Dan Poole
@danpoole.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology at University of Sheffield. Research on autism & distraction
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Today, @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk published their report, 'Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy'.
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
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 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today, @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk published their report, 'Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy'.
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
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The Neuronormative Paradigm, conceptualised by @dr-nicky.bsky.social names the systems that define & enforce what society considers normal and acceptable.
This exploration piece contrasts the neuronormative paradigm with the neurodiversity paradigm.
autisticrealms.com/the-neuronor...
This exploration piece contrasts the neuronormative paradigm with the neurodiversity paradigm.
autisticrealms.com/the-neuronor...
The Neuronormative Paradigm: Naming The Systems That Harm | Autistic Realms
The Neuronormative Paradigm, conceptualised by Nick Walker, names the systems that define and enforce what society considers normal. This exploration piece ...
autisticrealms.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The Neuronormative Paradigm, conceptualised by @dr-nicky.bsky.social names the systems that define & enforce what society considers normal and acceptable.
This exploration piece contrasts the neuronormative paradigm with the neurodiversity paradigm.
autisticrealms.com/the-neuronor...
This exploration piece contrasts the neuronormative paradigm with the neurodiversity paradigm.
autisticrealms.com/the-neuronor...
This week we've kicked off our series of community based, participatory workshops exploring underserved autistic adults experiences of primary healthcare. First event at the amazing Burton Street Foundation in Hillsborough.
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This week we've kicked off our series of community based, participatory workshops exploring underserved autistic adults experiences of primary healthcare. First event at the amazing Burton Street Foundation in Hillsborough.
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@autismeurope.bsky.social 2025 Congress is now freely available on this website:
www.autismeurope.org/what-we-do/i...
Also:
www.youtube.com/@AutismEurope
Lots of very exciting presentations including @drmbothapsych.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social and many more!
www.autismeurope.org/what-we-do/i...
Also:
www.youtube.com/@AutismEurope
Lots of very exciting presentations including @drmbothapsych.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social and many more!
14th Autism-Europe International Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 2025 – Autism Europe
www.autismeurope.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
@autismeurope.bsky.social 2025 Congress is now freely available on this website:
www.autismeurope.org/what-we-do/i...
Also:
www.youtube.com/@AutismEurope
Lots of very exciting presentations including @drmbothapsych.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social and many more!
www.autismeurope.org/what-we-do/i...
Also:
www.youtube.com/@AutismEurope
Lots of very exciting presentations including @drmbothapsych.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social and many more!
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Embracing Complexity's priority-setting exercise for research on neurodivergence is now published in Neurodiversity! Huge project led by @agatataga.bsky.social, paper co-written by @drrachaeldavis.bsky.social, @drhollyjoseph.bsky.social, and yours truly: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Beyond Diagnosis: Setting Research Priorities with the Neurodivergent Community - Agata Ostaszewska, Georgia Harper, Rachael Davis, Holly Joseph, 2025
Neurodiversity research remains heavily shaped by diagnostic categories, which increasingly appear inadequate for capturing the complex, lived realities of neur...
journals.sagepub.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Embracing Complexity's priority-setting exercise for research on neurodivergence is now published in Neurodiversity! Huge project led by @agatataga.bsky.social, paper co-written by @drrachaeldavis.bsky.social, @drhollyjoseph.bsky.social, and yours truly: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🔊 Vacancy: Open Research Manager, University of Sheffield Library (full-time, open-ended). The role will involve supporting projects across Sheffield and nationally with the @ukrepro.bsky.social to accelerate open research practices. Closing date 22 October: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Open-Res...
Open Research Manager
Open Research Manager
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🔊 Vacancy: Open Research Manager, University of Sheffield Library (full-time, open-ended). The role will involve supporting projects across Sheffield and nationally with the @ukrepro.bsky.social to accelerate open research practices. Closing date 22 October: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Open-Res...
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👉Are you a post-doc?
👉 Passionate about improving care for people with learning disabilities?
👉Interested in communication?
The ICALD study has 2 jobs: one based in London and one in Manchester. See links👇
Come and work with us!
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ464/r...
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ213/p...
👉 Passionate about improving care for people with learning disabilities?
👉Interested in communication?
The ICALD study has 2 jobs: one based in London and one in Manchester. See links👇
Come and work with us!
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ464/r...
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ213/p...
Research Associate on the ‘ICALD’ study at The University of Manchester
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Associate on the ‘ICALD’ study at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
jobs.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
👉Are you a post-doc?
👉 Passionate about improving care for people with learning disabilities?
👉Interested in communication?
The ICALD study has 2 jobs: one based in London and one in Manchester. See links👇
Come and work with us!
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ464/r...
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ213/p...
👉 Passionate about improving care for people with learning disabilities?
👉Interested in communication?
