White to red faded background with doodle of a pile of books. Title is in a banner “New book: Autism and pregnancy.”
Doodles of parents with babies along the top. Image of a book cover with multiple pregnant people on it.
Aimee wrote a book! Aimee (our lead investigator) has been doing research on Autistic people’s maternity experiences since 2021. She wrote a book which is aiming to be easy to read.
Autistic people said they didn’t get enough information about pregnancy.
This book…
Shares experiences from Autistic people about what to expect
Has tools to try when things are difficult
Gives scripts for when it’s hard to know what to say
Reinforces the important bits in summaries
Has top tips from Autistic midwives
Has a birth plan template
Topics include:
Pregnancy
Sensory experiences
Staying healthy in pregnancy
Appointments and information
Pregnancy complications & pregnancy loss
Birth
Where to give birth
Giving birth & pain relief
What happens after you give birth
When baby has arrived
Baby’s care, sleep & feeding
Your emotions
The Autism friendly guide to pregnancy, birth and the fourth trimester is published today!
Below you can see some information about the book (1 of 2)
There's a 20% discount code if you buy from Jessica Kingsley Publishers - %AGRANT20
21.10.2025 11:19 — 👍 21 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism & Alexithymia
Connor Keating considers whether emotion-processing differs between autistic and non-autistic adults after controlling for alexithymia.
If you haven't already done so, do sign up for next week's #CRAEwebinar
Demystifying Emotion-Processing: Autism & Alexithymia with @connortkeating.bsky.social
Thur Oct 2nd 4pm bst
22.09.2025 09:29 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you for your interest. I used the RCAD and the ASC-ASD as measures of mental health, I used the age of first period as a proxy for timing of puberty. I am very interested in replicating these findings although research can take years and also requires funding, but hopefully I can :)
19.09.2025 08:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A bit late, as I just joined Bluesky but-
Really enjoyed #AECongress25 in Dublin last week and met wonderful people
Here I am presenting preliminary findings (early results needing replication) showing neurodivergent girls may be more likely to experience early or late puberty
15.09.2025 20:58 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Hi everyone, finally joined Bluesky.
Finished my PhD at Edinburgh and now working with Dr Alex Hendry on the START trial at Oxford
Lost my Twitter login—sorry if I missed your messages!
15.09.2025 20:48 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0