Prof Megan Freeth
@shefautismres.bsky.social
Director of Sheffield Autism Research Lab. Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK.
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‘Am I gonna regret this?’: The experiences of diagnostic disclosure in autistic adults - Sheena K Au-Yeung, Megan Freeth, Andrew R Thompson, 2025
An increasing number of people receive autism diagnoses in adulthood, and there are few studies investigating autistic adults’ experiences of disclosing their d...
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New ShARL article on Autism diagnostic disclosure in adulthood journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Led by the wonderful Dr Sheena Au-Yeung
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I will be accepting a PhD student for Fall 2026 in our Curriculum and Instruction program. If you are interested in autistic sociality, caregiver influence on their autistic children's development, and neurodiversity in school contexts, please get in touch!
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Curriculum and Instruction - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College
The Lynch School's hybrid doctoral program in Curriculum & Instruction is designed to develop professionals who have the knowledge, intellectual disposition, professional skills, ethical sensibilities...
www.bc.edu
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I will be accepting a PhD student for Fall 2026 in our Curriculum and Instruction program. If you are interested in autistic sociality, caregiver influence on their autistic children's development, and neurodiversity in school contexts, please get in touch!
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Autism is now on LinkedIn! 🌍 👋
We'll also be sharing videos, summaries, and round-ups of research published in the journal! Come and join our community - our profile is here ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/company/1085...
(Don't worry, we'll still be posting on BlueSky!)
We'll also be sharing videos, summaries, and round-ups of research published in the journal! Come and join our community - our profile is here ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/company/1085...
(Don't worry, we'll still be posting on BlueSky!)
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September 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Autism is now on LinkedIn! 🌍 👋
We'll also be sharing videos, summaries, and round-ups of research published in the journal! Come and join our community - our profile is here ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/company/1085...
(Don't worry, we'll still be posting on BlueSky!)
We'll also be sharing videos, summaries, and round-ups of research published in the journal! Come and join our community - our profile is here ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/company/1085...
(Don't worry, we'll still be posting on BlueSky!)
Reposted by Prof Megan Freeth
Hi! We are a part-time (can work alongside) online ("live" *options*; costs the same in/outside the UK, can study from everywhere) MSc course on learning/intellectual disability, autism, and neurodiversity. Students have own tutor. We are recruiting for this term:
www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Hi! We are a part-time (can work alongside) online ("live" *options*; costs the same in/outside the UK, can study from everywhere) MSc course on learning/intellectual disability, autism, and neurodiversity. Students have own tutor. We are recruiting for this term:
www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
Excited to be at #AEC2025! ShARL will be presenting 4 posters and a talk (NIHR projects on ICF Strengths and Needs Assessment; Community Partnerships using systems mapping for health @victorianewell.bsky.social ; ESRC projects on Student wellbeing and Attention Control; Views on Data Sharing)
September 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Excited to be at #AEC2025! ShARL will be presenting 4 posters and a talk (NIHR projects on ICF Strengths and Needs Assessment; Community Partnerships using systems mapping for health @victorianewell.bsky.social ; ESRC projects on Student wellbeing and Attention Control; Views on Data Sharing)
Reposted by Prof Megan Freeth
New preprint: Open data in autism research: the views of autistic people and parents of autistic children
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
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July 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New preprint: Open data in autism research: the views of autistic people and parents of autistic children
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
Extremely pleased to have a copy of The Autism Dialogue Approach Handbook. What a wonderfully informative and progressive text! 👏
June 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Extremely pleased to have a copy of The Autism Dialogue Approach Handbook. What a wonderfully informative and progressive text! 👏
Reposted by Prof Megan Freeth
Next week @beatrixbird.bsky.social and I will be presenting b2b for Cafe Autistique at the Contact Theatre in Manchester. Talking research on attention,distraction and monotropism
Join us @contactmcr.bsky.social for Café Autistique on 11 June 5.30-8.30pm! Elizaveta shares autistic adults' views on early #autism #interventions; Dr Daniel Poole explores #ADHD, #autistic & #neurotypical distraction & Beatrix Butnicu discusses #monotropism www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cafe-autis...
Café Autistíque - 11th June 2025
A space where autism researchers can discuss their recent work with the public. In an inclusive space with tea and biscuits.
