Anna Robinson
LightNews LightNews
banner
drannar.bsky.social
Anna Robinson
@drannar.bsky.social
33 followers 33 following 15 posts
Snr Lecturer Autism & Neurodiversity
Psychotherapist
#Psychotherapy Researcher in Mental Health, #Autism, #Trauma.
Emotional psychology.
#PGR Director
University of Strathclyde 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
💚 The Smiths 💚
Posts Replies Media Videos
drannar.bsky.social
Wonderful presenting our new tool for the first time with @soundcube.bsky.social
👀 out for our Study Advert researching #Autistic #Trauma
thewoodbug.bsky.social Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · Sep 12
At a workshop by @soundcube.bsky.social and @drannar.bsky.social about their Card Sort Task for Trauma (CaTT). #AutismEurope25 #AE2025
Two people sitting in front of a screen entitled Card Sort Task for Trauma Presentation screen with an illustration by Jon Adams. The Card Sort Task for Trauma
September 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
thewoodbug.bsky.social
At a workshop by @soundcube.bsky.social and @drannar.bsky.social about their Card Sort Task for Trauma (CaTT). #AutismEurope25 #AE2025
Two people sitting in front of a screen entitled Card Sort Task for Trauma Presentation screen with an illustration by Jon Adams. The Card Sort Task for Trauma
September 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
drannar.bsky.social
I wanna do whatever common people do…! 🧡
youtube.com/watch?v=yuTM...
Pulp - Common People
YouTube video by PulpVEVO
youtube.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
drannar.bsky.social
📣 #StrathPGR celebrations 👏👏 Jing Yang successfully defended their thesis subject to amendments 👏👏
… next stop
@strath-ioe.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
bucas.bsky.social
What does a drop in funding mean for the future of autism research?

Helen Tager-Flusberg, director of the Center for Autism Research Excellence at Boston University, speaks to Disability Scoop about the impacts and consequences of underfunded research.

Read more: bit.ly/4jw6LoX
NIH Autism Research Funding Down 26% Under Trump, Analysis Shows
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to get to the bottom of surging autism rates, but a new analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut funding for such research by double digit...
bit.ly
June 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
drannar.bsky.social
Much needed research. Listen to the voices of #siblings of #children with #lifelimiting conditions 💜
#BecauseWeCare
April 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
strath-ioe.bsky.social
🎬 New short film: What We Did
Siblings of children with life-limiting conditions share their experiences in the #BecauseWeCare project 💜
youtu.be/TKsIkCRwDTs?si…#ChildHealtht#YouthVoicese#CollaborativeResearchc#Siblingsgs @drannar.bsky.social @paediatrice.bsky.social @alisonmurray.bsky.social
Because We Care - Context - What We Did
YouTube video by Strath HASS
https://youtu.be/TKsIkCRwDTs?si…
April 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
drannar.bsky.social
Delighted to share this podcast of our AHRC funded project #BecauseWeCare
Voices of #siblings of children with life-limiting conditions. Listen here: tinyurl.com/4yzpenhn @paedpallcare.bsky.social @alisonmurray.bsky.social @annabelhowell.bsky.social @sarahwishart.bsky.social
#ClaireCassidy
April 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
fergus.oolong.co.uk
It's #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek this week. Anyone interested in #inclusion or #neurodiversity in an education context might find this collection of resources helpful.

#EduSky #SEND #ASN #SENCO #EdPsych

oolong.co.uk/nd-at-school/
Neurodiversity at School – Fergus Murray
(and wherever children are learning) Neurodiversity is the idea that different brains work differently, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, even though some
oolong.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
drannar.bsky.social
Rise in neurodivergent young people experiencing school attendance difficulties, in the UK.

Increase in deregistration
& home schooling!

