Centre for Research in Autism and Education
@craeioe.bsky.social
Research to enhance the lives of autistic people; based in the UCL Institute of Education.
March seems far, far away,
but we've a #CRAEwebinar planned with Sarah Parsons, who will be talking about research that seeks to use a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a whole range of voices to be included in autism research.
but we've a #CRAEwebinar planned with Sarah Parsons, who will be talking about research that seeks to use a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a whole range of voices to be included in autism research.
Co-Constructing Creative Methods for Voice with Sarah Parsons
Research that seeks to develop and apply a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a range of voices to be included in autism research.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
March seems far, far away,
but we've a #CRAEwebinar planned with Sarah Parsons, who will be talking about research that seeks to use a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a whole range of voices to be included in autism research.
but we've a #CRAEwebinar planned with Sarah Parsons, who will be talking about research that seeks to use a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a whole range of voices to be included in autism research.
From the #CRAEwebinar archives
Reasonable Adjustments. A tick box exercise or an important life skill? With Barbara Sandland (2-Jan-24)
Reasonable Adjustments. A tick box exercise or an important life skill? With Barbara Sandland (2-Jan-24)
Reasonable Adjustments. A tick box exercise or an important life skill? Barbara Sandland (2-Jan-24)
Reasonable Adjustments are there to help, but do we really know how to use them or what to ask for? Do those that provide them, take into consideration whether autistic people feel able to use them or do they just ‘tick a box’ by saying they were offered?
As an autistic researcher, I have used my ow
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November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
From the #CRAEwebinar archives
Reasonable Adjustments. A tick box exercise or an important life skill? With Barbara Sandland (2-Jan-24)
Reasonable Adjustments. A tick box exercise or an important life skill? With Barbara Sandland (2-Jan-24)
Reposted by Centre for Research in Autism and Education
DON'T MISS this qualitative analysis which found that autistic adults face a conflict between balancing their desire for social connection with their limited energy for engaging in social experiences.
FREE until 25th November
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
FREE until 25th November
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
DON'T MISS this qualitative analysis which found that autistic adults face a conflict between balancing their desire for social connection with their limited energy for engaging in social experiences.
FREE until 25th November
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
FREE until 25th November
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Another #CRAEwebinar booked in! February seems a long way away, but you might want to sign up now to hear from @natecaruana.bsky.social on how VR can help us understand and improve the social experiences of autistic people.
Virtual reality as a tool for supporting autistic people.
Exploring how VR can help us understand—and improve—the social experiences of autistic people.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Another #CRAEwebinar booked in! February seems a long way away, but you might want to sign up now to hear from @natecaruana.bsky.social on how VR can help us understand and improve the social experiences of autistic people.
Reposted by Centre for Research in Autism and Education
🚨 ♾ Our report out yesterday calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the following:
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
New autism strategy must deliver change for autistic people - Committees - UK Parliament
This is the key conclusion reached by the House of Lords special inquiry committee on the Autism Act 2009 in its report ‘Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy’.&...
committees.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚨 ♾ Our report out yesterday calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the following:
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
Anti-social learning: The impact of language on mentalizing
Anti-social learning: The impact of language on mentalizing
Understanding others means being able to represent what they might be thinking or feeling. This is often called theory of mind. Recent work by Geoff and collegues suggests that before we can guess …
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November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Anti-social learning: The impact of language on mentalizing
This #DisabilityHistoryMonth our research summary blogs have revisited a piece of autism research history that continues to shape our thinking about research today. The enduring legacy of ‘A Future Made Together’:
Revisiting the past, looking towards the future
Back in 2013 A Future Made Together (Pellicano et al.) was collectively authored at a moment when autistic people were increasingly questioning who held the power in autism research. It showed what…
crae.ioe.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This #DisabilityHistoryMonth our research summary blogs have revisited a piece of autism research history that continues to shape our thinking about research today. The enduring legacy of ‘A Future Made Together’:
Another #CRAEwebinar booked in! February seems a long way away, but you might want to sign up now to hear from @natecaruana.bsky.social on how VR can help us understand and improve the social experiences of autistic people.
