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Elaine McGreevy she/her
@elainemcgreevy.bsky.social
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Speech & Language Therapist. Love the quietness. Monotropic.
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ka81.bsky.social
@kieranrose.bsky.social @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @autisticrealms.bsky.social @sedsconnective.org @thewoodbug.bsky.social some of you all led, we need a diagnosis one address this stuff.... it is way out of hand.

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October 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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thewoodbug.bsky.social
Our poster from the How I Communicate project is up at @autismeurope.bsky.social It summarises findings from our systematic review into minimally & non-speaking (prevalence and terminology) in the UK. #AECongress2025 #AutismEurope25 @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @sxu33.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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thewoodbug.bsky.social
➡️ Interested in autism and education?
➡️ Undertake research that takes a strengths-informed approach?
➡️ Within a neurodiversity paradigm?
🙌 Consider submitting an abstract to a special education of Behavioral Sciences
More information in the link below 👇
www.mdpi.com/journal/beha...
#AutRes
Information about the special issue: I am the guest editor of a special issue for Behavioral Sciences on the topic of Education for Autistic Children and Young People. I warmly invite you to consider submitting an abstract for this special issue, the aim of which is to bring together the most recent ideas and research in the autism and education field. In this special issue, we are particularly interested in strengths-informed approaches to autism and education, situated within a neurodiversity paradigm, underpinned by high quality research. The age range is approximately at 3 – 25 years. Submissions focusing on secondary/high school education and alternative settings are particularly welcome, as are studies drawn from low and middle income countries. Abstract submission deadline: 30 September 2025 Manuscript deadline: 16 April 2025
August 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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isabellefk.bsky.social
& not needlessly making them switch focus away from deep attention on learning that benefits & matters to them?

@thewoodbug.bsky.social’s work on interest-based learning chimes with your insights re wasted staff effort imv.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Autism, intense interests and support in school: from wasted efforts to shared understandings
Having intense or “special” interests and a tendency to focus in depth to the exclusion of other inputs, is associated with autistic cognition, sometimes framed as “monotropism”. Despite some drawb...
www.tandfonline.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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thewoodbug.bsky.social
Getting ready for trip to Dublin ☘️ for @autismeurope.bsky.social congress next week! I will be presenting some fascinating findings from the Autistic School Staff Project. Parents from the UK, Poland and US share their understandings of autistic teachers.
➡️Merrion Room
➡️Thursday 11th
➡️17.45
#AE25
Title of presentation is How do parents understand autistic teachers? Dr Rebecca Wood, senior lecturer in inclusive education, university of glasgow. @thewoodbug. Images of university of Glasgow logo and the Autistic School Staff Project logo. Funded by the John and Lorna Wing Foundation.
September 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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thewoodbug.bsky.social
📣 Latest article from Autistic School Staff Project - the experiences of autistic teachers in Poland 📣

Many challenges but strongest findings yet on monotropism.

Questioning the inclusivity of current expectations of teachers.

Open access - please share!
👇🏻🇵🇱
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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autisticrealms.bsky.social
Reshare of the Autistic community e-book with contributions from @drmbothapsych.bsky.social @autisticrealms.bsky.social @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @wardasworld.bsky.social @emergentdivergence.com @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @kieranrose.bsky.social

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Ways of Being, Knowing and Doing: An Anthology for Neurodivergent-Informed Practice
The community has come together to support the Palestinian people. The result is an incredible ebooklet edited by Lisa Chapman and Kim Mears.
autismbooksbyautisticauthors.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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learningmet.bsky.social
In this short video, Professor Sara Ryan, research group lead, and Professor Chris Hatton share more about the Learning Disability and Autism research group at @scswmcrmet.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social.

#AcademicSky #AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #ResearchGroup #ManMet
BAP - 6704 Chancellor's Dinner Research Film V10
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July 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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kosjenka.bsky.social
I am a happy teacher. A happy autistic teacher. My autism makes me exceptionally good at teaching certain age groups. I manage to do the work I adore w/o being overwhelmed.

I wish that for all autistic teachers.

That’s why we need this kind of research published in the journals.
thewoodbug.bsky.social Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · Jun 21
Fantastic to see that our article on the experiences of autistic teachers in Poland has been published open access in the International Journal of Inclusive Education 🙌https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13603116.2025.2518393#abstract #AutismResearch
‘We are here and we deserve it’: being an autistic teacher in Poland
Despite an increasing focus on autism, neurodiversity and inclusion in the education sector, there remains limited awareness of the experiences, needs and strengths of autistic educators. This gap ...
www.tandfonline.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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thewoodbug.bsky.social
Fantastic to see that our article on the experiences of autistic teachers in Poland has been published open access in the International Journal of Inclusive Education 🙌https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13603116.2025.2518393#abstract #AutismResearch
‘We are here and we deserve it’: being an autistic teacher in Poland
Despite an increasing focus on autism, neurodiversity and inclusion in the education sector, there remains limited awareness of the experiences, needs and strengths of autistic educators. This gap ...
www.tandfonline.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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kimmears.bsky.social
Almost a year & almost £3000 raised. This ebooklet is still available. To get it donate to a charity supporting aid in Gaza & send proof of donation to ndebooklet@outlook.com. @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social & many more. Minimum donation £8 pls. Thank you
kimmears.bsky.social Kim Mears @kimmears.bsky.social · Jan 20
In July last year a wonderful group of people came together to create an ebooklet on neurodiversity to raise money for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Since then we have raised over £2000. Now more than ever the people of Gaza need our help.
To get a copy see below. @commonsenseslt.bsky.social
Front page of booklet called ways of being knowing and doing.
June 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
elainemcgreevy.bsky.social
Such important work by @mariemarm.bsky.social
#SLT #Neurodiversity #NoLanguageIsBad
mariemarm.bsky.social Marie Manalili @mariemarm.bsky.social · May 9
My complaints manifesto / MSc thesis is now published hihihi

