Zoe Connor dietitian/researcher (she/hers)
@zoeconnorrd.bsky.social
🇬🇧UK-based #research and clinical paediatric #dietitian interested in 🍎 #feeding problems, ♾️ #autism and more. #NIHR doctoral fellow.
🤝 Values: love, compassion and inclusion.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/zoeconnor.
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🤝 Values: love, compassion and inclusion.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/zoeconnor.
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Hi, I’m here to connect and learn more about improving lives through clinical care and research. I’m an experienced NHS paediatric dietitian and PhD student researching feeding problems in autistic kids. I’m passionate about inclusivity and promote neurodivergent-affirming practice :)
This insightful post by @kieranrose.bsky.social is essential reading for anyone involved in supporting/researching eating or ARFID in autistic folk theautisticadvocate.com/reclaiming-a.... A reminder to challenge your own assumptions/values/biases + remain curious as to how others experience food.
Reclaiming Autistic Food Identity: Feeding Shame and Swallowing Stigma - The Autistic Advocate
In this article Kieran Rose discusses reclaiming Autistic food identity and how Autistic people are so often shamed for the way they eat.
theautisticadvocate.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This insightful post by @kieranrose.bsky.social is essential reading for anyone involved in supporting/researching eating or ARFID in autistic folk theautisticadvocate.com/reclaiming-a.... A reminder to challenge your own assumptions/values/biases + remain curious as to how others experience food.
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I've recently started a WhatsApp group and I'd love you to spread the word.
Check out the details below and please share!
@builduprdns.bsky.social @dietitiansaus.bsky.social @chattydietitian.bsky.social @zoeconnorrd.bsky.social @priyatew.bsky.social @bda-dietitians.bsky.social
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@builduprdns.bsky.social @dietitiansaus.bsky.social @chattydietitian.bsky.social @zoeconnorrd.bsky.social @priyatew.bsky.social @bda-dietitians.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I've recently started a WhatsApp group and I'd love you to spread the word.
Check out the details below and please share!
@builduprdns.bsky.social @dietitiansaus.bsky.social @chattydietitian.bsky.social @zoeconnorrd.bsky.social @priyatew.bsky.social @bda-dietitians.bsky.social
Check out the details below and please share!
@builduprdns.bsky.social @dietitiansaus.bsky.social @chattydietitian.bsky.social @zoeconnorrd.bsky.social @priyatew.bsky.social @bda-dietitians.bsky.social
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A study looked at how autism is talked about in textbooks vs self-advocacy
As usual, autism was viewed through a “pathology lens” so “requiring intervention & correction”
It’s not just #autism research. When writing about autistic people in ANY way, pls include the voices of actual autistic people
As usual, autism was viewed through a “pathology lens” so “requiring intervention & correction”
It’s not just #autism research. When writing about autistic people in ANY way, pls include the voices of actual autistic people
January 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A study looked at how autism is talked about in textbooks vs self-advocacy
As usual, autism was viewed through a “pathology lens” so “requiring intervention & correction”
It’s not just #autism research. When writing about autistic people in ANY way, pls include the voices of actual autistic people
As usual, autism was viewed through a “pathology lens” so “requiring intervention & correction”
It’s not just #autism research. When writing about autistic people in ANY way, pls include the voices of actual autistic people
Reposted by Zoe Connor dietitian/researcher (she/hers)
Hey! Bluesky! Learn you about some Autism!
I wrote this piece after a conversation with CNN's Sanjay Gupta, and it's received tremendous feedback from both Autistic people and from educators, doctors and journalists who have learned from it.
Read it!
coda.io/@mykola-bilo...
I wrote this piece after a conversation with CNN's Sanjay Gupta, and it's received tremendous feedback from both Autistic people and from educators, doctors and journalists who have learned from it.
Read it!
coda.io/@mykola-bilo...
How To Talk About Autism Respectfully · Public Neurodiversity Support Center
A Field Guide for Journalists, Educators, Doctors and anyone else who wants to know how to better communicate about Autism.
coda.io
November 27, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Hey! Bluesky! Learn you about some Autism!
I wrote this piece after a conversation with CNN's Sanjay Gupta, and it's received tremendous feedback from both Autistic people and from educators, doctors and journalists who have learned from it.
Read it!
coda.io/@mykola-bilo...
I wrote this piece after a conversation with CNN's Sanjay Gupta, and it's received tremendous feedback from both Autistic people and from educators, doctors and journalists who have learned from it.
Read it!
coda.io/@mykola-bilo...
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 7, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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I'm speaking this Saturday to a mix of professionals and parents on being PDA and food and eating.
