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Diondra Straiton-Webster, PhD

@diondrastraiton.bsky.social

(she/her) Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dept. of Psychiatry at the Univ of Pennsylvania. Clinical psychology & leveraging #ImpSci to improve #Autism services

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This will be a great seminar. Join the ABCT Autism SIG to learn more about these topics, which autistic self-advocates have highlighted as high priorities for autism research!

03.02.2026 22:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I love that this study looked at 2 autism interventions in 2 different settings (schools and mental health orgs)! It really highlights how much we need to move beyond provider training alone and instead need to think more about involving agency leaders in our training efforts!

06.01.2026 02:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Diondra Straiton-Webster Diondra Straiton-Webster, PhD is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. She holds a Ph.D. in clinic...

My new academic website is hot off the presses! Let me know what you think! diondra-straiton-webster.academicwebsite.com

25.08.2025 12:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Reminder to please submit to our SIG expo by 11:59 pm PST tomorrow, August 8th! 🗣️📈 We want to showcase our members’ research at ABCT in November!

Access the application here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

07.08.2025 21:01 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Excited to be one of the speakers at this Q&A webinar!

05.08.2025 15:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Flyer with information about the internship and postdoc Q&A event on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 9 AM PST. Zoom registration link in post.

Flyer with information about the internship and postdoc Q&A event on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 9 AM PST. Zoom registration link in post.

Are you a clinical or school psychology doctoral student focused on #autism or #IDD? Attend our webinar & Q&A session about tips for applying to autism & IDD-focused internships & postdocs.

Tuesday, August 26 at 9am PST/11am CST/12 pm EST

Register at the link below⬇️

23.07.2025 15:03 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 2
CHIPS fellows posing for a group picture on the stairs of a conference venue.

CHIPS fellows posing for a group picture on the stairs of a conference venue.

Feeling inspired from a week at the NIMH Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services Research Institute! The future of child services research is in good hands, and we remain committed to improving public mental health. Learn more about the CHIPS program here! chipsfellows.com

07.06.2025 14:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

For autism awareness month, I want to talk about the rates of suicide in autistic individuals because the numbers are alarming, and I don't think it's talked about NEARLY enough...

20.04.2025 11:22 — 👍 408    🔁 76    💬 21    📌 9
See Us. Hear Us. - Jordyn Zimmerman
YouTube video by Communication First See Us. Hear Us. - Jordyn Zimmerman

We want to highlight @communicationfirst.bsky.social! We love this organization & their advocacy about how communication is a human right. Check out this video from their Digital Storytelling and Advocacy campaign ⬇️ youtu.be/_qkndlGznCw?... #AutismAcceptance #CommunicationIsAHumanRight

09.04.2025 16:42 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Proud to be part of @abctautism.bsky.social and celebrate #AutismAcceptance month! Please follow us!

01.04.2025 20:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“Seeing the Value of Who We Are”: Understanding and Supporting Autistic University Students | Autism in Adulthood Background: The number of autistic students enrolling in universities is increasing, yet many of them face significant challenges in navigating academic, social, and environmental demands. Existing re...

📢 New publication alert: doi.org/10.1089/aut....

Our team of Autistic & non-autistic researchers ran a qualitative study to explore how universities can create conditions that truly support Autistic students.

We interviewed 21 Autistic adults across Australia and identified four key themes:

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23.03.2025 23:05 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
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Hiring freezes reported at Harvard, UPenn, Pitt, Emory, and many other academic institutions. Not this again. So many freezes over the past half decade+. Absolutely brutal for ECRs…

11.03.2025 00:25 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

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