Research into #Development #Education #Empowerment #Movement #Autism #Disability #Neurodiversity #Communication #Engagement and #Identity etc.
in the School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Portsmouth
Centre for Interaction, Development and Diversity
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@uopcidd.bsky.social Director Prof Beatriz López presented meta-analysis w/ ~30k participants: higher variability in autistic ppl for theory of mind & flexibility executive functioning tasks than central coherence or planning EF task. Variability was *not* higher over time #INSAR2026 #neurodiversity
In @journalautism.bsky.social's 30th anniversary special collection w/ editor-picked papers, paper by Damian Milton, our own @eminegurbuz.bsky.social, & our Director Beatriz Lopez "The 'double empathy problem': Ten years on" was only paper selected by 2+ editors!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
For all the papers in the fabulous special collection, see journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Cheers to @suereviews.bsky.social on your leadership! To many more years of excellent scholarship for @journalautism.bsky.social! 2/
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One of our students, @chloeapter.bsky.social, is recruiting
autistic adults in the UK who have (also) been assigned the “challenging behaviour” label for interviews (emails, text chat, video, or London) on their experiences and how they make sense of the term, for her
@uoppald.bsky.social MSc. 🙏
On April 30 at 4 pm (UK time) @drstevenkapp.bsky.social will present a free webinar on his research on neurodiversity with implications for support, @uopcidd.bsky.social, and our online MSc course. Sign up to register and receive a recording even if you cannot attend.
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Happy Autism Acceptance Day! Our module coordinator, supervisor & tutor @drstevenkapp.bsky.social commented on the UK Government's commissioned interim report on autism, ADHD & mental health (see below), supporting self-identification and raising concerns about further limits on access to diagnoses.
MSc Psychology and Learning Disability
MSc Psychology and Learning Disability
Check out this influential 'double empathy problem' paper in the history of @journalautism.bsky.social, co-authored by our module coordinator and supervisor Professor Beatriz Lopez, a distinguished part of this special collection on Autism's 30th anniversary: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Presenting my research on neurodiversity as a concept, framework & movement w/ implications for diagnosis, identity, support. A webinar ultimately for @uoppald.bsky.social, & like the session itself, that MSc has recorded sessions. MSc is also competitive priced - under $10k Year 1, under $5k year 2
MSc Psychology and Learning Disability
Neurodiversity movement: autism is difference *&*disability. 1st Autism Acceptance Day for this paper showing strengths eg enhanced auditory perception can contribute to challenges eg speech divergence. *Holistic classification* needed for assessment, support. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
My @uoppald.bsky.social student @chloeapter.bsky.social is seeking more participants for her study on autistic people's experiences of being assigned a label like "challenging behaviour"/"problem behaviour" etc (like her). W/ enough participants, all going well, we hope to publish. Could you repost?
MSc Psychology and Learning Disability
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In @journalautism.bsky.social's 30th anniversary special collection w/ editor-picked papers, paper by Damian Milton, our own @eminegurbuz.bsky.social, & our Director Beatriz Lopez "The 'double empathy problem': Ten years on" was only paper selected by 2+ editors!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Steven Kapp
Steven Kapp
Steven Kapp
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This narrative review analyzes the visual and auditory advantages that autistic people with speech divergence (A-SD) may have compared with autistic people without speech divergence (A-NoSD) or non-a...
How do autistic adults make sense of being assigned the "challenging behaviour" label?
*RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS*
I am autistic & I have been assigned the "challenging behaviour" label
Supervisor: @drstevenkapp.bsky.social
Email [email protected] to express interest/for more information
How do autistic adults make sense of being assigned the "challenging behaviour" label?
*RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS*
I am autistic & I have been assigned the "challenging behaviour" label
Supervisor: @drstevenkapp.bsky.social
Email [email protected] to express interest/for more information
expert reaction to interim report on rise in conditions such as ADHD and Autism as commissioned by Wes Streeting
www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Some variance in ToM measures, but not central cohesion. Variability in EF is even higher!
This is independent of age and IQ; and publication age didn’t matter - this isn’t a changing conception of autism.
There is a higher variability in autism, and it’s not evenly spread across domains.
On April 30 at 4 pm (UK time) @drstevenkapp.bsky.social will present a free webinar on his research on neurodiversity with implications for support, @uopcidd.bsky.social, and our online MSc course. Sign up to register and receive a recording even if you cannot attend.
www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
Join us online to find out how you can make a positive difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities
www.port.ac.uk
MSc Psychology and Learning Disability
Chloe Apter (she/her)
Chloe Apter (she/her)
Brian Irvine
Experts comment on an interim report commissioned by Health Secretary Wes Streeting into the rise in ADHD and Autism, as reported by the Times. Prof Uta Frith, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive…
