From April 27, 2016... this article by New Scientist drove people to @Autcraft for years after.
#autism #Minecraft
newscientist.com/article/mg2303…

Um this is wild...

“I am writing to express my appreciation for the manuscript “Awkward but so what: Differences in social trait preferences between autistic and non-autistic adults” by Dunn and colleagues (2023)”😮

Great to see your work resonate with others Hunter Dirac!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

After online autism training for employers, finding 'no significant differences in level of change for autism knowledge or commitment to inclusion in the workplace scores depending on whether participants had an autistic or non-autistic trainer'? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27… free

Hanging with Mabel (and Ziggy and Giddy and Ben O'Mara and Prof Gemma Carey, PhD MMedSci) in Canberra - yes, I have now officially joined the cult of Bernation

Are you a speech pathologist, occupational therapist or psychologist? We are looking for your perspectives on what you would want from the Next Level Collaboration Allied Health Training Program: tinyurl.com/NLCAlliedHealth (to improve training, not research)

This one hits a little too close to home: betootaadvocate.com/humans-of-beto…

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38623050/ More research re the huge number of autistic children who endure bullying. '..a higher rate of bullying victimization among autistic participants (58%; 3.1 times higher risk)... compared with their peers ..(18.3%)'.
Who needs 'behaviour enforcement', eh?

While I'm sharing, check out our #JMIR #Preprint : 'Making video games more inclusive for people living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND): a scoping review' preprints.jmir.org/preprint/58828 #digitalhealth via JMIR Publications Ben O'Mara Kirsten Harley Natasha Dwyer (supported by MND Australia)

Our new article in Frontiers Computer Science: 'Inclusive gaming through AI: a perspective for identifying opportunities and obstacles through co-design with people living with MND'🔗doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.… MND Australia ALS/MND Alliance Ben O'Mara Kirsten Harley Natasha Dwyer

Much needed with all of the horribleness going on in the world at the moment

A highlight of my career was delivering a keynote with my colleagues Dr. Sarah Timperley and Dr. Jessica Riordan representing the University of Melbourne Neurodiversity Project at the University of Michigan Beautiful Minds conference. One of those 'pinch yourself' moments. Thank you to the conference committee

If you're having a bad day, here's baby goats in pyjamas

Putting autism research in social contexts

New editorial from Kristen Bottema-Beutel

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

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Check out what my great University of Melbourne colleague Matt has to say!

Most people opposing functioning labels felt they were discriminatory stereotypes. The preferences & suggested alternative for referring to specific individual needs are consistent w/ the suggestions of the Avoiding Ableist Language paper regarding autism: liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.10…

Oops I did it again 🤭

#TotalSolarEclipse

I’m so excited to share this episode of Talking Teaching! Matthew Harrison 🔬+🕹+🧠 and Jess Rowlings are doing the most INCREDIBLE work. Matt and Jess share the exciting and impactful work they are doing and how teachers can support neurodivergent students in their classrooms.

Join us as we chat with Matthew Harrison 🔬+🕹+🧠, Senior Lecturer in Learning Intervention at FoE. We asked him about a funny classroom experience and what he believes makes a truly exceptional teacher.

Tap through to read our full conversation → unimelb.me/3PV7EeR