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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to be at the book launch of Waldock & Keates 2025

Brian and slide. Applications for Practices

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 5d

Am pleasantly surprised with the CofE with its new ABC.

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Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social · 9d

CRAE’s @melromualdez.bsky.social and the @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social team wrote the rapid evidence report on ‘Identifying and supporting the needs of children and young people with SEND’ for the DfE

Our summary of the autistic children & yp section here
crae.ioe.ac.uk/rapid...
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Identifying and supporting the needs of autistic children and young people

CRAE’s Mel Romualdez was part of a team of UCL academics who wrote the rapid evidence report on ‘Identifying and supporting the needs of children and young people with SEND’. They have put together…

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 12d

"Just remember, your organic Autistic ways of socialising, communicating, thinking and processing are not disordered or defective or broken; they are just different. You are not broken, you are a wonderful, whole, Autistic person." At Reframing Autism:

reframingautism.org.au/service/i-am... #autism

I Am Autistic - Reframing Autism

reframingautism.org.au

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 11d

Chatting with @krysiawally.bsky.social is always amazing. 🤩

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 12d

This was a joy to do with @krysiawally.bsky.social
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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Sep 3

On this month's episode of the Autism and Theology podcast, Krysia speaks with Brian Irvine from the Centre for Research in Autism and Education. They discuss perceptual processing and faith.

Listen here: tr.ee/v1JmTAcjX6
Transcript here: share.transistor.fm/s/5e25cac1/t...

Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 15d

Age is a tricky one. It could be simply that - as a minority and on average - autistic folk take a while longer to find someone who gets them to settle down with and have kids.

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 15d

5) So I am grumbly, these studies looking for a link make no mention of whether the families are autistic families. Having autistic folk in charge of this research would have avoided this obvious oversight.
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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 15d

It may be that a choice of pain relief accounts for the American study that found a little more acetaminophen in the cord plasma of mothers of autistic children (Ji et al., 2020).

Not taking the sensory and pain needs of the mums into account seems like a glaring mistake.
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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 15d

3) Smaller studies in Europe (Avella-Garcia, 2016; Leppert, 2019; Liew, 2016) have a slim link between paracetamol and autism, but none say in which direction.

So 4) It might be that autistic mums have a greater pain burden when autistic hypermobility meets pregnancy hypermobility. (4/6)

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 15d

2) The big study (Ahlqvist et al, 2024) and the one that looked at sibling (Ahlquist, 2024b) found no link. This sibling study without a link to paracetamol is particularly important because autism is genetic. (3/6)

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 15d

So
1) There are not many solid studies on autism & paracetamol (Prada et al., 2025). Making any pronouncement ferments worry and fear.. and makes my cynical side wonder who is benefiting from this grift.
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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 15d

Acetaminophen & autism. Some thoughts as I read the research.
I’m a just ed researcher, I worry about how autism is talked about.
Going through the stats to work out what Trump was on about is particularly disheartening; it’s all about risk, as if autism were a disease.
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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 22d

Seems like AI - like many of us - has been bullied into being unable to say “I don’t know”

www.sciencealert.com/openai-has-a...

OpenAI Has a Fix For Hallucinations, But You Really Won't Like It

OpenAI's latest research paper diagnoses exactly why ChatGPT and other large language models can make things up – known in the world of artificial intelligence as "hallucination".

www.sciencealert.com

Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 23d

Genius conference accessibility thingy
- Signed up sessions printed on the back of your name badge!!

So cool! Schedule on the back of a name badge.

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 24d

Very much looking forward to tomorrow’s #NDinHE3 conference - Neurodiversity in Higher Education

Do join Lucy & I for the recording of Neuromentoring live at 2:30.

And if you’re around at 4, I’ll be closing us up with a talk on Hopeful Optimism in Higher Ed.

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Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social · 25d

CRAE PhD student, Sam Dexter, presented his research about careers guidance for autistic young people at #AutismEurope 🇮🇪
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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 29d

That was a Brian original quote; half made up on the spot.

I think it would make an amazing t-shirt slogan 😁

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · Sep 8

What a fabulous book launch!

Lovely hearing from so many of the authors of the various chapters! A really valuable resource!

"Monotropism is rocket fuel for change.
Monotropism is rocket fuel for learning."

as quoted by @brianirvine.bsky.social - Indeed!

www.igi-global.com/book/neurodi...

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 29d

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · Sep 8

Really looking forward to tonight’s launch of ND Ed and Lifelong Learning.

Probably still just time to get an invite

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · Sep 6

Came across my first painted roundabout yesterday. It caused 3 thoughts
1) I feel odd about driving over our flag
2) You could have done it straight you divots
3) Didn’t St G’s mum come from Gaza?

Probably not the message intended. 3/10 poor protest.

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · Sep 1

Writing with @naomijacobs.bsky.social on the importance of centring Autistic people in autism research.

Thanks for hosting us @ndconnection.bsky.social

#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #Autistic #Neurodivergent #Research #AutRes

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Empowering Autistic people in research — Neurodiverse Connection

We’re joined on the blog by Guest Contributors, Katie Munday and Naomi Jacobs , sharing their experiences as Autistic researchers and their passion for research conducted with Autistic people, not ...

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