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@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…
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October 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
craeioe.bsky.social
New #CRAEresearchSummary
@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…
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October 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Special school staff perspectives on how careers guidance is provided to their autistic young people.
(Dexter et al. 2025)

Changes are needed in policy and practice to make careers support more accessible

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Special school staff perspectives on how careers guidance is provided to their autistic young people
The team looked at how careers guidance is provided to autistic pupils in special schools in England. Careers guidance helps young people move from school into work, and schools must offer this sup…
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July 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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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

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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)".
April 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Dexter et al (2025)

-Careers lessons in the classroom
-Work experience
-One-to-one careers advice

But, staff said that the biggest barrier in giving careers support was organising work experience for autistic students.

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paper title: School stuff, perspectives on how careers guidance is provided to the autistic young people quote: the difference in her has been incredible because she suddenly got a confidence. She knows she can do things; she knows she can achieve outside of school, and that's really magical to see. quote: and employee, who doesn't know what that autism means, or what that looks like, might just say, oh, sorry, I can't do that, because they don't know, until they meet each young person We recommend that more research is needed into how to provide affective and inclusive, work experience to autistic young people in special schools
April 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Dexter et al (2025)

-Careers lessons in the classroom
-Work experience
-One-to-one careers advice

But, staff said that the biggest barrier in giving careers support was organising work experience for autistic students.

crae.ioe.ac.uk/speci...

1/2
paper title: School stuff, perspectives on how careers guidance is provided to the autistic young people quote: the difference in her has been incredible because she suddenly got a confidence. She knows she can do things; she knows she can achieve outside of school, and that's really magical to see. quote: and employee, who doesn't know what that autism means, or what that looks like, might just say, oh, sorry, I can't do that, because they don't know, until they meet each young person We recommend that more research is needed into how to provide affective and inclusive, work experience to autistic young people in special schools
April 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM