgeorges.bsky.social

Keynote speakers:
*Dr Roisin Perry (UCL)
*Prof @mimhanley.bsky.social (Durham)

Abstract deadline extended to *April 11th!*

#NDAS2025 #Psychology #Autism #DevLangDis #ADHD #Dyslexia

Linking Disparate Strands: A Critical Review of the Relationship Between Creativity and Education - Educational Psychology Review Whether schools help or hinder creativity is a topic of vibrant, international debate. Some contend that the focus on structure, rote learning and standardised assessments associated with formal educa...

Number 2 is @brucerawlings.bsky.social who published this critical review on creativity and education in November with Sarah Cutting 2/n

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We are hugely proud of @sheinalew.bsky.social for her award of a Philip Leverhulme prize for her work on cross-cultural diversity in learning 3/n

www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2024PLP

“It Has Shown Me How Much I Am Capable Of”: An Exploration of Autistic Burnout Experiences in Motherhood | Autism in Adulthood Background: Research has highlighted a relationship between autistic motherhood and autistic burnout, although autistic mothers’ experiences of autistic burnout have not been explored in depth. Method...

We could have picked multiple crucial papers from @dramypearson.bsky.social this year, covering topics that are often neglected when it comes to autistic wellbeing. This one is no exception: the challenges of burnout for autistic mothers 4/m
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

And we were very excited to be joined by @drmbothapsych.bsky.social whose works spans so many facets of theory and practice when it comes to neurodiversity 5/n

www.durham.ac.uk/staff/moniqu...

Shaping the developing homunculus: the roles of deprivation and compensatory behaviour in sensory remapping Some of the most dramatic examples of neuroplasticity in the human brain follow congenital sensory deprivation, though we have limited understanding of the plasticity mechanisms driving such large-sca...

No.6 is @dorothycowie.bsky.social who published this long-awaited neuroimaging preprint on motor remapping in children with limb differences 6/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

YouTube video by Bjartur Sumarhus Daniel Tammet at the 2024 Edinburgh International Book Festival

In August @aldersonday.bsky.social got to interview Daniel Tammet at the Edinburgh International Book Festival about his stunning book, Nine Minds: Lives on the Spectrum 7/n

youtu.be/HcJSOxeGzk4?...

It's the most incredible time of the year: our inaugural roundup of Durham Dev Sci exciting stuff from 2024.

No.1 is @mimhanley.bsky.social winning her BPS Impact & Engagement Award!

Mary won for her work on autism & Williams Syndrome, inc. Triple A which supports neurodiversity in schools 1/n

This morning we welcomed @debbieriby.bsky.social, @dramypearson.bsky.social, @mimhanley.bsky.social , @drmbothapsych.bsky.social, @chloefielding.bsky.social to @dulib.bsky.social to talk about research projects happening in the Centre for Neurodiversity & Development (@durhampsych.bsky.social)

It was fantastic to hear about the continued success of the Triple A project (www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...) which @mimhanley.bsky.social had spoken to the library about back in December 2021:

dulib.blog/2021/12/09/t...

Excited to make my first post about this amazing video the team created with some brilliant collaborators.