#HappyPrideMonth! 🌈 Pride Month is about celebrating the hard-won progress that has been made, whilst also encouraging everyone to continue to work together in creating a world where every LGBTQIA+ person is living free from discrimination, prejudice, and inequality.
Article showcase: @lukawhite.bsky.social, Kiilas Vel Ixqe, Karen Goodall and @karri-g-smith.bsky.social. The aim of this study was to explore how autistic and gender minority stress, resilience, and camouflaging predicts mental health outcomes in transgender and/or non-binary (TNB) autistic adults.
Are you Trans? Autistic? Both?
Please tell us about your experience of hiding aspects of your identity and the impact of that on your mental health
Online survey study, takes about 15 minutes.
edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
(replaces previous post with wrong link) #AutRes
Today we are showcasing a podcast episode from The Cool Cat Teacher Talk Podcast featuring former SMRC Director, @suereviews.bsky.social 🎉 This episode explored topics such as the double empathy problem, the importance of quiet spaces, and monotropism. www.coolcatteacher.com/neurodiverse...
We are delighted that @cjcrompton.bsky.social has been awarded the International Society for Autism Research 2026 Early Career Investigator Award. Scan the QR codes to read her ground-breaking work on information transfer, neurodivergent peer support in schools and inclusive research practice! 🎉
Article showcase: Vilas Sawrikar, Kyle Buchan and @karri-g-smith.bsky.social (SMRC Associate) @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social School of Health in Social Science. This study explored young people's perspectives on key attributes of technology-enabled personalised youth mental health care for depression.
For more information on what celebration events this month are happening near you, and accessible resources, check out @stonewalluk.bsky.social 's website:
www.stonewall.org.uk/resources/lg...
Young people believe digital care pathways can help reduce barriers to care and streamline pathways from screening to referrals, assessments and service transfers.
Link to full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
Findings highlight an urgency for healthcare providers and policymakers to reduce anti-autistic and transphobic discrimination to better support the mental health of TNB autistic adults.
Link to full article here: www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publicati...
This episode also offers practical strategies educators can implement into their practice and draws on case studies from Sue's recently published book It Takes All Kinds of Minds (order at the link below).
www.routledge.com/It-Takes-All...
Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre (SMRC)
Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre (SMRC)
Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre (SMRC)
Sue Fletcher-Watson
Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre (SMRC)
Stonewall is part of a vibrant, growing and global movement advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. Over the last 35+ years, we have helped create transformative…
It Takes All Kinds of Minds provides an inspiring and accessible introduction to neurodiversity in educational settings, informed by research and real-world experience.
Drawing upon core principles th...
