Lizzie Gale-St.Ives
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Lizzie Gale-St.Ives
@lizigale.bsky.social
Lecturer in IDD, Tizard Centre - Uni of Kent
Research interests: autism, gender, neurodiversity, diagnosis and justice system
Researcher - ICALD & SOTSEC-ID Projects
Charity Director - Our Minds CIC
Collector of books & crystals - closet witch 🧙🏻‍♀️
Reposted by Lizzie Gale-St.Ives
Read our research on post-diagnostic support for autistic young people, which was co-produced with autistic young people themselves. Report launched today at Ambitious about Autism's "Life after an autism diagnosis" conference: bit.ly/AAA-PD
November 3, 2023 at 2:26 PM
Reposted by Lizzie Gale-St.Ives
“…adults who self-identify as autistic seem to have a reasonably accurate recognition of autism/autistic traits in themselves. We think this is something that should be considered in the referral and diagnostic process of an adult autism assessment.”

Responsible self-identification is VALID.
Understanding the Self-identification of Autism in Adults: a Scoping Review - Review Journal of Auti...
Adults are increasingly self-identifying as autistic, and reporting problems being referred for an autism diagnostic assessment. This scoping review aims to ascertain: (1) what research has been condu...
link.springer.com
October 29, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Reposted by Lizzie Gale-St.Ives
If you are an autism researcher
And you reject autistic participation or feedback
You might want to rethink being an autism researcher
(We said what we said)

Inspired by the fantastic CARES Conference.
October 21, 2023 at 6:38 PM
Reposted by Lizzie Gale-St.Ives
Reposting for all the new autism researchers who’ve joined of late.

Welcome!

Please check out my feed, like it, pin it (so you can easily check what the craic is whenever you want)

And post to it! #AutRes
Welcome to Bluesky, new followers!

Lots of you might be interested in the Autism Research feed I made

It collects everything posted in the preceding 7 days that uses #AutRes or the words autism & research

Your posts will be there too, just use words or the hashtag

bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 20, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Reposted by Lizzie Gale-St.Ives
captapnetwork.wordpress.com/2023/09/19/h... Hurrah. Our lovely guide to using kind and respectful language about autistic people is out. Feel free to share.
October 5, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Hi! 👋🏼 Sharing good news! I just passed my VIVA with minor corrections. My PhD: ‘Advancing the understanding of autistic women and girls. Development of a screening tool to improve recognition and access to diagnostic pathways and support’ - examined by Prof Will Mandy & Dr Nick Gore. #AutRes
October 20, 2023 at 9:50 PM