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June 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Next week @beatrixbird.bsky.social and I will be presenting b2b for Cafe Autistique at the Contact Theatre in Manchester. Talking research on attention,distraction and monotropism
Congratulations Vikki!!!
I am pleased to announce that I passed my PhD viva yesterday with minor corrections!!! Huge thanks to my supervisors @sarahcassisy.bsky.social & Caroline Richards for their support over the years, and to my examiners Will Mandy & Brian O’Shea for a great experience. #PhDone 🥳🎓
May 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Congratulations Vikki!!!
New ShARL article on Autism diagnostic disclosure in adulthood journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Led by the wonderful Dr Sheena Au-Yeung
‘Am I gonna regret this?’: The experiences of diagnostic disclosure in autistic adults - Sheena K Au-Yeung, Megan Freeth, Andrew R Thompson, 2025
An increasing number of people receive autism diagnoses in adulthood, and there are few studies investigating autistic adults’ experiences of disclosing their d...
journals.sagepub.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
New ShARL article on Autism diagnostic disclosure in adulthood journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Led by the wonderful Dr Sheena Au-Yeung
poster on Employment including an employer focussed intervention #INSAR2025
May 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
poster on Employment including an employer focussed intervention #INSAR2025
Keynote Raymaker: Emphasises importance of centering neurodivergent epistemologies in neurodiversity research #INSAR2025
May 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Keynote Raymaker: Emphasises importance of centering neurodivergent epistemologies in neurodiversity research #INSAR2025
Keynote Raymaker: "It is impossible to control complex futures but we can dance with them" Quotes Meadows, 2002 #INSAR2025
May 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Keynote Raymaker: "It is impossible to control complex futures but we can dance with them" Quotes Meadows, 2002 #INSAR2025
Keynote Raymaker: "We need to have a better understanding of the kinds of futures we want to have." Provides an excellent example of how to do this #INSAR2025
May 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Keynote Raymaker: "We need to have a better understanding of the kinds of futures we want to have." Provides an excellent example of how to do this #INSAR2025
Keynote Raymaker: Interesting discussion around knowledge and power - how to keep the good bits and move forward? ##INSAR2025
May 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Keynote Raymaker: Interesting discussion around knowledge and power - how to keep the good bits and move forward? ##INSAR2025
Keynote Raymaker: AASPIRE - has now been running for 19 years; inclusion guidelines and toolkit online - check it out! #INSAR2025
May 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Keynote Raymaker: AASPIRE - has now been running for 19 years; inclusion guidelines and toolkit online - check it out! #INSAR2025
Keynote Raymaker: Now speaking about AASPIRE - check it out!! #INSAR2025
May 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Keynote Raymaker: Now speaking about AASPIRE - check it out!! #INSAR2025
Keynote Raymaker: Now a helpful reflection on what is motivating change and how to get to plausible and desirable futures #INSAR2025
May 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Keynote Raymaker: Now a helpful reflection on what is motivating change and how to get to plausible and desirable futures #INSAR2025
Keynote Raymaker: "Transdisciplinary research can really help to solve complex problems" #INSAR2025
May 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Keynote Raymaker: "Transdisciplinary research can really help to solve complex problems" #INSAR2025
Keynote Raymaker: Transdisciplinary and Co-Produced Futures in Autism Research #INSAR2025 Great choice of keynote speaker!
May 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Keynote Raymaker: Transdisciplinary and Co-Produced Futures in Autism Research #INSAR2025 Great choice of keynote speaker!
#INSAR2025 poster on diagnostic disclosure
May 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
#INSAR2025 poster on diagnostic disclosure
#INSAR2025 poster on reasons for autistic student dropout from higher education
May 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#INSAR2025 poster on reasons for autistic student dropout from higher education
Keynote Lombardo: Looking at whether different subgroups respond differently to early intervention. Argues that yes they do. #INSAR2025
May 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Keynote Lombardo: Looking at whether different subgroups respond differently to early intervention. Argues that yes they do. #INSAR2025
Keynote Lombardo: Looking at machine learning algorithms. Says this can find a type 1 vs type 2 distinction purely based on data ##INSAR2025
May 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Keynote Lombardo: Looking at machine learning algorithms. Says this can find a type 1 vs type 2 distinction purely based on data ##INSAR2025