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Prof Megan Freeth

@shefautismres.bsky.social

Director of Sheffield Autism Research Lab. Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK.

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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Curriculum and Instruction - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College The Lynch School's hybrid doctoral program in Curriculum & Instruction is designed to develop professionals who have the knowledge, intellectual disposition, professional skills, ethical sensibilities...

I will be accepting a PhD student for Fall 2026 in our Curriculum and Instruction program. If you are interested in autistic sociality, caregiver influence on their autistic children's development, and neurodiversity in school contexts, please get in touch!

30.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.

Autism is now on LinkedIn! 🌍 πŸ‘‹

We'll also be sharing videos, summaries, and round-ups of research published in the journal! Come and join our community - our profile is here ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/company/1085...

(Don't worry, we'll still be posting on BlueSky!)

23.09.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi! We are a part-time (can work alongside) online ("live" *options*; costs the same in/outside the UK, can study from everywhere) MSc course on learning/intellectual disability, autism, and neurodiversity. Students have own tutor. We are recruiting for this term:
www.port.ac.uk/study/course...

18.09.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Autism Europe opening address. 6 delegates on a stage in front of Autism Europe banner.

Autism Europe opening address. 6 delegates on a stage in front of Autism Europe banner.

11.09.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to be at #AEC2025! ShARL will be presenting 4 posters and a talk (NIHR projects on ICF Strengths and Needs Assessment; Community Partnerships using systems mapping for health @victorianewell.bsky.social ; ESRC projects on Student wellbeing and Attention Control; Views on Data Sharing)

11.09.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Really enjoyed our #ShARL25 conference today. What a great set of talks and sharing of ideas!

16.07.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New preprint: Open data in autism research: the views of autistic people and parents of autistic children

osf.io/preprints/me...

Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social

#AutRes #OpenSci

02.07.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Autism Dialogue Approach Handbook on a desk

Autism Dialogue Approach Handbook on a desk

Extremely pleased to have a copy of The Autism Dialogue Approach Handbook. What a wonderfully informative and progressive text! πŸ‘

17.06.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Next week @beatrixbird.bsky.social and I will be presenting b2b for Cafe Autistique at the Contact Theatre in Manchester. Talking research on attention,distraction and monotropism

03.06.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Autistic People Want From Autism Research: AutINSAR 2025 AutINSAR is a much-needed discussion between autistic people and autism researchers about priorities in autism research.

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/05/what...

An important thread here in case you missed it #INSAR2025

26.05.2025 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Vikki!!!

23.05.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Am I gonna regret this?’: The experiences of diagnostic disclosure in autistic adults - Sheena K Au-Yeung, Megan Freeth, Andrew R Thompson, 2025 An increasing number of people receive autism diagnoses in adulthood, and there are few studies investigating autistic adults’ experiences of disclosing their d...

New ShARL article on Autism diagnostic disclosure in adulthood journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Led by the wonderful Dr Sheena Au-Yeung

13.05.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
Academic poster describing a large survey of employers aiming to understand why they don't employ more Autistic people and a pilot study of an intervention aimed at employers.

Academic poster describing a large survey of employers aiming to understand why they don't employ more Autistic people and a pilot study of an intervention aimed at employers.

poster on Employment including an employer focussed intervention #INSAR2025

03.05.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Raymaker: Emphasises importance of centering neurodivergent epistemologies in neurodiversity research #INSAR2025

02.05.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Raymaker: "It is impossible to control complex futures but we can dance with them" Quotes Meadows, 2002 #INSAR2025

02.05.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Raymaker: "We need to have a better understanding of the kinds of futures we want to have." Provides an excellent example of how to do this #INSAR2025

02.05.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Raymaker: Interesting discussion around knowledge and power - how to keep the good bits and move forward? ##INSAR2025

02.05.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Raymaker: AASPIRE - has now been running for 19 years; inclusion guidelines and toolkit online - check it out! #INSAR2025

02.05.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Raymaker: Now speaking about AASPIRE - check it out!! #INSAR2025

02.05.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Raymaker: Now a helpful reflection on what is motivating change and how to get to plausible and desirable futures #INSAR2025

02.05.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Raymaker: "Transdisciplinary research can really help to solve complex problems" #INSAR2025

02.05.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Raymaker: Transdisciplinary and Co-Produced Futures in Autism Research #INSAR2025 Great choice of keynote speaker!

02.05.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Academic poster on the topic of autism diagnostic disclosure

Academic poster on the topic of autism diagnostic disclosure

#INSAR2025 poster on diagnostic disclosure

02.05.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Academic poster on the topic of reasons why autistic students dropout of higher education

Academic poster on the topic of reasons why autistic students dropout of higher education

#INSAR2025 poster on reasons for autistic student dropout from higher education

02.05.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Lombardo: Looking at whether different subgroups respond differently to early intervention. Argues that yes they do. #INSAR2025

01.05.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Lombardo: Looking at machine learning algorithms. Says this can find a type 1 vs type 2 distinction purely based on data ##INSAR2025

01.05.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Lombardo: Now presenting twin studies, looking at genetic similarity. Patterning effects concur. Says this supports a poor language outcomes subtype ##INSAR2025

01.05.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lombardo Keynote: Genomic expression different in toddlers with poor language outcomes ##INSAR2025

01.05.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Lombardo: "Data suggest subtype specific genomic mechanisms" #INSAR2025

01.05.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keynote Lombardo: Presenting data on prenatal neurogenesis showing relationship with high ADOS scores #INSAR2025

01.05.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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