Dr Becky Wood
@thewoodbug.bsky.social
Senior lecturer, autism researcher. Reader, writer, radio listener, swimmer and nature lover. Arts buff.
Dislikes: cronyism. Fan of The Archers 🙂
Dislikes: cronyism. Fan of The Archers 🙂
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Dr Becky Wood
@thewoodbug.bsky.social
· Jun 28
www.tandfonline.com
📣 Latest article from Autistic School Staff Project - the experiences of autistic teachers in Poland 📣
Many challenges but strongest findings yet on monotropism.
Questioning the inclusivity of current expectations of teachers.
Open access - please share!
👇🏻🇵🇱
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Many challenges but strongest findings yet on monotropism.
Questioning the inclusivity of current expectations of teachers.
Open access - please share!
👇🏻🇵🇱
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#TheArchers Has it ever happened before that the first time we meet a silent character he’s dead? 💀
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#TheArchers Has it ever happened before that the first time we meet a silent character he’s dead? 💀
The new John Lewis Christmas ad seems to be highlighting neurodiversity and non-speaking. Thoughts?
share.google/KOG1OdXzFxrM...
share.google/KOG1OdXzFxrM...
Where Love Lives | John Lewis & Partners | Christmas Ad 2025
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
share.google
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The new John Lewis Christmas ad seems to be highlighting neurodiversity and non-speaking. Thoughts?
share.google/KOG1OdXzFxrM...
share.google/KOG1OdXzFxrM...
@brianbilston.bsky.social When you said "Alexa stop" on Radio 4 Loose Ends, it turned my radio (smart speaker) off.
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@brianbilston.bsky.social When you said "Alexa stop" on Radio 4 Loose Ends, it turned my radio (smart speaker) off.
Nice article about someone realising they are autistic in later life.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A new start after 60: I realised I had autism – and suddenly my life made sense. I have never been so happy
After decades of loneliness and depression, Cathleen Caffrey had come to think of herself as a bad person. Then she learned about others who had struggled to fit in …
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Nice article about someone realising they are autistic in later life.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Reposted by Dr Becky Wood
Don't read this headline please, it spoils the comic!
Please click the link, read the comic, visit the Guardian! But don't read the headline!
Nnnnnng!
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Please click the link, read the comic, visit the Guardian! But don't read the headline!
Nnnnnng!
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Ryan Gosling’s pasty looks nice – but how did it get on my phone screen? The Stephen Collins cartoon
We are so advanced yet so basic
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Don't read this headline please, it spoils the comic!
Please click the link, read the comic, visit the Guardian! But don't read the headline!
Nnnnnng!
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Please click the link, read the comic, visit the Guardian! But don't read the headline!
Nnnnnng!
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Reposted by Dr Becky Wood
Mark your calendars for October 23 webinar with Dr. Ulana Pidzamecky organized by CIES Europe and Central Asia SIG. The talk is titled Flourishing or floundering? Exploring Ukrainian elementary schoolteacher understandings of their professional experience lnkd.in/gEk4u-vS
September 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Mark your calendars for October 23 webinar with Dr. Ulana Pidzamecky organized by CIES Europe and Central Asia SIG. The talk is titled Flourishing or floundering? Exploring Ukrainian elementary schoolteacher understandings of their professional experience lnkd.in/gEk4u-vS
#TheArchers Quite extraordinary that Brian’s big offer to Stella is for her to expertly manage the farm and get it ready for his kids to inherit. Is that really the best he can do?
He should make her a part owner, rather than an employee.
He should make her a part owner, rather than an employee.
September 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
#TheArchers Quite extraordinary that Brian’s big offer to Stella is for her to expertly manage the farm and get it ready for his kids to inherit. Is that really the best he can do?
He should make her a part owner, rather than an employee.
He should make her a part owner, rather than an employee.
Reposted by Dr Becky Wood
Reposted by Dr Becky Wood
Just out - new educational animation films about Autistic Experiences that I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social team- would love to hear your feedback!
Discovering You’re Autistic
youtu.be/-eDv2omDMko?...
Discovering You’re Autistic
youtu.be/-eDv2omDMko?...
Discovering You're Autistic
YouTube video by Thriving Autistic
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Just out - new educational animation films about Autistic Experiences that I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social team- would love to hear your feedback!
Discovering You’re Autistic
youtu.be/-eDv2omDMko?...
Discovering You’re Autistic
youtu.be/-eDv2omDMko?...
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Looking forward to teaching MEd #Inclusion students today: “Policy in Practice” with the wonderful @thewoodbug.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Looking forward to teaching MEd #Inclusion students today: “Policy in Practice” with the wonderful @thewoodbug.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
@kosjenka.bsky.social Hi - I have emailed Jasmina on what I think is her work email address. My contact details are here if you want to get in touch: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/educ...
It would be good to continue the conversation 🙂
It would be good to continue the conversation 🙂
September 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@kosjenka.bsky.social Hi - I have emailed Jasmina on what I think is her work email address. My contact details are here if you want to get in touch: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/educ...
It would be good to continue the conversation 🙂
It would be good to continue the conversation 🙂
New silliness low in #TheArchers tonight.
Sacrilege to do this with the Flower & Produce Show 🥬 🥮 💐
Sacrilege to do this with the Flower & Produce Show 🥬 🥮 💐
September 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New silliness low in #TheArchers tonight.
