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Ari Dyer @aridyer.bsky.social · Sep 5

Autism Europe Congress: I'll be presenting at 12:45 on Friday the 12th as part of "Creating safe and autism friendly environments 2".

I'm really excited to hear about other people's work and to meet new people!

Ari Dyer @aridyer.bsky.social · Mar 8

Really excited to have an oral presentation at the 14th Autism-Europe Congress 2025 #AECongress25! @autismeurope.bsky.social

I'll be talking about our research exploring autistic young peoples' experiences using sensory rooms

Looking forward to meeting new people and learning about new research!

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Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social · Apr 28

New #CRAEresearchSummary
from the new paper by Jennifer Price and Mel Romualdez

‘It just feels unnatural being here’:
Autistic secondary school students’ experiences of sensory sensitivities in the school environment

✔️individualised
✔️affirming

crae.ioe.ac.uk/it-ju...

graphic with a light purple background featuring three dark purple circular icons paired with quotes from autistic students about their experiences in school.

Top section: A person icon walking through a door is shown. Beside it, a quote from Sophie reads:
"It just feels unnatural being here (laughs). As soon as I get here, I want to leave... everything in school is kind of a given, and it feels... kind of humiliating when it’s not."

Middle section: An icon of a block of classroom chairs. Next to it, Emma’s quote reads:
"One big thing is if they gave us... the option of where to sit... the difference between me not being able to go to a lesson ever."

Bottom section: A symbol of a head with arrows pointing down toward it. Beside it, Johnny’s quote reads:
"It’d make me not want to work, and it makes me not want to think. And it... hurts my brain."

At the bottom right corner, the text says: "Price & Romualdez (2025)".

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Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social · Mar 22

We know so little about the emotional experiences of #autistic and #ADHD young people who struggle to attend or are excluded from school even though this group is at much higher risk of mental health difficulties and poor life chances. We want to change this.
qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

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Ari Dyer @aridyer.bsky.social · Mar 19

I'm thrilled to have been nominated for Champion for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Cardiff Student's Union Enriching Student Lives Awards.

I try to provide a safe and inclusive learning environment, so my students nominating me feels particularly meaningful.

A banner in Welsh and English.
The Welsh says: Gwobrau Cyfoethogi Bywyd y Myfyrwyr. Partneriaeth rhwng Prifysgol Caerdydd ac Undeb Myfyrwyr Caerdydd. Rhydych wedi eich enwebu.
The English says: Enriching Student Life Awards. A partnership between Cardiff University and Cardiff Student's Union. You've Been Nominated.

Ari Dyer @aridyer.bsky.social · Mar 8

Really excited to have an oral presentation at the 14th Autism-Europe Congress 2025 #AECongress25! @autismeurope.bsky.social

I'll be talking about our research exploring autistic young peoples' experiences using sensory rooms

Looking forward to meeting new people and learning about new research!

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Ari Dyer @aridyer.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thus, we consider whether entrainment may be a tool to support positive social outcomes, such that those who are dissimilar in EQ may "ground" their interaction with low-level movement entrainment. 🧵4/4

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Ari Dyer @aridyer.bsky.social · Feb 26

We found that, for both head and hand movements, greater differences in EQ scores were associated with greater entrainment. However, There was no significant relationship between f0 entrainment and EQ score differences. 🧵3/4

There are two scatterplots. The scatterplot to the left shows that, with greater partner differences in EQ scores, the conversational partners demonstrate greater hand movement similarity. The scatterplot to the right shows that, with greater partner differences in EQ scores, the conversational partners demonstrate greater head movement similarity.

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Ari Dyer @aridyer.bsky.social · Feb 26

We used dynamic time warping to measure entrainment of head motion between speakers, and hand motion between speakers, and we calculated maximum f0 difference between interlocutors in question-response sequences. We further measured partner differences in Empathy Quotient (EQ) scores. 🧵2/4

Two people sit opposite one another, one on the left (Speaker A), one on the right (Speaker B).
Below them are two graphs.
The left graph depicts dynamic time warping of the speakers' head and hand movements.
The right graph depicts the calculation of the difference in maximum fundamental frequency between the two speakers.

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Ari Dyer @aridyer.bsky.social · Feb 26

Our paper has been published open access!
(My first publication!)

This project was part of my MSc thesis with @jamestrujillo.bsky.social & @judithholler.bsky.social.

We explored the relationship between dyadic differences in EQ scores, and kinematic & prosodic similarity🧵
doi.org/10.1080/0163...

Dyadic differences in empathy scores are associated with kinematic similarity during conversational question–answer pairs

During conversation, speakers coordinate and synergize their behaviors at multiple levels, and in different ways. The extent to which individuals converge or diverge in their behaviors during inter...

www.tandfonline.com

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Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre @olgatennisonautism.bsky.social · Feb 12

#openaccess #autism research

4 themes from reflexive thematic analysis:

* Autistic Identity & The Double Empathy Problem
* Supporting Autonomy, Self-Advocacy, & Interdependence
* Implementation Matters
* Moving Beyond Behavior

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A qualitative investigation into autistic adults’ perspectives on intervention goals for autistic children - Rachel K. Schuck, Alicia Geng, Yvette Doss, Florence Lin, Hannah Crousore, Kaitlynn M. P. B...

Behavioral intervention programs for autistic children target a variety of goals including communication, social, academic, and daily living skills. A key compo...

journals.sagepub.com

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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · Jan 30

Spectrum 10k has been permanently halted. A historic win for autistic communities, which will likely have a significant impact on how research funding is allocated in the future. Nothing about us without us! (ht/ @drstevenkapp.bsky.social) www.autismresearchcentre.com/projects/spe...

Spectrum 10K - Autism Research Centre

Statement from the Spectrum 10K research team, 30th January 2025 Today we are publishing the Spectrum 10K consultation report and announcing the next steps for the project. We know this announcement h...

www.autismresearchcentre.com

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Rose Matthews (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @rosematthews.bsky.social · Jan 26

#Thread
How taking part in research has benefited me.
As well as being an Autistic autism researcher I take part in other people’s research studies.
This is partly altruistic as I want to reduce inequalities and improve things for future generations, but I also gain a great deal from it personally.

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Dr Elizabeth M Weir @elizabethmweir.bsky.social · Jan 21

New paper out #openaccess in Molecular Autism today that shows #autistic #trans #nonbinary and #genderdiverse (TGD) people are more likely to have physical and mental health conditions than nonautistic cisgender people. Alongside this, they also reported poorer quality #healthcare bit.ly/4geRRlC

Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare - Molecular Autism

Background Autistic people and transgender/gender diverse people experience poorer healthcare experiences and greater risk of diagnosed, suspected, and assessment recommended health conditions, compar...

bit.ly

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