I'm sharing my experience of #burnout and when eating was too hard and what I have learned to support others now.
What would you want the audience to know?
#PDA #autism #mentalhealth #nurse
I'm sharing my experience of #burnout and when eating was too hard and what I have learned to support others now.
What would you want the audience to know?
#PDA #autism #mentalhealth #nurse
December 5, 2024 at 8:56 AM
I'm speaking this Saturday to a mix of professionals and parents on being PDA and food and eating.
I'm sharing my experience of #burnout and when eating was too hard and what I have learned to support others now.
What would you want the audience to know?
#PDA #autism #mentalhealth #nurse
I'm sharing my experience of #burnout and when eating was too hard and what I have learned to support others now.
What would you want the audience to know?
#PDA #autism #mentalhealth #nurse
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We have been asked to share this interesting brain body research on ADHD Autism and Gait.
Email M.porter1@uni.bsms.ac.uk for more info or take part!
#Neurodivergence #autism #ADHD #autistic #study #getinvolved
Email M.porter1@uni.bsms.ac.uk for more info or take part!
#Neurodivergence #autism #ADHD #autistic #study #getinvolved
December 5, 2024 at 7:57 AM
We have been asked to share this interesting brain body research on ADHD Autism and Gait.
Email M.porter1@uni.bsms.ac.uk for more info or take part!
#Neurodivergence #autism #ADHD #autistic #study #getinvolved
Email M.porter1@uni.bsms.ac.uk for more info or take part!
#Neurodivergence #autism #ADHD #autistic #study #getinvolved
Tuned into the Learning from deaths – Children with a learning disability and autistic children webinar today. #autism 1/
www.ncmd.info
December 2, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Tuned into the Learning from deaths – Children with a learning disability and autistic children webinar today. #autism 1/
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How Wikipedia Misleads People About Autism: "When a subject is objectively contentious—as is the case with autism—the editing gets tricky. Still, there is no excuse for Wikipedia being so badly out of date, given its impact." @ferrousmu.bsky.social, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/11/how-...
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/11/how-...
November 25, 2024 at 2:26 AM
How Wikipedia Misleads People About Autism: "When a subject is objectively contentious—as is the case with autism—the editing gets tricky. Still, there is no excuse for Wikipedia being so badly out of date, given its impact." @ferrousmu.bsky.social, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/11/how-...
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/11/how-...
Great to see this review of neurodivergence and eating disorders coming out from Eating Disorders Neurodiversity Australia: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪 #eatingdisorders #autism #ADHD
Neurodivergence, intersectionality, and eating disorders: a lived experience-led narrative review - Journal of Eating Disorders
Autistic people and those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are at a high risk of developing an eating disorder. While there is limited evidence on the relationship between other forms of ...
link.springer.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Great to see this review of neurodivergence and eating disorders coming out from Eating Disorders Neurodiversity Australia: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪 #eatingdisorders #autism #ADHD
I posted lots about the #appetitestudy conference today in Birmingham UK led by @profblissett.bsky.social.
Fab day. Lots of great learning about #eatingbehaviour #psychology #research. And importantly a great lunch and friendly crowd :) 🧪 I was going to collate my posts below but have no idea how!
Fab day. Lots of great learning about #eatingbehaviour #psychology #research. And importantly a great lunch and friendly crowd :) 🧪 I was going to collate my posts below but have no idea how!
November 22, 2024 at 9:21 PM
I posted lots about the #appetitestudy conference today in Birmingham UK led by @profblissett.bsky.social.
Fab day. Lots of great learning about #eatingbehaviour #psychology #research. And importantly a great lunch and friendly crowd :) 🧪 I was going to collate my posts below but have no idea how!
Fab day. Lots of great learning about #eatingbehaviour #psychology #research. And importantly a great lunch and friendly crowd :) 🧪 I was going to collate my posts below but have no idea how!
My reflections on the #appetitestudy conference 🧪
- an amazing body of work looking at avid eating in littles from all sorts of angles that I don’t pretend to fully understand!
- great collaboration between different experts in different centres in the UK :)
- an amazing body of work looking at avid eating in littles from all sorts of angles that I don’t pretend to fully understand!
- great collaboration between different experts in different centres in the UK :)
November 22, 2024 at 9:09 PM
My reflections on the #appetitestudy conference 🧪
- an amazing body of work looking at avid eating in littles from all sorts of angles that I don’t pretend to fully understand!
- great collaboration between different experts in different centres in the UK :)
- an amazing body of work looking at avid eating in littles from all sorts of angles that I don’t pretend to fully understand!