The ICALD study has 2 jobs: one based in London and one in Manchester. See links👇
Come and work with us!
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ464/r...
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ213/p...
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Kent and Greenwich merge without consulting unions!
#UKHE
#UKHE
For everyone else reading the news this morning about the Kent and Greenwich merger - it's been as big a shock for us too.
Rumours always abound with constant cuts and redundancies, but they remained rumours until 7.45am this morning.
Rumours always abound with constant cuts and redundancies, but they remained rumours until 7.45am this morning.
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Kent and Greenwich merge without consulting unions!
#UKHE
#UKHE
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Excited to be in Dublin (despite the rain! 🌧️) for the Autism Europe Congress #AEC2025. I’ll be presenting my poster tomorrow at 2pm (P1.01.17), please drop by and say hey if you’re also attending ☺️ Looking forward to hearing about all the brilliant research! 🙌🏻
September 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Excited to be in Dublin (despite the rain! 🌧️) for the Autism Europe Congress #AEC2025. I’ll be presenting my poster tomorrow at 2pm (P1.01.17), please drop by and say hey if you’re also attending ☺️ Looking forward to hearing about all the brilliant research! 🙌🏻
Heading Dublin tonight for Autism Europe Congress #AEC2025.
Talk on meta-autism research tomorrow - autism community views about open data
Poster Friday - talking about distraction, monotropism and normativity
@autismeurope.bsky.social
Talk on meta-autism research tomorrow - autism community views about open data
Poster Friday - talking about distraction, monotropism and normativity
@autismeurope.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Heading Dublin tonight for Autism Europe Congress #AEC2025.
Talk on meta-autism research tomorrow - autism community views about open data
Poster Friday - talking about distraction, monotropism and normativity
@autismeurope.bsky.social
Talk on meta-autism research tomorrow - autism community views about open data
Poster Friday - talking about distraction, monotropism and normativity
@autismeurope.bsky.social
Heading into Sheffield for #ESCOP25
I'm taking part in a symposium on using drift diffusion models for between group comparisons,organised by @ambercopeland.bsky.social
W/ @cmanning.bsky.social
Craig Hedge and Alekhya Mandali also speaking.
Lot to discuss,should be a great session!
I'm taking part in a symposium on using drift diffusion models for between group comparisons,organised by @ambercopeland.bsky.social
W/ @cmanning.bsky.social
Craig Hedge and Alekhya Mandali also speaking.
Lot to discuss,should be a great session!
September 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Heading into Sheffield for #ESCOP25
I'm taking part in a symposium on using drift diffusion models for between group comparisons,organised by @ambercopeland.bsky.social
W/ @cmanning.bsky.social
Craig Hedge and Alekhya Mandali also speaking.
Lot to discuss,should be a great session!
I'm taking part in a symposium on using drift diffusion models for between group comparisons,organised by @ambercopeland.bsky.social
W/ @cmanning.bsky.social
Craig Hedge and Alekhya Mandali also speaking.
Lot to discuss,should be a great session!
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“Newton’s … law of inertia, tells us that an object at rest stays at rest, & an object in motion stays in motion, unless something intervenes. In daily life, autistic inertia echoes this: Starts, stops, & shifts can require disproportionate effort.”
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications... -SR
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications... -SR
Student Notebook: The Physics of Autistic Inertia
Hari Srinivasan describes the difficulty autistic people face in starting, stopping, or switching tasks, as well as how to manage this feeling of “inertia” as a graduate student.
www.psychologicalscience.org
September 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“Newton’s … law of inertia, tells us that an object at rest stays at rest, & an object in motion stays in motion, unless something intervenes. In daily life, autistic inertia echoes this: Starts, stops, & shifts can require disproportionate effort.”
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications... -SR
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications... -SR
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🚨 This week on BBC Look North: Sheffield staff balloting for strike action over £5m in cuts.
We have defeated cuts in other institutions and we will defeat these ✊
Show your support to @sheffielducu.bsky.social
We have defeated cuts in other institutions and we will defeat these ✊
Show your support to @sheffielducu.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨 This week on BBC Look North: Sheffield staff balloting for strike action over £5m in cuts.
We have defeated cuts in other institutions and we will defeat these ✊
Show your support to @sheffielducu.bsky.social
We have defeated cuts in other institutions and we will defeat these ✊
Show your support to @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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I've spent the past weeks publishing my flankr package on CRAN for R. Users who've only installed the first version will notice SIGNIFICANT improvements in model fit speed.
Plus, I made a hex sticker for it.
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
Github (dev version): github.com/JimGrange/fl...
Plus, I made a hex sticker for it.
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
Github (dev version): github.com/JimGrange/fl...
August 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I've spent the past weeks publishing my flankr package on CRAN for R. Users who've only installed the first version will notice SIGNIFICANT improvements in model fit speed.
