Kathy Leadbitter

We've got 3 new job opportunities awaiting the right people to help us progress our multi-award-winning charity to the next level. CLOSING DATE 11th AUGUST so please share widely dancesyndrome.co.uk/job_opportun... #job #NorthWest

Or is it social responsibility?

Chance of me whipping up cupcakes for a work bake-off event is 0%. Just... no.
Not until baking beautiful buns becomes one of my probation criteria. Or contributes to my h index. Or my altmetrics.

What is the M-WAY study? The M-WAY study aims to better understand anxiety and depression in autistic young people, so as to inform mental health support for autisti...

👋 Hello, Bluesky! We're the M-WAY study team, based at UCL. We're researching mental health and wellbeing in autistic young people. Check out our intro blog post below to find our more about what we're doing 🙂

m-way24.blogspot.com/p/what-is-m-...

Flyer showing more information about the autistic cancer care study - for a plain text information sheet please email jennifer.kirton@liverpool.ac.uk

Another call! Colleagues at University of Liverpool seek #autistic participants, their relatives, care/health staff and autistic co-researchers to explore experiences of #cancercare in #NorthWest #England supported by North West Cancer Research. Please see more info and contact details on flyer ⤵️

Superstar. If anyone deserves the title Dr, it's you. Congratulations! 🍾

Would you like to be part of Research to Improve Cancer Care for Autistic Patients in the Northwest? The Study: Understanding the Needs of Autistic Patients with Cancer A research team from The University of Liverpool, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre & Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is conduct- ing a participatory research pro- ject. The aim of the project is to co-develop recommendations and guidance for cancer services in the Northwest region and to create information tailored to autistic individuals to help pre- pare for cancer care services. Who Can Participate? • Autistic patients or relatives of autistic patients who have experienced cancer care in the Northwest in the last 12 months. • Healthcare professionals who have assisted autistic patients during cancer treatment in the Northwest. Participation Opportunities: Interviews: One-hour interviews (online or face to face). Compensated with a £20 vouch- er. and/or Workshops: Three- hour in person. Compensated with a £20 voucher. and/or Workshops: Three-hour in person. Compensated with a £60 voucher. Interested in Participating? Please contact: Dr. Jennifer Kirton: * jennifer.kirton@liverpool.ac.uk 0151 795 5364 Or Principal Investigator * gcherry@liverpool.ac.uk 0151 795 5364

Research opportunity: Understanding the Needs of Autistic Patients with Cancer

This research is led by an Autistic or otherwise neurodivergent researcher/student.
Neurodivergent people have been meaningfully involved. Ethics approved.

Find out more:
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Advert explaining that the study involves taking part in an interview (either in person or online) about experiences of trauma, and asking people to email autism.trauma.project@ucl.ac.uk if interested.

We're looking for autistic people (18-29 years old) to take part in a new study about autistic people's experiences of trauma. If interested, please contact Amy and Sascha (contact details in the advert). Please share the advert if you can!

Virtual group–based mindfulness for autistic adults: A randomized controlled trial - Yona Lunsky, Madelaine Carter, Sue Hutton, Jan Wozniak, Sheng Chen, Jonathan Weiss, 2025 There is evidence for mindfulness as a mental health intervention for autistic adults, but most of the research has focused on in-person interventions. This ran...

New @camhnews.bsky.social study: RCT of mindfulness for autistic adults. Program was feasible, acceptable & changes reported were only evident in those in the mindfulness arm. Working together with #autistic folks to design interventions for them matters. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Our survey is still open for autistic adults in the UK ⬇️ 😀 Thanks to everyone who has taken part already. 🙏

Laura needs just a couple more UK-based autistic people who experience inertia to take part in a research interview.

Please consider taking part and please share!
Many thanks 🙏

EQUALS: Ethical Quality Autistic-Led Social Care | Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre | Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre This project focuses on developing and applying new autistic-led standards for social care environments, with a particular focus on residential care and supported living. We want to make things better...

salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/projects/equ...

@k2mey.bsky.social

📣 Do you have an autistic child (aged 3-12, living in UK) who often repeats things they have heard?
Please consider taking part in this study.
Thank you 🙏

Is your child aged 3-12 & autistic (confirmed/working diagnosis)? Do they regularly repeat chunks of language they have heard (aka delayed echolalia / gestalt language)?
Please consider taking part.
To express interest: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/.../SV...
Feel free to dm me
Thank you🙏

📣 Do you experience autistic inertia and live in the UK?
Please consider taking part in this study.
Many thanks 🙏

Calling autism community members and justice professionals (with experience in Magistrates/Crown Court) to help co-design new, accessible resources for autistic people involved in criminal court systems in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5
Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd

#AutRes

Well done, Sarah!

Volunteers are needed for the following study. Do you have a diagnosis of autism? Do you experience autistic inertia? Participants will take part in an interview (written or spoken) or focus group (spoken). Participants receive compensation.

www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Is your child aged 3-12 & autistic (confirmed/working diagnosis)? Do they regularly repeat chunks of language they have heard (aka delayed echolalia / gestalt language)?
Please consider taking part.
To express interest: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/.../SV...
Feel free to dm me
Thank you🙏

The Impact of a Neurocollaborative Theraplay® Informed Intervention on the Presentations of Developmental Trauma and Attachment Difficulties in Adopted Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: An Exte... The UK incident rate of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in looked after populations is estimated to be 27%. The vast majority of these children enter care due to experiences synonymous with th...

Our latest paper: TRIAL FINDINGS FROM A INTERVENTION DESIGN FOR FASD CAREGIVERS: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Are you autistic and live in the UK? Do you experience autistic inertia?
Please consider taking part in this research
Feel free to dm me with any questions

Do you have a diagnosis of autism? Do you experience autistic inertia? Volunteers are needed for the following study. Participants will take part in an interview (written or spoken) or focus group (spoken). Participants receive compensation.
www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Are you autistic and live in the UK? Do you experience autistic inertia?
Please consider taking part in this research
Feel free to dm me with any questions

Poster giving further details of the research study seeking transgender and gender diverse autistic volunteers, if you would like a plain text version please email Research.socialcommunication@manchester.ac.uk

Happy Monday & Happy #Pride Month🌈!

We have an apt #research study to share, Niamh is seeking adult #autistic volunteers who are #transgender or gender diverse for a study into social communication. For more information, please email: Research.socialcommunication@manchester.ac.uk

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Say it louder, Matt, for the over-diagnosis obsessives at the back.

Beautiful article. Congrats on your diagnosis @mattcainwriter.bsky.social

I thought it was being gay that made my life so difficult. Then, at 50, I got an eye-opening diagnosis … I spent far too many years lonely and angry, thanks to schoolmates who called me ‘weird’ and bosses who dismissed me as ‘hysterical’. But was it my sexuality that put their backs up – or the autism I ...

"You are autistic, they said. When I heard the words...what I felt was relief. After years of being misunderstood – of misunderstanding myself – I finally had the right framework to build up a better picture of who I truly am."