Righti-oh, here we go with Part Two of my blog responding to some of the themes from the 2019 meeting of the International Society for Autism Research. Part One was all about Inclusion at the conference – specifically about the inclusion of autistic people – and this one is going to be about Interdisciplinarity. In…
Here we are in early May and it’s time again for my annual blog responding to some of the themes I saw at the International Meeting for Autism Research, which this year took place in Montréal, Canada. Shortly before the meeting, the autism-specific news outlet Spectrum (funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative) published…
In the middle of 2018, a group of academics came together, with the realisation that we were all, separately, contributing to a new way of thinking about autism. In various ways we had – implicitly or explicitly – developed a quantiative and experimental test of the predictions of the Double Empathy Problem. We collected our…
This is the latest in the blog series co-authored by myself and the extraordinary Duncan Astle. After a brief hiatus we are back with our latest post – how to put together a great poster. Designing an attractive and informative poster is an incredibly useful skill, especially for early-career researchers. For any non-academic readers –…
In May 2018, Bérengère presented a (very colourful, Wes Anderson’s movies-inspired) poster on the ABC findings at the International Society for Autism Research Conference. Have a look at the poster right here! => ABC Poster INSAR 2018 Olly, the DART mascot, presenting the ABC poster at INSAR 2018
It’s been a wee while since I had a good autism-related rant on here, but my usual trip to the annual conference of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR – formerly this meeting was called IMFAR) provides an opportunity. Don’t get me wrong, there was lots to love at this year’s INSAR. Work which…
Shereen’s talk at the Polyglot Conference 2017 ! Bilingualism, Autism and Cognition – What do we know ? What do we need to know ? – Polyglot Conference 2017 – Reykjavik (Iceland)
Bérengère’s first ever talk! 8 things to know about bilingualism in autism – Polyglot Conference 2017 – Reykjavik (Iceland)
Here you can download my slides on the topic of: What does the evidence have to say about screentime and atypical development? These were presented on 16th January 2018 at an event called Screen Time: Research, policy and communication in a digital era. The event was hosted by Pete Etchells and featured researchers, community stakeholders,…
I’m back in the office after my usual annual pilgimage to the International Meeting for Autism Research (aka IMFAR) which took place this year in San Francisco. As usual, it was inspiring to be among so many researchers and, increasingly, autistic people (including autistic researchers, of course) gathered together to share their work. The quality of debate…