Virtual reality as a tool for supporting autistic people.
Exploring how VR can help us understand—and improve—the social experiences of autistic people.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Another #CRAEwebinar booked in! February seems a long way away, but you might want to sign up now to hear from @natecaruana.bsky.social on how VR can help us understand and improve the social experiences of autistic people.
From the #CRAEwebinar archives
2024 CRAE Annual Lecture - Autistic professionals and the triple empathy problem with Mary Doherty
2024 CRAE Annual Lecture - Autistic professionals and the triple empathy problem with Mary Doherty
2024 CRAE Annual Lecture - Autistic professionals and the triple empathy problem - Mary Doherty
Autistic professionals and the triple empathy problem. Dr Mary Doherty, founder of Autistic Doctors International, on leveraging insider perspective for community benefit.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
From the #CRAEwebinar archives
2024 CRAE Annual Lecture - Autistic professionals and the triple empathy problem with Mary Doherty
2024 CRAE Annual Lecture - Autistic professionals and the triple empathy problem with Mary Doherty
New #CRAEwebinar
Last week Jada Brown shared her work on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK.' It was a brilliant webinar.
And it's now up on YouTube.
Last week Jada Brown shared her work on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK.' It was a brilliant webinar.
And it's now up on YouTube.
Understanding the experiences of Black, autistic university students with Jada Brown (6-Nov-25)
Jada Brown shares her work on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK.'
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November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
New #CRAEwebinar
Last week Jada Brown shared her work on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK.' It was a brilliant webinar.
And it's now up on YouTube.
Last week Jada Brown shared her work on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK.' It was a brilliant webinar.
And it's now up on YouTube.
Reposted by Centre for Research in Autism and Education
A qualitative analysis by @kanabaletti.bsky.social et al found that autistic adults face a conflict between balancing their desire for social connection with their limited energy for engaging in social experiences.
FREE until 25th November
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
FREE until 25th November
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“Trapped in a No-Win Situation”: A Qualitative Exploration of Autistic Adults’ Experiences of Loneliness | Autism in Adulthood
Background: Loneliness is a major public health concern, affecting individuals’ mental and physical health. Autistic adults self-report higher levels of loneliness compared with non-autistic adults, y...
www.liebertpub.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A qualitative analysis by @kanabaletti.bsky.social et al found that autistic adults face a conflict between balancing their desire for social connection with their limited energy for engaging in social experiences.
FREE until 25th November
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
FREE until 25th November
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Individuals who are ‘super recognisers’ show superior performance on independent measures of face perception, face memory and face matching
Individuals who are ‘super recognisers’ show superior performance on independent measures of face perception, face memory and face matching
Some people are far better than others at recognising faces. These people are called super recognisers. Scientists want to know why they are so good. Usual tests mix together different skills, like…
crae.ioe.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Individuals who are ‘super recognisers’ show superior performance on independent measures of face perception, face memory and face matching
From the #CRAEwebinar archives
“They need to know that non-speaking doesn’t mean non-thinking” with Luci Rose (4-Apr-24)
“They need to know that non-speaking doesn’t mean non-thinking” with Luci Rose (4-Apr-24)
“They need to know that non-speaking doesn’t mean non-thinking” with Luci Rose (4-Apr-24)
Luci Rose investigates opinions about the abilities of non-speaking autistic children in education.
Some autistic children do not develop speech ( or the “use of mouth words”) during their time in school. Several autistic advocates and authors describe how their intelligence and abilities were not
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November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
From the #CRAEwebinar archives
“They need to know that non-speaking doesn’t mean non-thinking” with Luci Rose (4-Apr-24)
“They need to know that non-speaking doesn’t mean non-thinking” with Luci Rose (4-Apr-24)
New #CRAEwebinar
Last week Jada Brown shared her work on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK.' It was a brilliant webinar.
And it's now up on YouTube.
Last week Jada Brown shared her work on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK.' It was a brilliant webinar.
