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berengeredigard.bsky.social
Bérengère G. Digard
@berengeredigard.bsky.social
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Postdoc 🧠 researcher at Edinburgh Uni Med School CCBS (with a cool side job 🎥🎬)
| Aphantasia / Hyperphantasia / Autism / Bilingualism
| Science Communication
| faceblind girl w a confusing 1st name & unbelievable middle name 🧝‍♀️
📍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 from 🇫🇷🇪🇸 | 🍉
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berengeredigard.bsky.social
‪Thank you to #AECongress2025 for the chance to present our (w @drrachaeldavis.bsky.social) work on the #Autism & #Bilingualism Hub autism-bilingualism.com
TY to all who came to chat after the talk,
& those who came by our #gender/ #masking/ #mentalhealth poster!

(spot the subtle 🍉🇵🇸 support)
Picture taken at the Autism Europe Congress 2025 showing the presenter Dr Bérengère Digard standing at a lectern in the bottom left corner of the image. Dr Digard has long dark hair, a colourful shirt, and dark red trousers. She is looking to her left, towards the screen behind her, that takes most of the picture. On the screen there is the first slide of her talk, showing in dark red the title "Clinicians & Educators on Bilingualism & Autism: Factors influencing practice, & the efficacy of new information resources". Below the title are the authors' names and affiliations (Dr Bérengère Digard and Ella Verduyn at the University of Edinburgh, Dr Rachael Davis at Queen Margaret University). In the bottom right corner of the slide there is a cartoon of a watermelon slice to represent the authors' ongoing support for Palestine and their stance against the apartheid and genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinian and supported by Western nations. To the left of the title is a drawing of the face of a blond child on a green background with their head surrounded by letters. In the bottom left there are different logos aligned showing the organisations that supported the study presented (the University of Edinburgh, Queen Margaret University, the Patrick Wild Centre, FIRAH). Picture of Dr Bérengère Digard standing by a poster at the Autism Europe Congress 2025. Dr Digard has long dark hair, a colourful shirt, and dark red trousers. The portrait-oriented poster is entitled "A qualitative study on the intersectionality of autism and gender on mental health and camouflaging". Next to the title is attached a pin of the Palestinian flag to show Dr Digard's support for Palestine and her stance against the genocide and apartheid committed by Israel against the Palestinians with the support of Western states.
September 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
berengeredigard.bsky.social
I am having the best time at #AECongress2025 !

TY @autismeurope.bsky.social for organising such a fascinating programme! TY to all those who came to see my #autism / #aphantasia / #hyperphantasia / #MentalImagery poster today, see you tomo for a #bilingualism talk + a #gender / #masking poster!
Photo of me standing beside my research poster
September 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
berengeredigard.bsky.social
FRINGE SHOW INCOMING ✨

Do you like the brain 🧠?
Are you in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for #Fringe2025?
Do you want to witness my Fringe debut?
Come and learn about your mind's inner world on the 7th (& 18th) August. It will be fun (hopefully)
> tickets for the 7th: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

#EdFringe
August 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
berengeredigard.bsky.social
📣 My dissertation students Freya & Lauren are doing cool intersectional research on #aphantasia / #hyperphantasia & #autism, testing a task to make it easier for people to join research online.

If you're one or several of the above (or none), please go to edin.ac/4h1ghPU or get in touch w them!

TY
portrait recruitment flyer with a dark grey background and 3 large coloured text boxes (dark yellow, forest green, dark orange) with rounded corners arranged from the top (largest box) to the bottom (smallest box) of the flyer, slightly overlapping. There is the University of Edinburgh logo in the top right corner, a QR code in the bottom left corner, and 3 coloured drawings of brains (viewed from the top, same colours as the boxes) in lightbulbs. There are 3 drawings representing light strings, with a black line and light yellow circles below the line, stretched diagonally between the boxes and lightbulbs. The top box (yellow) includes the title in dark grey "Aphantasia & Autism", with additional information in white "We want to explore your social cognition — how you understand others’ cognition—how you understand others’ thoughts and feelings — focusing specifically on visual perspective-taking: seeing the world through someone else’s eyes. YOUR INSIGHTS ARE VALUABLE!". Below, the green box details the inclusion criteria in dark grey "Participants: are you over the age of 16? do you struggle to make mental images or visualise things? and/or do you have a clinical ASD diagnosis or self-identify as autistic? Then you could be perfect for our study!". The final box (orange) indicates how to join the study "Follow the link or scan the QR code to find the questionnaire and get the chance of win a £10 voucher! https://edin.ac/4h1ghPU For more information or to get in touch, email us at s2052225@ed.ac.uk".
February 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
berengeredigard.bsky.social
(meanwhile, in Scotland...)

📣 My dissertation students Asra & Kayleigh are doing important research on #transautistic people's #healthcare experiences!

If you're #trans - #autistic + in bonnie Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 + you've EVER been to the doctors, please go to edin.ac/3WVmGoz or get in touch w them!

TY
portrait recruitment flyer with light blue, pink and white background shapes, reminding the trans pride flag with wavy lines. There are also four 6-petals flower drawings placed around the text, two have pink petals and a light blue core, two have light blue petals and a pink core. In the top left corner there is a black QR code with the text "survey". In the top right corner there is the University of Edinburgh logo. In the bottom right corner there is another black QR code with the text "audio". At the very bottom there is black text over white background reading "Any questions? Email us at s1935747@ed.ac.uk". Most of the flyer is taken by the central text. This includes a large title in light blue and pink "Researching trans-autistic healthcare experiences", with a blue speech bubble reading "Any healthcare" next to the title. Below the title there is a subtitle in dark grey, reading "from trans-autistic perspectives". Below this subtitle there are additional information in dark grey and black, reading "Anonymous 1hr interview. Questions can be shared in advance. £20 interview compensation. You can participate if you are: autistic (including self-diagnosis), trans or gender-nonconforming, over 18, and live in Scotland"
February 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
berengeredigard.bsky.social
Next Tuesday I'm doing a webinar with Ireland's AsIAm asiam.ie & Mother Tongues mothertongues.ie to talk about bilingualism and autism!
[because ✨ yes, autistic people can be bilingual ✨]

Join us!

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Flyer advertising community webinar organised by Ireland's Autism Charity (AsIAm) and the Irish organisation Mother Tongues. The flyer is scare, with a beige background, the logos of AsIAm and Mother Tongues at the top, the title "Languages in the autistic community - in collaboration with Mother Tongues" in purple, and additional information in black. The additional information are that the webinar will be online on the 28th January at 7pm, with the speakers Dr Bérengère Digard and Dr Francesca La Morgia, and that attendees should register via Zoom.
January 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM