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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · 28d

Wonderful presenting our new tool for the first time with @soundcube.bsky.social
👀 out for our Study Advert researching #Autistic #Trauma

Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 28d

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

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 28d

At a workshop by @soundcube.bsky.social and @drannar.bsky.social about their Card Sort Task for Trauma (CaTT). #AutismEurope25 #AE2025

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Jun 7

I wanna do whatever common people do…! 🧡
youtube.com/watch?v=yuTM...

Pulp - Common People

YouTube video by PulpVEVO

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Jun 7

📣 #StrathPGR celebrations 👏👏 Jing Yang successfully defended their thesis subject to amendments 👏👏
… next stop
@strath-ioe.bsky.social

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Boston University Arts & Sciences @bucas.bsky.social · Jun 6

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...

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Apr 8

Much needed research. Listen to the voices of #siblings of #children with #lifelimiting conditions 💜
#BecauseWeCare

Strathclyde Institute of Education @strath-ioe.bsky.social · Apr 7

🎬 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…

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Strathclyde Institute of Education @strath-ioe.bsky.social · Apr 7

🎬 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…

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Apr 4

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

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Mar 21

Absolutely! 👏 Research is definitely required into influencers & toxic school environments!

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Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · Mar 21

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

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Mar 21

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

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Mar 18

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!

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Dr Tomasz John @tomaszjohn.bsky.social · Mar 17

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Dr Tomasz John @tomaszjohn.bsky.social · Mar 17

🚀 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 ...

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Mar 15

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 🩵

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Mar 13

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

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Alexis Quinn @aquinnunbroken.bsky.social · Mar 11

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

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Mar 11

📣 Webinar #monotropism & different sensory experiences of non-binary individuals by Dr Wenn Lawson. Still time to register!!

Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · Mar 7

Wenn Lawson is doing a webinar on monotropism with Lotus Collaborations next Tuesday (the 11th of March) at 18:30 GMT.

Tickets are £5/£15/by donation.

www.lotuscollaborations.co.uk/event-detail...

Monotropism and the Different Sensory Experiences of Non-Binary Individuals by Dr Wenn Lawson | Lotus Collaborations

Wenn is renowned for his extensive knowledge in autism, monotropism, and gender. In this webinar, he shares with listeners elements that contribute to the diverse sensory experiences of non-binary ind...

www.lotuscollaborations.co.uk

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Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · Mar 11

Less than three hours until this talk from one of the original people behind the theory of Monotropism.

Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · Mar 7

Wenn Lawson is doing a webinar on monotropism with Lotus Collaborations next Tuesday (the 11th of March) at 18:30 GMT.

Tickets are £5/£15/by donation.

www.lotuscollaborations.co.uk/event-detail...

Monotropism and the Different Sensory Experiences of Non-Binary Individuals by Dr Wenn Lawson | Lotus Collaborations

Wenn is renowned for his extensive knowledge in autism, monotropism, and gender. In this webinar, he shares with listeners elements that contribute to the diverse sensory experiences of non-binary ind...

www.lotuscollaborations.co.uk

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Mar 8

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

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Mar 7

Tonight I am mostly… 😱 😱
#Nosferatu

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Mar 4

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

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Ruth Moyse @drruthmoyse.bsky.social · Feb 26

📣 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/

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Kate Wall @katewall.bsky.social · Feb 26

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

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Anna Robinson @drannar.bsky.social · Feb 24

youtu.be/Id_UYLPSn6U?...

Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '69

YouTube video by solergallardo

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