Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland
@heasutherland
audhd postdoc @Cambridge_Uni // currently midrash & reading diversity for @templeton_fdn // generally autism, neurodiversity, Qualitative research
So long, Twitter people. It's been fun! But I'm going to be mostly over on the other blue site now, I think - it's a lot more lively over there. Come find me at heasutherland.com, or on bsky as @heasutherland.com
Very excited to be attending the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference today, from the @NdHumanities network. Sad I can't be there in person, but their online provision is wonderful, and lots of very cool speakers in the lineup...
If you're interested in autism, religious experience, and people who are minimally-speaking / have higher support needs, do check out this job at U of Aberdeen: abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/resear… You'd get to work on a very interesting project with a really great team.
This is now published in the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research! ▶️ sjdr.se/articles/10.16…
Another new preprint! ▶️ osf.io/2us8a “A difference in typical values”: autistic perspectives on autistic social communication 🧵
Autistic women or non-binary participants (18+) needed📢 We would like to hear your valuable expertise in reviewing an intervention that aims to prevent body image concerns and disordered eating. For more info, please email Hannah at [email protected]
🚨 Our new research just out in Autism journal: @grrand_team @UCLPALS @LJMU @UCL @EdgeHill @AFNCCF highlights systemic barriers in #CAMHS for #autistic children. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… @NAT_taskforce @NHSAbility @AutismPractice
The podcast I did about my PhD research with the wonderful Middletown Autism Centre is now out: buzzsprout.com/1184276/episod… (+ Apple & Spotify ) It's a pretty casual chat, not a super technical academic thing - so if you're a carer, practitioner, etc. do give it a listen!
Thesis corrections were submitted Saturday! Three added sections on the ethics of and participation recruitment for my studies, and also a bit on my epistemology and how that interacted with my methods. Hard work to write them, but glad I did it - the thesis is better with them.
This is part of "Neurodivergence-Affirming and Inclusive Research Practices for Autistic People with High Support Needs" a 10:30-12:30 on Saturday, Room 608-609! Do come along, it's going to be a great panel.
@heasutherland is presenting on communication & miscomunication in social care settings for autistic people with high support needs (sorry, I dont have the details for this session!)
Who on here is going to INSAR this week? #INSAR25 Drop a comment if you'd like to meet up (either before or during! I'm around from Tuesday onwards, minus a few prior commitments) - it'd be great to catch up with people, or to meet people I only know as profile pics on here :)
Important thread. Includes “In…computational analysis I show that there is only been a growth in the use of the term disorder and that the word severe autism has seen a particular growth that far outstrips any mention of Neurodiversity and neurodivergence in research literature”
I know that I won't go viral like others. I know that this will be liked by at most a couple hundred people. But there has been so much misinformation & I feel compelled to address some of it. Let's start with: The vast majority of autism research funding goes on biological work
This is now peer reviewed and out in Neurodiversity - my first published PhD output! 📰 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…
New preprint! ▶️ osf.io/kn2wr/ “Read my lips, not my body”: a thematic analysis of autistic people’s social communication preferences, experiences, and expectations🧵
Reminder that I'm doing a talk tomorrow for the Middletown Centre on neuro-affirming support for autistic people with higher support needs. Aimed at carers, professionals, parents etc. - do come along! More info & ticket link: heasutherland.com/talk/neuro-aff…
We're now a month out from INSAR 2025. So it's a good time to mention that, on the Saturday, I'll be on a panel about the neurodiversity paradigm and how it applies to and benefits autistic people with higher support needs. See you there! heasutherland.com/talk/neurodive…
It's #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek! But what is neurodiversity? We wrote an article for young people explaining what neurodiversity means for different people and their day to day life! @SueReviews @KatieCebula @a_m_alcorn0131 @FrontYoungMinds kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Belated, but really excited to announce I'll be speaking at Autism Europe #AEC2025 about my ethnographic work involving the neurodiversity paradigm and autistic people with higher support needs!
Updated my website with some talks I'm doing over the next few months - a lot of stuff aimed at professionals working with autistic people, including autistic people with higher support needs. More info & booking links at: heasutherland.com/event/
I'm excited to be one of the speakers at @Autism's Annual Professionals’ Conference, live online on 13th March 2025. The conference's theme is exploring neuroaffirmative practice. I'll be talking about high support needs. Tickets and information: autism.org.uk/conference
Really happy to say that I passed my viva with minor corrections, and am now Dr. Sutherland :)
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