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Dr Aoife Munroe

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Aug 26

That's exactly what we were hoping to produce, accessible with practical recommendations. I think our combined backgrounds in teaching and research along with it being an autistic/non-autistic collaboration assisted us in achieving our aims.

Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you so much Beth, delighted to hear that you like it. ☺️

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you for your lovely words and positive feedback on our article Gregory. It was a long time in the making and we too are proud of it. We are hoping that it can make an impact on the ground. 😊

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thanks for the tag Helen! Hope you enjoy the paper ☺️

Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Aug 25

A special thanks to Cat Hughes and Fiona McCaffrey for their advice in the early stages of this work and to the reviewers who provided us with positive constructive feedback during the peer-review process. 👏🏻

Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Aug 25

Just in time for the new academic year, we believe this paper will be of particular interest and use to teacher educators and teachers at primary and post-primary level. We hope that the paper and its associated supplementary materials will support the enactment of Inclusive Education.

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Aug 25

We applied the original Autistic SPACE framework (Doherty et al., 2023) to the education landscape, broadening its application and highlighting its relevance in the school context.

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Aug 25

This paper is the culmination of an exciting and fruitful collaboration with my fantastic co-authors; Elaine McGoldrick, Rachel Ferguson, Carina Byrne and Mary Doherty.

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Aug 25

📣Publication Announcement!

Our article 'Autistic SPACE for Inclusive Education' has been published open access with Neurodiversity Journal 📑

doi.org/10.1177/2754...

Autistic SPACE for Inclusive Education - Elaine McGoldrick, Aoife Munroe, Rachel Ferguson, Carina Byrne, Mary Doherty, 2025

The continuing policy commitment to Inclusive Education internationally requires the prioritisation of the creation of inclusive schools in practice. Research w...

doi.org

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Jul 24

I will be sharing a fantastic visual representation of my findings for the first time at the conference (a masterpiece created by the amazing Claire Comerford who took my vision and made it into a reality for me). Stay tuned for the post-conference reveal!
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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Jul 24

I am presenting two papers based on my PhD research next Monday.

📑Mainstream Post-Primary Teachers’ Knowledge and Understanding of Autism in Girls

📑Autistic Girls’ Experiences of Mainstream Education Provision at Post-Primary Level in the Republic of Ireland

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm very excited to be attending #LICIE2025 next week. What a fantastic programme line up and a great opportunity to connect with like-minded researchers.
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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 13

I would love for this post to reach some #actuallyautistic creative individuals but again I am open to working with anyone interested. My #PhD research is on the school experiences of autistic girls attending mainstream education.
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#PhDchat

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 13

I have some ideas of what form this may take (sketch note/cartoon/mixture of graphic and text). However, I am open to ideas and if you have done something similar before I would love to see your work. 2/3

#CreativeResearch
#ResearchDissemination

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 13

📣📣 I am looking for recommendations for someone who could create a one-pager, visual representation of my PhD findings to support dissemination with the individuals who took part in the research. 1/3

#CreativeDissemination #ActuallyAutisticArtists
#AutismResearch
#Inclusive

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 7

Hopefully will have my PhD submitted by then, but I look forward to it nonetheless! 😊

Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 7

Fantastic news Sue! You'll have another feature space on my bookshelf 😁 Any ideas of a release date?

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 5

Thank you for your comment, fantastic recommendations which I often find myself going to back to 👏🏻😊

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 5

Fantastic Fergus! Have messaged you 😊

Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 5

That would be absolutely fantastic Fergus, is this chapter available anywhere yet?

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 5

Thank you for this Charlotte, I really appreciate it! 😊👏🏻

Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 5

🚨Looking for Recommendations!

I'm looking for a good book/article that explores theories such as Double Empathy / Monotropism / Spoon Theory with reference to the education context.

Would appreciate any ideas and/or reposts please 🤞🏻
#AutismResearch #PhDchat #EducationResearch

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thank you so much Helen! What a lovely message to receive 😶‍🌫️

Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Feb 3

Day 11 of no power after #StormÉowyn 🤯🌀 I consider myself a patient person but it's getting progressively more difficult to deal with. Apart from the sitting room where we have a stove, the rest of the house is baltic cold ❄️🥶

Photograph shows a lit stove with an empty dinner plate in the foreground and a TV in the background with no power.

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Dr Aoife Munroe @aoifemunroe.bsky.social · Jan 29

Day 6 of #PhD by the fireside with candlelight 👏🏻 Thanking my former 🤓💡 self for downloading some files to work offline from before the Storm hit and for my Nanny for providing my daily laptop charge station 😂 T-5 days until scheduled power restoration ⏳#PhDchat

A dark room with a laptop in the foreground and candles and a lit stove in the background.