- great collaboration between different experts in different centres in the UK :)
Finally @profblissett.bsky.social wrapped up a great day of learning about the #appetitestudy.
Managing avid eating is important to parents as it is a major area of conflict for them.
Managing avid eating is important to parents as it is a major area of conflict for them.
November 22, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Finally @profblissett.bsky.social wrapped up a great day of learning about the #appetitestudy.
Managing avid eating is important to parents as it is a major area of conflict for them.
Managing avid eating is important to parents as it is a major area of conflict for them.
Next was Dr Helen Croker who had been tasked with translating the results of the other work packages in the #appetitestudy into an intervention.
November 22, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Next was Dr Helen Croker who had been tasked with translating the results of the other work packages in the #appetitestudy into an intervention.
Next at #appetitestudy conference was Dr Katie Edwards @katieedders.bsky.social presenting results of a lab based study. Invited 129 parent and child dyads to the lab to be observed
November 22, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Next at #appetitestudy conference was Dr Katie Edwards @katieedders.bsky.social presenting results of a lab based study. Invited 129 parent and child dyads to the lab to be observed
Prof Claire Farrow presented next at the #appetitestudy conference. 🧪. Parents use feeding practices that work in the immediacy but have negative effects longer term.
Used a variable-centred approach to compare maternal food approach traits with child food approach traits.
Used a variable-centred approach to compare maternal food approach traits with child food approach traits.
November 22, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Prof Claire Farrow presented next at the #appetitestudy conference. 🧪. Parents use feeding practices that work in the immediacy but have negative effects longer term.
Used a variable-centred approach to compare maternal food approach traits with child food approach traits.
Used a variable-centred approach to compare maternal food approach traits with child food approach traits.
Eek my phone is running out of battery so I guess ill have to revert to taking paper notes #appetitestudy conference
November 22, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Eek my phone is running out of battery so I guess ill have to revert to taking paper notes #appetitestudy conference
Dr Alice Kininmonth, Leeds University, now presenting on Prospective and reciprocal associations between parent feeding practices and preschool children’s eating behaviour. #appetitestudy conference. 🧪 …
November 22, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Dr Alice Kininmonth, Leeds University, now presenting on Prospective and reciprocal associations between parent feeding practices and preschool children’s eating behaviour. #appetitestudy conference. 🧪 …
Prof Emma Haycraft (Loughborough University) now presenting about parents experiences and challenges of feeding preschool children with avid eating behaviour #appetitestudy 🧪#psychology #research
November 22, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Prof Emma Haycraft (Loughborough University) now presenting about parents experiences and challenges of feeding preschool children with avid eating behaviour #appetitestudy 🧪#psychology #research
Next up at the #appetitestudy conference is Dr Abigail Pickard of Edinburgh Uni and Aston Uni: identifying an avid eating profile in childhood: what does this behaviour look like ‘in the moment’?
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November 22, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Next up at the #appetitestudy conference is Dr Abigail Pickard of Edinburgh Uni and Aston Uni: identifying an avid eating profile in childhood: what does this behaviour look like ‘in the moment’?
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Dr Moritz Herle from KCl now talking about the development of appetite avidity and emotional eating 🧪 #appetitestudy
November 22, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Dr Moritz Herle from KCl now talking about the development of appetite avidity and emotional eating 🧪 #appetitestudy
Next speaker at #appetitestudy conference - Prof Clare Llewellyn from UCL talking about Behavioural susceptibility theory of childhood obesity. 🧪
November 22, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Next speaker at #appetitestudy conference - Prof Clare Llewellyn from UCL talking about Behavioural susceptibility theory of childhood obesity. 🧪
Excited to hear all about my colleagues’ APPETiTE project today @profblissett.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Excited to hear all about my colleagues’ APPETiTE project today @profblissett.bsky.social
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I know I’m repeating myself, but educators, please don’t take away a kiddo’s same lunch at school.
This food is providing safety, comfort and consistency in a busy day.
Don’t take away an accommodation.
#earlyyears #teachers #send #disability
This food is providing safety, comfort and consistency in a busy day.
Don’t take away an accommodation.
#earlyyears #teachers #send #disability
November 20, 2024 at 9:14 AM
I know I’m repeating myself, but educators, please don’t take away a kiddo’s same lunch at school.
This food is providing safety, comfort and consistency in a busy day.
Don’t take away an accommodation.
#earlyyears #teachers #send #disability
This food is providing safety, comfort and consistency in a busy day.
Don’t take away an accommodation.
#earlyyears #teachers #send #disability
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Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.
November 13, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.