Plus, I made a hex sticker for it.
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
Github (dev version): github.com/JimGrange/fl...
Plus, I made a hex sticker for it.
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
Github (dev version): github.com/JimGrange/fl...
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I wrote an R package that creates standardized R project structures that are compliant with @mekline.bsky.social's psych-DS...ish.
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
Creating and validating standardized R project structures that are psych-DS compliant-ish
Making psychological code and data FAIR is hard, in part because different projects organize their code and data very differently.
Sometimes this is for good reasons, such as due to the demands of a g...
mmmdata.io
August 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I wrote an R package that creates standardized R project structures that are compliant with @mekline.bsky.social's psych-DS...ish.
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
Useful article on the pressures that disproportionately affect neurodivergent students (and staff) in HE:
wonkhe.com/blogs/higher...
wonkhe.com/blogs/higher...
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Useful article on the pressures that disproportionately affect neurodivergent students (and staff) in HE:
wonkhe.com/blogs/higher...
wonkhe.com/blogs/higher...
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We made it into the Independent!
“NHS ‘needs to do more to support autistic people”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
#AutRes #AutismResearch #ADHDResearch #ADHD #Autism
“NHS ‘needs to do more to support autistic people”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
#AutRes #AutismResearch #ADHDResearch #ADHD #Autism
August 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We made it into the Independent!
“NHS ‘needs to do more to support autistic people”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
#AutRes #AutismResearch #ADHDResearch #ADHD #Autism
“NHS ‘needs to do more to support autistic people”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
#AutRes #AutismResearch #ADHDResearch #ADHD #Autism
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PUBLIC LECTURE:
My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
Centre for Neurodiversity and Development Public Lecture
Why autism isn't what you think it is (and why that matters) - end of fellowship Public Lecture by Dr Monique Botha
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
PUBLIC LECTURE:
My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
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Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
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If you've ever zoned in so hard the world disappeared, this is for you. Check out my accessible presentation on measuring Monotropism @ Cafe Autistique in Manchester, 11 June 2025.
youtu.be/tz2XpO1tg0Y?...
youtu.be/tz2XpO1tg0Y?...
Monotropism @ Cafe Autistique 2025 | Beatrix Butnicu
YouTube video by Tunnel Visionary
youtu.be
June 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If you've ever zoned in so hard the world disappeared, this is for you. Check out my accessible presentation on measuring Monotropism @ Cafe Autistique in Manchester, 11 June 2025.
youtu.be/tz2XpO1tg0Y?...
youtu.be/tz2XpO1tg0Y?...
New preprint: Open data in autism research: the views of autistic people and parents of autistic children
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
OSF
osf.io
July 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New preprint: Open data in autism research: the views of autistic people and parents of autistic children
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
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108 Labour MPs sign amendment to defeat the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill
The benefit cuts can be defeated.
The benefit cuts can be defeated.
June 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
108 Labour MPs sign amendment to defeat the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill
The benefit cuts can be defeated.
The benefit cuts can be defeated.
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PCI Psychology is here!! 🎉🥳
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
June 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
PCI Psychology is here!! 🎉🥳
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
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PLUS two fantastic - & in many ways complementary - papers on the ethics of sharing sensitive data relating to marginalised groups, from @parooo.bsky.social &
@danpoole.bsky.social .
Who decides what’s ‘closed as necessary’, & how can we ensure consent is actually fully ‘informed’?
@danpoole.bsky.social .
Who decides what’s ‘closed as necessary’, & how can we ensure consent is actually fully ‘informed’?
June 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
PLUS two fantastic - & in many ways complementary - papers on the ethics of sharing sensitive data relating to marginalised groups, from @parooo.bsky.social &
@danpoole.bsky.social .
Who decides what’s ‘closed as necessary’, & how can we ensure consent is actually fully ‘informed’?
@danpoole.bsky.social .
Who decides what’s ‘closed as necessary’, & how can we ensure consent is actually fully ‘informed’?
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Introducing PECANS, "a comprehensive checklist designed to ensure that all relevant information is included in research reports within the broad fields of cognitive psychology and neuropsychology" link.springer.com/article/10.3... autism-relevant, free
Enhancing the quality and reproducibility of research: Preferred Evaluation of Cognitive and Neuropsychological Studies - The PECANS statement for human studies - Behavior Research Methods
Are scientific papers providing all essential details necessary to ensure the replicability of study protocols? Are authors effectively conveying study design, data analysis, and the process of drawin...
link.springer.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Introducing PECANS, "a comprehensive checklist designed to ensure that all relevant information is included in research reports within the broad fields of cognitive psychology and neuropsychology" link.springer.com/article/10.3... autism-relevant, free