Sacrilege to do this with the Flower & Produce Show 🥬 🥮 💐
Sacrilege to do this with the Flower & Produce Show 🥬 🥮 💐
Reposted by Dr Becky Wood
Also important to reflect on which groups & individual CYP might benefit from #accessarrangements, eg a quiet room, reader, scribe, movement breaks, comfy clothes, extra time, fidget items, laptop, standing desk, SEMH support …
TY @thewoodbug.bsky.social 🙏
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
TY @thewoodbug.bsky.social 🙏
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
September 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Also important to reflect on which groups & individual CYP might benefit from #accessarrangements, eg a quiet room, reader, scribe, movement breaks, comfy clothes, extra time, fidget items, laptop, standing desk, SEMH support …
TY @thewoodbug.bsky.social 🙏
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
TY @thewoodbug.bsky.social 🙏
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Tyree McIntosh discusses the barriers to autism assessment and diagnosis for Black families. #AutismEurope25 #AE2025
September 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Tyree McIntosh discusses the barriers to autism assessment and diagnosis for Black families. #AutismEurope25 #AE2025
@josaul.bsky.social I enjoyed your talk yesterday Jo. Very interesting and well presented research findings.
September 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
@josaul.bsky.social I enjoyed your talk yesterday Jo. Very interesting and well presented research findings.
Last day of #AutismEurope25 and bought this really nice clicker from Sensory Interactive to take home. They also have a range of chewelry. #AE2025
September 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Last day of #AutismEurope25 and bought this really nice clicker from Sensory Interactive to take home. They also have a range of chewelry. #AE2025
At a workshop by @soundcube.bsky.social and @drannar.bsky.social about their Card Sort Task for Trauma (CaTT). #AutismEurope25 #AE2025
September 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
At a workshop by @soundcube.bsky.social and @drannar.bsky.social about their Card Sort Task for Trauma (CaTT). #AutismEurope25 #AE2025
Wenn Lawson is discussing 'special interests' & some recent brain research into this.
Always good to listen to Wenn whose pioneering work has been highly influential on my own. #AutismEurope25
Always good to listen to Wenn whose pioneering work has been highly influential on my own. #AutismEurope25
September 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Wenn Lawson is discussing 'special interests' & some recent brain research into this.
Always good to listen to Wenn whose pioneering work has been highly influential on my own. #AutismEurope25
Always good to listen to Wenn whose pioneering work has been highly influential on my own. #AutismEurope25
Our poster from the How I Communicate project is up at @autismeurope.bsky.social It summarises findings from our systematic review into minimally & non-speaking (prevalence and terminology) in the UK. #AECongress2025 #AutismEurope25 @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @sxu33.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Our poster from the How I Communicate project is up at @autismeurope.bsky.social It summarises findings from our systematic review into minimally & non-speaking (prevalence and terminology) in the UK. #AECongress2025 #AutismEurope25 @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @sxu33.bsky.social
If #AutismEurope25 delegates haven’t run out of steam by the end of the afternoon, I’ll be in the Merrion Room (heading ‘Additional Topics 2’) to talk about our Autistic School Staff Project parent findings. #AE2025 @autismeurope.bsky.social
Getting ready for trip to Dublin ☘️ for @autismeurope.bsky.social congress next week! I will be presenting some fascinating findings from the Autistic School Staff Project. Parents from the UK, Poland and US share their understandings of autistic teachers.
➡️Merrion Room
➡️Thursday 11th
➡️17.45
#AE25
➡️Merrion Room
➡️Thursday 11th
➡️17.45
#AE25
September 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If #AutismEurope25 delegates haven’t run out of steam by the end of the afternoon, I’ll be in the Merrion Room (heading ‘Additional Topics 2’) to talk about our Autistic School Staff Project parent findings. #AE2025 @autismeurope.bsky.social
Very nice to see my supervisee Lauren Smith by her poster at #AE2025 #AutismEurope25. Lauren is studying the experiences of autistic young people in alternative provision settings.
September 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Very nice to see my supervisee Lauren Smith by her poster at #AE2025 #AutismEurope25. Lauren is studying the experiences of autistic young people in alternative provision settings.
Very nice venue - Royal Dublin Society - for #AutismEurope2025 #AE2025 in Dublin 🇮🇪
September 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Very nice venue - Royal Dublin Society - for #AutismEurope2025 #AE2025 in Dublin 🇮🇪
Reposted by Dr Becky Wood
Getting ready for trip to Dublin ☘️ for @autismeurope.bsky.social congress next week! I will be presenting some fascinating findings from the Autistic School Staff Project. Parents from the UK, Poland and US share their understandings of autistic teachers.
➡️Merrion Room
➡️Thursday 11th
➡️17.45
#AE25
➡️Merrion Room
➡️Thursday 11th
➡️17.45
#AE25
September 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Getting ready for trip to Dublin ☘️ for @autismeurope.bsky.social congress next week! I will be presenting some fascinating findings from the Autistic School Staff Project. Parents from the UK, Poland and US share their understandings of autistic teachers.
➡️Merrion Room
➡️Thursday 11th
➡️17.45
#AE25
➡️Merrion Room
➡️Thursday 11th
➡️17.45
#AE25
Reposted by Dr Becky Wood
I would really love that. I hope we see each other and have the opportunity to chat.
After all, it is your book and your work that inspired our work and our participative research ♥️
After all, it is your book and your work that inspired our work and our participative research ♥️
September 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I would really love that. I hope we see each other and have the opportunity to chat.
After all, it is your book and your work that inspired our work and our participative research ♥️
After all, it is your book and your work that inspired our work and our participative research ♥️