Catherine Lawton
@cat-lawton.bsky.social
ESRC-funded PhD researcher at King’s College London. Passionate about impacting the well-being of autistic children and young people with high functional and communication support needs in schools and the community. She/her.
Want to reduce the incidence of mental health problems in neurodivergent young people? Focus on sleep. Sleep problems are the leading mediating factor (12-43% variance, by age) of mental health outcomes - Chiara Caserini at #NDAS2025. Preprint in repost. #AutRes
*New preprint* on ND and co-occurring mental health problems from my lab, led by Chiara Caserini! Using longitudinal data from ABCD we asked: What drives poor mental health outcomes in children with high ND traits? Here's brief summary 🧠🌳🏡 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1.... 1/n
Developmental pathways from childhood neurodevelopmental traits to early adolescent psychiatric dimensions: the role of environmental and lifestyle factors
Objectives: Transdiagnostic dimensional approaches have advanced our understanding of psychiatric comorbidity and developmental continuity, but have rarely been applied to investigate links between ne...
www.medrxiv.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reposted by Catherine Lawton
Calling autism community members and justice professionals (with experience in Magistrates/Crown Court) to help co-design new, accessible resources for autistic people involved in criminal court systems in 🏴 & 🏴
Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5
Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd
#AutRes
Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5
Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd
#AutRes
June 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Calling autism community members and justice professionals (with experience in Magistrates/Crown Court) to help co-design new, accessible resources for autistic people involved in criminal court systems in 🏴 & 🏴
Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5
Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd
#AutRes
Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5
Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd
#AutRes
@giorgiamichelini.bsky.social argues for integrating “neurodevelopmental spectrum” into the transdiagnostic model, which currently does not capture conditions such as autism and ADHD. Related paper: scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
scholar.google.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
@giorgiamichelini.bsky.social argues for integrating “neurodevelopmental spectrum” into the transdiagnostic model, which currently does not capture conditions such as autism and ADHD. Related paper: scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
Evidence suggests depression has a greater negative effect than anxiety on the quality of life of (speaking) autistic adults: Dr Melanie Ring of Dresden University at #NDAS2025. Study here:
scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
scholar.google.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Evidence suggests depression has a greater negative effect than anxiety on the quality of life of (speaking) autistic adults: Dr Melanie Ring of Dresden University at #NDAS2025. Study here:
scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
Brilliant use of videos to give voice to non-speaking children’s experiences, presented by Prof Nicola Yuill of
@acornsussex.bsky.social at #NDAS2025.
@acornsussex.bsky.social at #NDAS2025.
June 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Brilliant use of videos to give voice to non-speaking children’s experiences, presented by Prof Nicola Yuill of
@acornsussex.bsky.social at #NDAS2025.
@acornsussex.bsky.social at #NDAS2025.
Reposted by Catherine Lawton
Great to see the link between language and mental health considered on the BBC - and amazing of Siouxsie to share her experiences www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We have video guides for mental health practitioners about language problems and mental health - see below!
We have video guides for mental health practitioners about language problems and mental health - see below!
Children with speech issues risk poor mental health, charity says
Speech and Language UK says some children can struggle to categorise and communicate how they feel.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Great to see the link between language and mental health considered on the BBC - and amazing of Siouxsie to share her experiences www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We have video guides for mental health practitioners about language problems and mental health - see below!
We have video guides for mental health practitioners about language problems and mental health - see below!
Reposted by Catherine Lawton
Exactly. And using AI for knowledge production will lead to scientific monocultures, as @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I argued (more than a year ago) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Exactly. And using AI for knowledge production will lead to scientific monocultures, as @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I argued (more than a year ago) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Today at #NDAS2025: the editor’s view through the review process with @profnikkibotting.bsky.social … do’s and don’ts for submission cover letters, contacting editors, reviewing and becoming a reviewer
June 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today at #NDAS2025: the editor’s view through the review process with @profnikkibotting.bsky.social … do’s and don’ts for submission cover letters, contacting editors, reviewing and becoming a reviewer
Today at #NDAS2025: using #AI for systematic literature review quality assessments with Dr Nick Behn, and checking methodology and designing animated online tasks for kids with Professor @steer-rhinos.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today at #NDAS2025: using #AI for systematic literature review quality assessments with Dr Nick Behn, and checking methodology and designing animated online tasks for kids with Professor @steer-rhinos.bsky.social
Reposted by Catherine Lawton
Many firms are misusing the ‘open source’ label. The scientific community, which relies on transparency and replicability, must resist this trend, says Stefano Maffulli
https://go.nature.com/4l5D7ch
https://go.nature.com/4l5D7ch
‘Open source’ AI isn’t truly open — here’s how researchers can reclaim the term
Many firms are misusing the ‘open source’ label. The scientific community, which relies on transparency and replicability, must resist this trend.
go.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Many firms are misusing the ‘open source’ label. The scientific community, which relies on transparency and replicability, must resist this trend, says Stefano Maffulli
https://go.nature.com/4l5D7ch
https://go.nature.com/4l5D7ch