Sue Fletcher-Watson
@SueReviews
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This is going to be a really inspirational webinar and I encourage you to attend! Especially keen to link up with other holiday & play schemes, residential social care providers and neurodiversity advocates in Scotland.
Would you like to learn about Supertroop’s unique model? Or are you are looking for the perfect volunteering opportunity? Then us on the 3rd of February at 19 by registering using this link bit.ly/42b57nP or scanning the QR code in our flyer.
We're recruiting - one in-person (Edinburgh) & one online (anywhere) focus group We're interested to hear from folk who have experience of depression, and opinions on future possible new treatments. You can express interest in the group via this form: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…
One more share for this exciting postdoc job on what promises to be an extremely impactful project shaping how UK social care is delivered for autistic people. Closing date 30th January! jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI718/res…
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New paper alert! Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people is out today in @NatureHumBehav. nature.com/articles/s4156… THREAD! 🧵⬇️
You know that how-to for writing Nature abstracts? I had a go at making one for lay summaries. Check it out... (more detail and accessible version in the thread)
These events are going to be really well run and are on such a crucial topic. If you're eligible, please sign-up! if you're not (and also if you are), please share!
Are you a care experienced adult (16+ years) or the supporter of care experienced children/adults in Scotland (e.g. foster parent)? If so, we invite you to come to one of our ‘Sibling Cafes’ in May (in-person or an online). To sign up and for more info: edin.ac/4cIYdcs
I completely agree withZack’s analysis and interpretation of the prevalence data
I'm an autistic person who spends a lot of time providing medical care to other autistic people who are like your kids (i.e., profoundly autistic), so trust me when I say I know and appreciate the difference. I'd also like you to take a look at the ADDM data below (from…
Pleased to see this paper exploring autistic communication experiences, particularly acknowledgement of the difficulties interacting with other autistic people. For far too long we have ignored this, while serious harm is caused by lateral violence within the autistic community
Autistics (N=8) discuss social communication, focus group, free journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27… "There was, in some online autistic spaces, a perceived intolerance of disagreement, a lack of good-faith assumptions when people phrased things poorly, and an over-eagerness to start fights"?
Interesting answer to a question that in hindsight I should have been curious about
The question remains @UKLabour - why strip vital support away from millions of people when a 2% wealth tax on multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise many, many times more? theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
From humble beginnings: Reflections on 10 years of the Participatory Autism Research Collective journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…
I'm delighted to be a speaker at the upcoming Autism Europe congress in Dublin, in September 2025 I'll be talking about neurodiversity and education Find out more and register here: autismcongress2025.org #AECongress25
Whenever I make the claim that science is not value neutral this is part of what I mean. We have our values, and we absolutely bring them to our work. Nows the time to not obey, not even for a second.
The CDC has instructed its scientists to retract or pause the publication of any research manuscript being considered by any medical or scientific journal. The move aims to ensure that no “forbidden terms” appear in the work. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Excited to report that I'm going to be on a plenary panel asking "What is neuroaffirming support?" at the NAS conference in March. I'll be talking specifically about high support needs contexts - because neuroaffirming support is for everyone. autism.org.uk/what-we-do/aut…
Happy to share a piece I wrote from a patient perspective in @bmj_latest about my recent pregnancy pathway I left out the fact it was a surrogacy… I didn’t want to distract from the key message - we do not look after fat pregnant people well! bmj.com/content/388/bm…
I'm excited that our new project about autism and comics got reported by the BBC! If you're autistic and into comics, manga or graphic novels please check it out - there's a link in the article to a research survey. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Such a wonderful charity and such a fantastic opportunity. Do sign up to this webinar if you want something good and inspiring to lift your hearts!
Would you like to learn about Supertroop’s unique model? Or are you are looking for the perfect volunteering opportunity? Then us on the 3rd of February at 19 by registering using this link bit.ly/42b57nP or scanning the QR code in our flyer.
Just signal boosting this great postdoc job We’re looking for someone passionate and compassionate, who’ll put their all into an impact-focused, autistic-driven effort to make social care work better for autistic people Apply online before 30th Jan
Very excited to share this 2year postdoc job, working on a co-produced model for autistic adults' social care Project led by & draws on work of @NAT_taskforce (especially Yo Dunn) with supporting cast of David Orr, Kathy Leadbitter + me Please share! jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI718/res…