And it's now up on YouTube.
Understanding the experiences of Black, autistic university students with Jada Brown (6-Nov-25)
Jada Brown shares her work on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK.'
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New #CRAEwebinar
Last week Jada Brown shared her work on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK.' It was a brilliant webinar.
And it's now up on YouTube.
Last week Jada Brown shared her work on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK.' It was a brilliant webinar.
And it's now up on YouTube.
Metacognition facilitates theory of mind through optimal weighting of trait inferences
Metacognition facilitates theory of mind through optimal weighting of trait inferences
They found that our confidence in a judgment is shaped by how similar we think the other person is to ourselves… and how well we actually know ourselves. So the idea that, “I know what he’s thinkin…
crae.ioe.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Metacognition facilitates theory of mind through optimal weighting of trait inferences
Today's #CRAEwebinar
Experiences of navigating university as an autistic people who are also marginalised by their Blackness
'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK' with Jada Brown.
Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt
Experiences of navigating university as an autistic people who are also marginalised by their Blackness
'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK' with Jada Brown.
Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt
Understanding the embodiment of UK Black, autistic university students
Jada Brown will consider what it might be like to navigate university as an autistic person who is also marginalised by their Blackness.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Today's #CRAEwebinar
Experiences of navigating university as an autistic people who are also marginalised by their Blackness
'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK' with Jada Brown.
Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt
Experiences of navigating university as an autistic people who are also marginalised by their Blackness
'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK' with Jada Brown.
Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt
It's not too late to sign up for tomorrow's (quite anticipated) #CRAEwebinar.
Jada Brown will be speaking on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK'
Do join us: Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt
Jada Brown will be speaking on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK'
Do join us: Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt
Understanding the embodiment of UK Black, autistic university students
Jada Brown will consider what it might be like to navigate university as an autistic person who is also marginalised by their Blackness.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's not too late to sign up for tomorrow's (quite anticipated) #CRAEwebinar.
Jada Brown will be speaking on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK'
Do join us: Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt
Jada Brown will be speaking on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK'
Do join us: Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt
From the #CRAEwebinar archives
Considering the impact of alexithymia alongside autism with Geoff Bird (2-May-2024)
Considering the impact of alexithymia alongside autism with Geoff Bird (2-May-2024)
Considering the impact of alexithymia alongside autism with Geoff Bird (2-May-2024)
Alexithymia is a condition in which individuals struggle to identify and describe their emotions. Despite charactering about 7% of the neurotypical population, about half of the autistic population are alexithymic. CRAE's Geoff Bird talks about some of the challenges associated with alexithymia, and
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November 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
From the #CRAEwebinar archives
Considering the impact of alexithymia alongside autism with Geoff Bird (2-May-2024)
Considering the impact of alexithymia alongside autism with Geoff Bird (2-May-2024)
Big CRAE news!
From January 2026, @melromualdez.bsky.social will be taking over as CRAE Director, when @annaremington.bsky.social steps down after almost 9 years at the helm!
Read about the news here
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From January 2026, @melromualdez.bsky.social will be taking over as CRAE Director, when @annaremington.bsky.social steps down after almost 9 years at the helm!
Read about the news here
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New CRAE Director
Dr Anna Melissa (Mel) Romualdez appointed as new Director of the UCL Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) We are delighted to announce that Dr Anna Melissa (Mel) Romualdez will take o…
crae.ioe.ac.uk
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Big CRAE news!
From January 2026, @melromualdez.bsky.social will be taking over as CRAE Director, when @annaremington.bsky.social steps down after almost 9 years at the helm!
Read about the news here
crae.ioe.ac.uk/dr-me...
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From January 2026, @melromualdez.bsky.social will be taking over as CRAE Director, when @annaremington.bsky.social steps down after almost 9 years at the helm!
Read about the news here
crae.ioe.ac.uk/dr-me...
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New CRAE Research Summary
Grace et al. (2025). ‘Trapped in a no-win situation’: A qualitative exploration of autistic adults’ experiences of loneliness.
