Are you a #Clinical / #Education professional / #Researcher or #Parent interested in #Bilingualism & #Autism ?
Join me and Bérengère G. Digard online (28th May, 4:30-5:30pm) to hear about our brand new web hub & all of our (free!) resources.

Sign up here: edin.ac/49DXohX

Today is the deadline to submit abstracts to this free showcase for early career autism researchers on 11th September. It will be in person in London at SGDP Centre KCL but the recording will be available online afterward.

Opportunity Alert!

Our Annual Researcher Internship Scheme at Anna Freud is designed to make #research careers more accessible and inclusive. Join us in shaping the future of mental health research.

Apply now! orlo.uk/0bQv5

#DiversityInResearch

Our first coffee hour for the BERA Neurodivergent Researchers Network will be held on Friday 31st May at 12pm ☕ 🧠

This is an online event where we can share our ideas for how the network can best support ND researchers.

See you there

#Neurodiversity

bera.ac.uk/event/bera-neu…

Meanwhile, in Australia...
'bringing the snake that bit you to the hospital is not helpful for treatment because most hospital workers don't know how to correctly identify a snake.'
😱😱😱
people.com/medical-worker…

In the past weeks, I have read SO many LinkedIn job ads that leave me wondering...what does this role actually do? What does the whole *company* actually do?
Anyone else?!

We have just launched our Supermarket Guide! Thank you everyone, whether you helped create it, provided feedback, or otherwise. Thanks also to the Research England Participatory Fund for making it possible.

To see our guide, visit the link below:

sensorystreet.uk

I'm still searching for my next role, and want to shout out my mentors, colleagues, and friends for having been so consistently generous with encouragement and support. I hope that I can pay that support forward to others in time. For now...keep sending me those job listings!

I'm really excited to present some results from my PhD at this talk next week! Please do come along if you're interested to hear more about my work mapping out sleep and mental health symptom trajectories 😁

Got a Q recently about whether Learning About Neurodiversity at School #LEANSproject resources are also free for independent/fee paying schools.
YES! They're free for ALL schools and other users (terms of use apply).
Get the details + download LEANS here: salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/leans

(other) BIG DAY📢
Are you a #bilingual parent of an #autistic child?
Join a free online 1h launch event of our open-access info hub on #autism #bilingual ism: edin.ac/3UhLbvf

Teaser:
- talks by researchers, professionals, autistic bilinguals
- info hub tour
See you there!

Bérengère G. Digard and I are finally putting all of our research and resources about #Autism & #Bilingualism in one online hub!!! To celebrate we have two online launch events to launch this information hub in May - Please share widely and sign up below!

I've just signed up for this free event--looks like something that might interest other educators/professionals who have engaged with the #LEANSproject ! #disability #schools #education

BIG DAY📢
Are you a #clinical / #education professional / #researcher interested in #bilingualism & #autism ?
Join the free online 1h launch event of our open-access information hub: edin.ac/49DXohX
Teaser:
- talks by researchers, practitioners & stakeholders
- info hub tour

6 months ago we launched the Belonging in School resource with a hybrid event at Robinson College. Thank you again to all who contributed to our webinar or joined us on the day! Watch the free webinar here: youtube.com/watch?v=AHY_S8…

The Belonging in School resource was 6 months old on March 20, and we're still celebrating! This resource and our intro webinar are FREE for everyone. If your school is working on inclusion policies, check it out for tools and ideas 👇

Saw this article last week and am still laughing about it--hope it makes someone else smile too! 🦔
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

🗣️ Attention Scottish minority ethnic led community orgs!

Ever heard of the Learning Disabilities, Autism, and Neurodivergency Bill? We are teaming up with the Scottish Government to spread the word.

Join our info session on March 27th, 1pm. Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/863807871597…

Bethan Hughes Bethan (quoted below w/ permission) is still recruiting for a study comparing (current or former) autistic & non-autistic teachers' teaching philosophies. It is interview-based (video or text chat). Contact [email protected] for more info/to participate.