Cathy Manning

A teal background graphic with the title “New Editorial Alert” at the top, featuring a red siren emoji and a paper labelled “Research.” The main text reads, “How well do we measure autistic sensory experiences?” Below, a circular graphic shows a clipboard with a pen, surrounded by icons representing the five senses: an ear (hearing), a nose (smell), an eye (sight), a mouth (taste), and a hand with a pointing finger (touch). The text around the circle reads: “Tell us about your sensory experience…”

New editorial: we highlight 5 key issues with current questionnaire measures used to assess autistic sensory processing. We argue this may be limiting both research and support. Better validated and more inclusive tools are needed.

Read here: buff.ly/De0Lp0D

#AutismResearch #Autism #Research

New preprint: Open data in autism research: the views of autistic people and parents of autistic children

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

#AutRes #OpenSci

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At #insar2025!

Cathy Manning and Lou Thomas standing next to a poster on a poster board, smiling

Presenting work from our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant, with @ljthomas1991.bsky.social, showing shorter non-decision times in autistic adults. Preprint of this work here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Lou and Cathy smiling standing on either side of Lou’s poster

Poster presentation from my postdoc with @cmanning.bsky.social went well, thank you to everyone who came along to chat! Feeling very sleepy for the final day of #insar2025

Great presentation!

Lovely to meet you @brianirvine.bsky.social

Hopefully I'll be over it by tomorrow?! Wouldn't object to coffee though. Hope to see you soon

Good suggestion - I wouldn't be surprised if there are differences between community priorities and what is researched there too

Good plan! Do you want to drop me a message when you're finished?

Definitely! Need to hear how you're getting on in your new job!

So eager for #INSAR2025 that I've been awake and waiting since 2.30am (jetlag agh). I'll be giving a poster on perceptual decision-making using the diffusion model and links to ADHD traits on Friday 6-7PM 432.214. Hoping to chat with others interested in sensory processing, cognition etc #AutRes

Well done - it's such a skill being able to live post like you do!

Another plug for this paid opportunity for early career researchers to support Autism in our goal to publish work relevant to autistic people's quality of life

We are looking for folk who can transmit autistic community priorities + who would benefit from the chance to develop editorial skills

Excited to be presenting at this in July - a range of interesting seminars on circadian and visual neuroscience open to all #visionscience

At @journalautism.bsky.social we are looking for 2 advisory editors (suited for academics who can provide insight into autistic community priorities): journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm... (deadline 25th April) and 5 action editors: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm... (deadline 23rd May)
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Visual Cognition Teaching Sensation and Perception, Edited by Anna Kosovicheva, Julia Strand and Ben Balas. Volume 32, Issue 6 of Visual Cognition

Very pleased that the Special Issue of Visual Cognition on Teaching Sensation & Perception that @ankosov.bsky.social, @juliafstrand.bsky.social and myself edited is now published in full! If you're looking for some exciting ideas about teaching #VisionScience, start here!

Public Toilet Info Start searching for toilets here:

This is a useful new website on public loos, for autistic people, and many others. For example which ones have the dreaded-by-many 'airblade' hand dryers that sound like a jet engine taking off.
Got useful info on loos? Add it.
www.publictoiletinfo.org.uk?fbclid=IwY2x...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Amplifying unheard voices: the inclusion of people with intellectual disability in autism research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email... This interactive webinar will bring together researchers, an Autistic person with an intellectual disability, and a parent of an Autistic person with an intellectual disability to explore how to creat...

Can't make it to Monday's online webinar "Amplifying unheard voices: the inclusion of people with intellectual disability in autism research"? No problem, the webinar will be recorded. Register now & we'll let you know when the recording is available aspect.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #InclusiveResearch

What Are the Research Priorities for the Dyslexia Community in the United Kingdom and How Do They Align With Previous Research Funding? Targeting research towards areas that matter to dyslexic people and their families is essential for improving dyslexic people's lives. However, we do not know what the dyslexia community's research p...

Congrats to @cmanning.bsky.social & colleagues on their new paper that follows on from their talk at SLDN's launch in 2022.

What are the research priorities for the dyslexia community in the UK and how do they align with previous research funding? Dyslexia, 31:e70004. doi.org/10.1002/dys.70004

We are recruiting for two Advisory Editors at Autism!

Deadline for expressions of interest is April 25th. For full details, please see the link

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What Are the Research Priorities for the Dyslexia Community in the United Kingdom and How Do They Align With Previous Research Funding? Targeting research towards areas that matter to dyslexic people and their families is essential for improving dyslexic people's lives. However, we do not know what the dyslexia community's research p....

New paper: What Are the Research Priorities for the Dyslexia Community in the United Kingdom and How Do They Align With Previous Research Funding? doi.org/10.1002/dys.70004 #dyslexia

Cathy with her husband dressed smartly and standing in between two Leverhulme Trust banners

Thanks to @leverhulme.bsky.social for a lovely prize gala dinner this week. I'm so grateful for this prize and looking forward to hiring a postdoc to start work on it!

Do you know that Autism now accepts Registered Reports? We're proud to have published our very first! #OpenScience

A child wearing a cap with wires to measure brain responses sits next to Dr Cathy Manning and looks at a computer screen.

Spanning vision science, developmental cognitive neuroscience and mathematical psychology, @cmanning.bsky.social seeks to understand individual variability in children’s perceptual decision-making abilities. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/cman...

The Sensory Street project is now on Bluesky! Follow if you're interested in hearing about sensory processing and inclusive spaces #AutismResearch

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London Apply now for the Postdoctoral Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

Advertising 2 new positions in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. A postdoc & an RA at Queen Mary University of London as part of our UKRI-funded Animating Minds Project. More details and how to apply here:
Postdoc: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLX749/p...
RA: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

Post-doc position available from Sept 2025 for 18 months on a @leverhulme.bsky.social project into children's perceptual decision-making using diffusion models. Closes 10th March. Pls share! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #VisionScience #PsychSciSky