Loneliness is more than lack of connection.
@kanabaletti.bsky.social
Grace et al. (2025). ‘Trapped in a no-win situation’: A qualitative exploration of autistic adults’ experiences of loneliness.
Loneliness is more than lack of connection.
@kanabaletti.bsky.social
“Trapped in a no-win situation”
Loneliness is a common emotion experienced by many, but previous research indicates higher rates of loneliness within the autistic adult community. Led by Kana Grace, an autistic researcher, this s…
crae.ioe.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New CRAE Research Summary
Grace et al. (2025). ‘Trapped in a no-win situation’: A qualitative exploration of autistic adults’ experiences of loneliness.
Loneliness is more than lack of connection.
@kanabaletti.bsky.social
Grace et al. (2025). ‘Trapped in a no-win situation’: A qualitative exploration of autistic adults’ experiences of loneliness.
Loneliness is more than lack of connection.
@kanabaletti.bsky.social
Do sign up to join us for next week's #CRAEwebinar.
Jada Brown will be speaking on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK'
Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt
Understanding the embodiment of UK Black, autistic university students
Jada Brown will consider what it might be like to navigate university as an autistic person who is also marginalised by their Blackness.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Do sign up to join us for next week's #CRAEwebinar.
Jada Brown will be speaking on 'Understanding the embodied experiences of Black, autistic university students in the UK'
Thur 6th Nov 4pm gmt
#CRAEresearchSummaries
False Memory Formation in Autism
False Memory Formation in Autism
False Memory Formation in Autism:
This study looked at how autistic adults form false memories—when someone remembers something that didn’t actually happen. They wanted to find out if autistic people are more or less likely to make…
crae.ioe.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#CRAEresearchSummaries
False Memory Formation in Autism
False Memory Formation in Autism
New #CRAEresearchSummary
@brianirvine.bsky.social considers the role of framing and reframing in Specialist Autism Mentoring at UK Universities
@brianirvine.bsky.social considers the role of framing and reframing in Specialist Autism Mentoring at UK Universities
Mobilising Specialist Autism Mentoring in UK Universities
When entering higher education in the UK, students get offered a needs assessment through the Disabled Students Allowance. For autistic students, disclosure often results in the option for a Specia…
crae.ioe.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
New #CRAEresearchSummary
@brianirvine.bsky.social considers the role of framing and reframing in Specialist Autism Mentoring at UK Universities
@brianirvine.bsky.social considers the role of framing and reframing in Specialist Autism Mentoring at UK Universities
March seems far, far away,
but we've a #CRAEwebinar planned with Sarah Parsons, who will be talking about research that seeks to use a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a whole range of voices to be included in autism research.
but we've a #CRAEwebinar planned with Sarah Parsons, who will be talking about research that seeks to use a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a whole range of voices to be included in autism research.
Co-Constructing Creative Methods for Voice with Sarah Parsons
Research that seeks to develop and apply a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a range of voices to be included in autism research.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
March seems far, far away,
but we've a #CRAEwebinar planned with Sarah Parsons, who will be talking about research that seeks to use a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a whole range of voices to be included in autism research.
but we've a #CRAEwebinar planned with Sarah Parsons, who will be talking about research that seeks to use a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a whole range of voices to be included in autism research.
From the #CRAEwebinar archives
Supporting autistic students through university; participatory research with Emine Gürbüz (6-Jun-24)
Supporting autistic students through university; participatory research with Emine Gürbüz (6-Jun-24)
Supporting autistic students through university; participatory research with Emine Gürbüz (6-Jun-24)
#CRAEwebinar (6th June 2024) Emine Gürbüz shares their community-based participatory research with autistic and non-autistic university students and professionals working with them at university (e.g. mentors, disability advisors).
About Emine Gurbuz
Emine completed their PhD at Durham university a
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October 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
From the #CRAEwebinar archives
Supporting autistic students through university; participatory research with Emine Gürbüz (6-Jun-24)
Supporting autistic students through university; participatory research with Emine Gürbüz (6-Jun-24)