Important for the hidden voice of #autistic young people when school triggers a #trauma response

nasenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
‘It feels like we're out of the rat race’: Family reflections on traumatic school experiences leading to home education
The rise in numbers of children experiencing school attendance difficulties in recent years makes this an important focus for UK school inclusion. Simultaneously, increases in school deregistration i....
nasenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
drannar.bsky.social
I’m moving office… well, moving my desk and shelves in my office & look what I discovered unopened in a 💼 @fergus.oolong.co.uk
Me and #monotropism … better to have read, than never to have read at all!
March 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
tomaszjohn.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
tomaszjohn.bsky.social
🚀 Online Research Poster Exhibition: Re-imagining TESOL 📚

Explore @strath-ioe.bsky.social MSc TESOLIC students’ research on TESOL, multilingualism & pedagogy! Engage by asking questions & sharing insights.

🔗 Join the discussion: shorturl.at/PiFiZ

#TESOL #LanguageEducation
Online Research Poster Exhibition: Re-imagining TESOL in the 21st Century
📅 Monday, 17 March🕛 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM📍 Lord Hope Building, LH213b. Join us for an exciting Research Poster Exhibition showcasing MSc TESOLIC students’ innovative work on Global Englishes, English as ...
shorturl.at
March 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
drannar.bsky.social
Delighted to say our #CATS workshop for the @autismeurope.bsky.social Autism Congress 2025 has been accepted.

We @soundcube.bsky.social will be sharing our methodology for researching #Autistic #Trauma & findings!

Looking forward to reaching out & connecting 🩵
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
drannar.bsky.social
10 years! Congratulations 🥂 The brilliant Niki Martin & Damian Milton had the biggest impact on thinking & practice of our Masters students as External Examiner & Lecturers!
#autism pioneers 👏 👏
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
From humble beginnings: Reflections on 10 years of the Participatory Autism Research Collective - Damian Milton, Allison Moore, Nicola Martin, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
aquinnunbroken.bsky.social
My daughter created this image to depict how she felt going to school as a dual heritage autistic person... and why, in the end, she refused to attend. Heartbreaking. #EBSA
March 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
drannar.bsky.social
📣 Webinar #monotropism & different sensory experiences of non-binary individuals by Dr Wenn Lawson. Still time to register!!
March 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
fergus.oolong.co.uk
Less than three hours until this talk from one of the original people behind the theory of Monotropism.
March 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
commonsenseslt.bsky.social
After years of trauma for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream & specialist, & for us as a family, we have all benefited from education from home. Recently, he put into words why this was important & shared the idea of his ‘fuel bubble’.
a-labour-of-moles.blogspot.com/2025/03/my-f...
My Fuel Bubble
After years of traumatic experiences for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream and specialist, and for us as a family, we have ...
a-labour-of-moles.blogspot.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
drannar.bsky.social
Tonight I am mostly… 😱 😱
#Nosferatu
March 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
drannar.bsky.social
This is both tragic, heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Autistic woman with learning disability locked away for 45 years. Eventually freed by the "escape committee”
1000s of similar cases of people detained living in impoverished conditions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Autistic woman wrongly locked up in mental health hospital for 45 years
“Kasibba”, who is non-verbal and had no family to speak for her, was one of hundreds wrongly detained.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
drruthmoyse.bsky.social
📣 Save the date for our conference:

'Autism: The Art of the Possible'

Wednesday 8th October 2025
Church House, Westminster, London

Watch this space, bookmark our website or sign up to our newsletter for details of speakers & early bird prices - details coming soon
www.atautism.org/contact-us/
Mustard yellow banner with AT-Autism logo and details of the conference, which are stated in the text of the post.
February 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
katewall.bsky.social
Practitioner Enquiry Tip of the Week: learning from other contexts - inspired by #StrathSTL last night. Practice is full of assumptions and "I've just always done it that way". We need to notice the taken for granted and be inspired to question them/1🧵
#PractitonerEnquiryTotW
February 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
drannar.bsky.social
Truly the best version ever sung 💚
The joy of weeping to music … goodnight #RobertaFlack
#songstoweepto
#Emotion
February 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Reposted by Anna Robinson
richardmills18.bsky.social
Please follow @at-autism.bsky.social for all matters #autism-related www.atautism.org
Home - AT-Autism
AT-Autism offers training and consultancy in all aspects of autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions.
www.atautism.org
February 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM