Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland
@heasutherland.com
audhd postdoctoral researcher @Cambridge_Uni // currently midrash, reading diversity, and creativity // generally autism, neurodiversity, mixed methods
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Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland
Holly E. A. Sutherland, PhD - AuDHD neurodiversity researcher
www.heasutherland.com
Hello! I do cognitive science-ish things, neurodiversity (mostly autism), mixed methods research, and sometimes weird interdisciplinary stuff. I love giving talks. Currently doing a postdoc at @ Cambridge.
You can find my papers, datasets, talks archive etc. on my website: www.heasutherland.com
You can find my papers, datasets, talks archive etc. on my website: www.heasutherland.com
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🪧 Thank you to @heasutherland.com, Verity Ward and Jill Bradshaw for sharing your fantastic research!
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#ResearchMethods #Methodology #CreativeMethods (3/3)
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#ResearchMethods #Methodology #CreativeMethods (3/3)
Innovating inclusion: Creative methods for non-speaking communities
I was absolutely delighted to welcome a diverse and engaged group of researchers and practitioners to our recent event, where we explored innovative and effective ways to research with non-speaking au...
www.manchester.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🪧 Thank you to @heasutherland.com, Verity Ward and Jill Bradshaw for sharing your fantastic research!
Read the full article 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/i...
#ResearchMethods #Methodology #CreativeMethods (3/3)
Read the full article 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/i...
#ResearchMethods #Methodology #CreativeMethods (3/3)
This is happening tomorrow! You can get both in-person and online tickets still.
I'm going to be at this fantastic event on doing qualitative research with non-speaking neurodivergent people. I'll be talking about ethnography as an inclusive methodology when working with autistic adults with high support needs. Would love to see you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/methodslab...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/methodslab...
MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience
A full-day event bringing together academics, parents, educational practitioners and non-speaking neurodiverse young people.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is happening tomorrow! You can get both in-person and online tickets still.
Reposted by Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland
It's just 🚨3 DAYS 🚨 until MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience
With workshops from @talkingmats.bsky.social & Digital Stories & talks from @heasutherland.com, Verity Ward, Jill Bradshaw & Freddie Jones.
🗓️ Friday 7 Nov ⏰ 11-4:30pm 📍 AMBS
Book now 🏃 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1683441712...
With workshops from @talkingmats.bsky.social & Digital Stories & talks from @heasutherland.com, Verity Ward, Jill Bradshaw & Freddie Jones.
🗓️ Friday 7 Nov ⏰ 11-4:30pm 📍 AMBS
Book now 🏃 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1683441712...
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It's just 🚨3 DAYS 🚨 until MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience
With workshops from @talkingmats.bsky.social & Digital Stories & talks from @heasutherland.com, Verity Ward, Jill Bradshaw & Freddie Jones.
🗓️ Friday 7 Nov ⏰ 11-4:30pm 📍 AMBS
Book now 🏃 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1683441712...
With workshops from @talkingmats.bsky.social & Digital Stories & talks from @heasutherland.com, Verity Ward, Jill Bradshaw & Freddie Jones.
🗓️ Friday 7 Nov ⏰ 11-4:30pm 📍 AMBS
Book now 🏃 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1683441712...
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📢 Speaker announcement - Dr Holly Sutherland
AuDHD researcher and postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge, Holly has worked with a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the #neurodiverse experience.
We're excited to have Holly at MethodsLab on 7 Nov!
AuDHD researcher and postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge, Holly has worked with a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the #neurodiverse experience.
We're excited to have Holly at MethodsLab on 7 Nov!
I'm going to be at this fantastic event on doing qualitative research with non-speaking neurodivergent people. I'll be talking about ethnography as an inclusive methodology when working with autistic adults with high support needs. Would love to see you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/methodslab...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/methodslab...
MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience
A full-day event bringing together academics, parents, educational practitioners and non-speaking neurodiverse young people.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
📢 Speaker announcement - Dr Holly Sutherland
AuDHD researcher and postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge, Holly has worked with a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the #neurodiverse experience.
We're excited to have Holly at MethodsLab on 7 Nov!
AuDHD researcher and postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge, Holly has worked with a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the #neurodiverse experience.
We're excited to have Holly at MethodsLab on 7 Nov!
I'm going to be at this fantastic event on doing qualitative research with non-speaking neurodivergent people. I'll be talking about ethnography as an inclusive methodology when working with autistic adults with high support needs. Would love to see you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/methodslab...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/methodslab...
MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience
A full-day event bringing together academics, parents, educational practitioners and non-speaking neurodiverse young people.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm going to be at this fantastic event on doing qualitative research with non-speaking neurodivergent people. I'll be talking about ethnography as an inclusive methodology when working with autistic adults with high support needs. Would love to see you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/methodslab...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/methodslab...
Editing the research proposal for a grant application with a bad head cold, and I think perhaps I have unlocked a specific circle of hell.
October 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Editing the research proposal for a grant application with a bad head cold, and I think perhaps I have unlocked a specific circle of hell.
Today's new academic achievement is my first fellowship rejection 🥲
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Today's new academic achievement is my first fellowship rejection 🥲
I'm coming to realise that the primary purpose of a doctoral thesis is that it's essentially a nicely-organised citation repository for my specific interests.
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'm coming to realise that the primary purpose of a doctoral thesis is that it's essentially a nicely-organised citation repository for my specific interests.
Reposted by Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland
Thanks to @cfaa.bsky.social for having me speak at their AI symposium, & @heasutherland.com for joining me in our panel session on the science and considerations around AI use across different human-computer interactions. Glad to have met some lovely experts across a range of sectors using AI! ✈️ 👩💻 ⚓
September 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thanks to @cfaa.bsky.social for having me speak at their AI symposium, & @heasutherland.com for joining me in our panel session on the science and considerations around AI use across different human-computer interactions. Glad to have met some lovely experts across a range of sectors using AI! ✈️ 👩💻 ⚓
Hello! Im at #AECongress25 - do come say hi if you see me. I also have a talk this afternoon about the double empathy problem in care and support services!
September 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Hello! Im at #AECongress25 - do come say hi if you see me. I also have a talk this afternoon about the double empathy problem in care and support services!
Reposted by Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland
Does neurotype affect social connection? Our new @PLOSONE paper finds autistic people report lower rapport in conversations, but it's not that simple. We found that awareness of who you're talking to is key!
Paper link (OA):
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Paper link (OA):
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Diagnostic status influences rapport and communicative behaviours in dyadic interactions between autistic and non-autistic people
A growing body of research suggests that the behaviours and experiences of autistic and non-autistic people are influenced by whether they are interacting with someone of the same or different diagnos...
doi.org
August 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Does neurotype affect social connection? Our new @PLOSONE paper finds autistic people report lower rapport in conversations, but it's not that simple. We found that awareness of who you're talking to is key!
Paper link (OA):
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Paper link (OA):
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
I'm going to be speaking at this, as part of the "Human-AI teaming: Whose voices are missing?" session - talking about how neurodivergent voices and minds need to be included when designing AI to work collaboratively with humans.
August 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'm going to be speaking at this, as part of the "Human-AI teaming: Whose voices are missing?" session - talking about how neurodivergent voices and minds need to be included when designing AI to work collaboratively with humans.
Belated because I've been super busy, but I graduated a few weeks ago! I'm *officially* Dr. Sutherland now.
Not sure I can really explain what that means to me - I've wanted a doctorate for as long as I can remember. Huge thanks to the wonderful supervisors who helped get me there. 💜
Not sure I can really explain what that means to me - I've wanted a doctorate for as long as I can remember. Huge thanks to the wonderful supervisors who helped get me there. 💜
July 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Belated because I've been super busy, but I graduated a few weeks ago! I'm *officially* Dr. Sutherland now.
Not sure I can really explain what that means to me - I've wanted a doctorate for as long as I can remember. Huge thanks to the wonderful supervisors who helped get me there. 💜
Not sure I can really explain what that means to me - I've wanted a doctorate for as long as I can remember. Huge thanks to the wonderful supervisors who helped get me there. 💜
Would really love it if I could verbally reason with R Studio, actually.
(Brought to you by: an error message telling me I can only use Function A with Function B, which is... the exact function I'm using it with... via identical syntax to that in the documentation...)
(Brought to you by: an error message telling me I can only use Function A with Function B, which is... the exact function I'm using it with... via identical syntax to that in the documentation...)
July 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Would really love it if I could verbally reason with R Studio, actually.
(Brought to you by: an error message telling me I can only use Function A with Function B, which is... the exact function I'm using it with... via identical syntax to that in the documentation...)
(Brought to you by: an error message telling me I can only use Function A with Function B, which is... the exact function I'm using it with... via identical syntax to that in the documentation...)
Hello! I do cognitive science-ish things, neurodiversity (mostly autism), mixed methods research, and sometimes weird interdisciplinary stuff. I love giving talks. Currently doing a postdoc at @ Cambridge.
You can find my papers, datasets, talks archive etc. on my website: www.heasutherland.com
You can find my papers, datasets, talks archive etc. on my website: www.heasutherland.com
Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland
Holly E. A. Sutherland, PhD - AuDHD neurodiversity researcher
www.heasutherland.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hello! I do cognitive science-ish things, neurodiversity (mostly autism), mixed methods research, and sometimes weird interdisciplinary stuff. I love giving talks. Currently doing a postdoc at @ Cambridge.
You can find my papers, datasets, talks archive etc. on my website: www.heasutherland.com
You can find my papers, datasets, talks archive etc. on my website: www.heasutherland.com
In honour of the fact I have hair now: new profile photo!
This way I will hopefully stop alarming people by being unexpectedly not-bald when I see them at conferences.
This way I will hopefully stop alarming people by being unexpectedly not-bald when I see them at conferences.
July 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In honour of the fact I have hair now: new profile photo!
This way I will hopefully stop alarming people by being unexpectedly not-bald when I see them at conferences.
This way I will hopefully stop alarming people by being unexpectedly not-bald when I see them at conferences.
Very excited to be attending the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference today, from the @ndhumanities.bsky.social network. Sad I can't be there in person, but their online provision is wonderful, and lots of very cool speakers in the lineup...
June 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Very excited to be attending the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference today, from the @ndhumanities.bsky.social network. Sad I can't be there in person, but their online provision is wonderful, and lots of very cool speakers in the lineup...
If you're interested in autism, religious experience, and people who are minimally-speaking / have higher support needs, do check out this job at U of Aberdeen:
www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/rese...
You'd get to work on a very interesting project with a really great team.
www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/rese...
You'd get to work on a very interesting project with a really great team.
Research Assistant/Fellow (DHP143R) | University of Aberdeen
The Centre for Autism and Theology is an international hub for research, working to resource faith communities. Our goal is to ensure that autistic and other neurodivergent people are actively support...
www.abdnjobs.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you're interested in autism, religious experience, and people who are minimally-speaking / have higher support needs, do check out this job at U of Aberdeen:
www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/rese...
You'd get to work on a very interesting project with a really great team.
www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/rese...
You'd get to work on a very interesting project with a really great team.
This is now published in the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research!
▶️ sjdr.se/articles/10....
▶️ sjdr.se/articles/10....
June 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is now published in the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research!
▶️ sjdr.se/articles/10....
▶️ sjdr.se/articles/10....
Just got an invite to review a paper, from a journal which I had, no more than *two hours before*, submitted a paper review to. Please... a week between reviews, I beg... one week is all I ask for...
June 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Just got an invite to review a paper, from a journal which I had, no more than *two hours before*, submitted a paper review to. Please... a week between reviews, I beg... one week is all I ask for...
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I’m so excited to share that our call for papers for a special issue of ‘ #Neurodiversity’ is now live!
We’re looking for papers, podcasts, videos (and more) that align with the critical turn in #ND studies! 🤩
@ainokash.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
We’re looking for papers, podcasts, videos (and more) that align with the critical turn in #ND studies! 🤩
@ainokash.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
journals.sagepub.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’m so excited to share that our call for papers for a special issue of ‘ #Neurodiversity’ is now live!
We’re looking for papers, podcasts, videos (and more) that align with the critical turn in #ND studies! 🤩
@ainokash.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
We’re looking for papers, podcasts, videos (and more) that align with the critical turn in #ND studies! 🤩
@ainokash.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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UK Channel 5 show Are You Autistic? channel5.com/show/are-you... through interviews w/ autistic people & autism researchers a GP shows sensory issues & camouflaging, hence females, are better recognized. Consistent w/ autism as innate, lifelong, sensory-based. 1/
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
Frontiers | Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism
www.frontiersin.org
May 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
UK Channel 5 show Are You Autistic? channel5.com/show/are-you... through interviews w/ autistic people & autism researchers a GP shows sensory issues & camouflaging, hence females, are better recognized. Consistent w/ autism as innate, lifelong, sensory-based. 1/
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
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New paper alert!
Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people is out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
THREAD! 🧵⬇️
Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people is out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
THREAD! 🧵⬇️
May 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New paper alert!
Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people is out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
THREAD! 🧵⬇️
Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people is out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
THREAD! 🧵⬇️
The podcast I did about my PhD research with the wonderful Middletown Autism Centre is now out:
www.buzzsprout.com/1184276/epis... (+ Apple & Spotify )
It's a pretty casual chat, not a super technical academic thing - so if you're a carer, practitioner, etc. do give it a listen!
www.buzzsprout.com/1184276/epis... (+ Apple & Spotify )
It's a pretty casual chat, not a super technical academic thing - so if you're a carer, practitioner, etc. do give it a listen!
Holly Sutherland - Understanding Autistic Communication - The Middletown Centre for Autism Podcast
In the latest Middletown Podcast, we chat with researcher Holly Sutherland about her ground-breaking work focusing on autistic communication. We discuss differences in communication between auti...
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May 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The podcast I did about my PhD research with the wonderful Middletown Autism Centre is now out:
www.buzzsprout.com/1184276/epis... (+ Apple & Spotify )
It's a pretty casual chat, not a super technical academic thing - so if you're a carer, practitioner, etc. do give it a listen!
www.buzzsprout.com/1184276/epis... (+ Apple & Spotify )
It's a pretty casual chat, not a super technical academic thing - so if you're a carer, practitioner, etc. do give it a listen!
Thesis corrections were submitted Saturday! Three added sections on the ethics of and participation recruitment for my studies, and also a bit on my epistemology and how that interacted with my methods. It was hard work to write them, but I'm glad I did it - the thesis is better with them in.
May 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Thesis corrections were submitted Saturday! Three added sections on the ethics of and participation recruitment for my studies, and also a bit on my epistemology and how that interacted with my methods. It was hard work to write them, but I'm glad I did it - the thesis is better with them in.