Jenny Gibson

New article out today! Children communicate differently depending on the play activity and who they're playing with. 💬

🔓 Read the open access article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@elianfink.bsky.social @paulramchandani.bsky.social @drjennyg.bsky.social

Around 1,900 children are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK. Our Cancer page has advice for teachers on how to support a child with Cancer while in education. 

https://www.wellatschool.org/conditions/cancer

 #Cancer #kidswithcancer #kidswithcancermatter #EduSky #EduSkyUK #SENDFamilies

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I completed my 2025 New Year's resolution! I resolved to cook 12 recipes from Meera Sodha's fantastic book Dinner. I did six of them in the past two weeks 😂

#WhateverItTakes #NewYear

Our paper on the use of AI in child development checks is available now on the Early Childhood Education Journal:

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

@drjennyg.bsky.social

I recently chatted with @prisblossom.bsky.social about AI toys, all the things we don't yet know about them, and @drjennyg.bsky.social & my research on their impacts in the early years. Read our conversation here. 👇

Diversity in Autistic Play: Autistic Adults' Experiences | Autism in Adulthood Background: Play is important for mental health and well-being. Descriptions of autistic play have typically focused on “deficits” and are based on comparisons to neurotypical “norms”. According to…

In this piece from the #PEDALResourceLibrary archives, PEDAL's @emmapritchard95.bsky.social, Carmen de Lemos, Katie Howard and PEDAL's @drjennyg.bsky.social focus on the experiences and perspectives of autistic people concerning the topic of autistic play:

www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

Supporting parents to enhance young people’s mental health Brokering the challenge of breaking cycles of intergenerational adversity – a policy example

Essential reading!
📢 bit.ly/4gWDAeL
“Problems do not inevitably beget problems".
A powerful policy example of supporting parents/carers to enhance young people's mental health. By our Director Prof Gordon Harold, Co-Director of Cambridge Public Health.
#WorldMentalHealthDay

How will childhood be changed by AI toys? | Letter Letter: Our study is looking into how toys powered by AI can affect children’s development and their right to privacy, write Dr Emily J Goodacre and Prof Jenny Gibson

Today in our Guardian letter, @drjennyg.bsky.social and I call for a greater public discourse on how AI toys are interacting with young children and the impacts on their development. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The hardest disbelief to suspend about the show.

📢📢 PhD Scholarship Opportunity 📢📢
“Language and literacy difficulties and youth mental health”

Are you passionate about supporting the mental health children with language and literacy difficulties?

📌 More info & how to apply: research.curtin.edu.au/higher-degre... (search Boyes)

#DevLangDis

Errr, nope!

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I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4

It's been such a delight to host @elizafricker.bsky.social and our amazing comics and autism team this week! Looking forward to working with you again in the autumn 🙏

Twilight Talks Research Series: Identifying and supporting children with developmental language disorder in the classroom In this session, Dr Juhayna Taha Institute of Education, UCL’s faculty for Education and Society, will talk about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).

Are you an educator interested in learning more about supporting children with developmental language disorder?

Join the next Nasen Twilight Talks on May 8th, with @juhaynat.bsky.social.

Book your place now!

#DLD

SORTEE awards Awards of Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)

Do you have a project that exemplifies open science in ecology and evolution?

If so nominate the project for a SORTEE Commendation Award 🏆

More details about the SORTEE Commendation Award:

706 signatures this morning. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We have every letter of the alphabet represented except U - I know this sounds like an aphorism ("U can sign too!") but it's also the literal truth.
Who in comics (individual or company) has a name starting with U?

This April, please do what you can to ensure that Autistic people are listened to about autism - and beware that too much awareness can be wearing.

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Good data is essential for research. But it can be hard for researchers to find it.

The Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets is changing that.

This free tool lets you explore thousands of datasets from all over the world.

Learn more from @larseneault.bsky.social ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/creati...

YouTube video by Journal Autism O'Keeffe and McNally 2025

Play is central to children's lives, wellbeing & quality of life
Play is a fundamental right of all children
Normative assumptions often used to describe autistic play
Need autistic understanding of play from autistic players themselves
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
youtu.be/62mVZ-VCoPw?...

New video with Christina O'Keeffe and Sinéad McNally talking about the recently published paper on a strengths-based understanding of the play of Autistic children.

Watch the full video on our YouTube: youtu.be/62mVZ-VCoPw

Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1177/1362...

"I never quite found my groove in the world" - can't believe it's 10 years since Gavin died way too young.

We still miss you friend.

Worth a listen if you don't know his work 💜

Supports finally offered.
We spent some time getting those in place.
And what a difference they made.
What a relief.

So now?
Apparently they are mended.
Cured?
Time to put those hurdles back.
Before they all start asking for them..
(got to think about that tax payers purse)

This is fascinating and useful - as you’d expect from brilliant @touretteshero.bsky.social

Deaf Interpreters and Epistemic Injustice

New blog post about my recent talk for the Linguistic Justice Society. Video should be posted soon. epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/01/deaf...

The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving.

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Contact support@osf.io if you need assistance

We have been asked to pass this opportunity onto our followers by NICE:

If you’ve used NHS Talking Therapies, please complete our survey, about your experience of pre-assessment (also known as triage): nice.welcomesyourfeedback.net/NHS_Talking_....

The NICE survey closes at 12 noon Fri 7th Feb.

A lovely study on autism and comics from @drjennyg.bsky.social and co! You can take part by following the link.

cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Much appreciated, thank you 😊

We will share updates and findings here, and by email to those who opted in for that. Excited to see what a fantastic response this has had!

Survey by my PhD student @elinorlim.bsky.social on how family (parents, partner, sibling, etc.) support may impact the experiences of autistic university students in the UK. See below for for eligibility and how to participate. Please share.