Salamat, Jon & @deafkilljoy.bsky.social and more! 💜
academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...
May 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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uoppald.bsky.social
@drstevenkapp.bsky.social's panel at International Society for Autism Research on Neurodivergence-affirming research practices for autistic people w/ high support needs illustrates relevance of neurodiversity framework for people w/ significant disabilities - an important principle of our MSc course
hannahmorton.bsky.social Hannah Morton @hannahmorton.bsky.social · May 3
As an autism community we should be coming together to defend and support the services and supports that allow autistic people to live a life of their choosing
- @drstevenkapp.bsky.social

Thank you Dr. Kapp for your continued leadership and advocacy at #INSAR2025 and beyond
Steven Kapp presenting at a podium at INSAR
May 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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kt-neurorealme.bsky.social
Q2: 1) factors impacting
high rates of Autistic unaliving in high masking Autists 2) Autistic Joy/glimmers and the healing impact of Monotropic flow 3) impact of Rampant discrimination, stigmatization, infantalization in hiring practices, media representation & political circles by decision makers
May 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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thinkingautism.com
#INSAR2025 researchers, if you actually talk to autistic people of all ages, disability profiles, and communication profiles, you'll find that a non-innate commonality is … trauma. And as this is avoidable, this is one of the root areas from which all autism research should proceed. #neurodiversity
May 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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drmbothapsych.bsky.social
I have my posters ready for #INSAR2025. This year I'm presenting on

➡️ perceived dehumanization and masking mediating the relationship of group (au v not) and depression.

➡️ dehumanizing autism research predicts dehumanizing attitudes to autistic people

➡️ A Computational CDA of 60000 abstracts
April 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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thrivingautistic.bsky.social
Read this extract from 'The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook' in @bpsofficial.bsky.social on moving away from deficit-based models and towards truly #neuroaffirmative child #autismassessment

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Get your copy here:
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Stories of autism and how they shape us | BPS
An extract from The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook by Dr Maeve Kavanagh, Dr Anna Day, Davida Hartman, Tara O'Donnell-Killen and Jessica K Doyle.
www.bps.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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thrivingautistic.bsky.social
Out Now!

By @taraodk.bsky.social , Davida Hartman, Maeve Kavanagh, Anna Day & @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social .

Thanks to @autisticrealms.bsky.social l , @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social & Katie Kerley for their invaluable contributions.

uk.jkp.com/products/the...
The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook
Based on new and emerging clinical research, this book is here to guide you through creating a neuro-affirmative child autism assessment process for your practice.Moving away from a deficit-based medi...
uk.jkp.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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wiringthebrain.bsky.social
Increasing prevalence of autism is due, in part, to changing diagnoses www.psu.edu/news/researc... - many cases of what used to be called 'intellectual disability' are now being diagnosed as 'autism'
Increasing prevalence of autism is due, in part, to changing diagnoses | Penn State University
The greater than three-fold increase in autism diagnoses among students in special education programs in the United States between 2000 and 2010 may be due in large part to the reclassification of ind...
www.psu.edu
April 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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nddpsych.bsky.social
Conceptualizing and describing autistic language: Moving on from ‘verbal’, ‘minimally verbal’ and ‘nonverbal’ - Bottema-Beutel et al - Autism - 2025 #AutRes journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Conceptualizing and describing autistic language: Moving on from ‘verbal’, ‘minimally verbal’ and ‘nonverbal’ - Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Alyssa Hillary Zisk, Jordyn Zimmerman, Betty Yu, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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kmunday.bsky.social
Save the date!!!! 📢

Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies, and Mad Studies.

One-day hybrid symposium for researchers and community members.

11th June 10am - 4pm

Centenary Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ. And online!

#MadCrip2025 #AutRes
Save the date!!!! 📢 Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies and Mad Studies. One-day hybrid symposium for postgraduate researchers and community members. 11th June 10am - 4pm Centenary Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ And online! Save the date: 11th June! #MadCrip2025 ******* British Sociological Association University of Southampton University of Portsmouth SCDTP.
April 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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emergentdivergence.com
New Article! Why Autism Awareness & Acceptance Are Relevant To Autism Diagnosis
emergentdivergence.com/2025/04/13/w...

#ActuallyAutistic #autism #ADHD #neurodiversity #neurodivergent
Why Autism Awareness & Acceptance Are Relevant To Autism Diagnosis - Emergent Divergence
Every April Autistic people find themselves under fire in online spaces. The key debate that causes this comes down to whether April should be known as Autism Acceptance Month or Autism Awareness…
emergentdivergence.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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audhd-psychnp.com
"Autistic adults experienced a lack of understanding of both autism in general & a lack of empathy toward them as individuals on the part of the employer & colleagues.

Further, there was NO evidence of responsibility being taken by the employer to mitigate their gaps in knowledge."

🫠 I'm shocked.
January 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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autchatmod.bsky.social
#AutChat is a tag for autistic people & "autistic cousins" (people with similar experiences due to hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, ADHD, etc).

We welcome autistic/similar people whether formally diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or questioning/wondering if they are autistic/similar.
April 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM