Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland
@heasutherland
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audhd postdoc @Cambridge_Uni // currently midrash & reading diversity for @templeton_fdn // generally autism, neurodiversity, Qualitative research
Joined July 2018
Hello! I do cognitive science-ish things, neurodiversity (mostly autism), mixed methods research, and some random interdisciplinary stuff. I love giving talks. Papers, datasets, talks etc. on my website: https://t.co/MTdThjWzC0 More active on bsky @
heasutherland.com
Holly E. A. Sutherland, PhD - AuDHD neurodiversity researcher
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I'm going to be at this event on qualitative research with non-speaking neurodivergent people - talking about ethnography as an inclusive methodology when working with autistic adults with high support needs. Would love to see you there! https://t.co/JNE4KZPSEj
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A full-day event bringing together academics, parents, educational practitioners and non-speaking neurodiverse young people.
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Hello! Im at #AECongress25 - do come say hi if you see me. I also have a talk this afternoon about the double empathy problem in care and support services!
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Belated because I've been super busy, but I graduated a few weeks ago! I'm *officially* Dr. Sutherland now. Not sure I can explain what that means to me - I've wanted a doctorate for as long as I can remember. Huge thanks to the wonderful supervisors who helped get me there. 💜
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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...
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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: https://t.co/dRRnytR8a9 You'd get to work on a very interesting project with a really great team.
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This is now published in the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research! ▶️
Another new preprint! ▶️ https://t.co/1WAJGvkzsE “A difference in typical values”: autistic perspectives on autistic social communication 🧵
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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 h.k.lewis@qmul.ac.uk
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🚨 Our new research just out in Autism journal: @grrand_team @UCLPALS @LJMU @UCL @EdgeHill @AFNCCF highlights systemic barriers in #CAMHS for #autistic children. https://t.co/Mz2LllUVyV
@NAT_taskforce @NHSAbility @AutismPractice
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The podcast I did about my PhD research with the wonderful Middletown Autism Centre is now out: https://t.co/7dpvhM43NI (+ 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!
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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.
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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!)
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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 :)
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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
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This is now peer reviewed and out in Neurodiversity - my first published PhD output! 📰
journals.sagepub.com
Differences in socialising and communicating between autistic and non-autistic people are well documented, but primarily from the perspective of non-autistic re...
New preprint! ▶️ https://t.co/SoNqwV4ukA “Read my lips, not my body”: a thematic analysis of autistic people’s social communication preferences, experiences, and expectations🧵
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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: https://t.co/CiGiSjIvKj
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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! https://t.co/0bMwmtlz7C
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A panel looking at how the neurodiversity paradigm is beneficial to, and inclusive of, autistic people with higher support needs.
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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
https://t.co/kTrDffRDIh
kids.frontiersin.org
Neurodiversity means that all people's brains process information differently from each other, meaning that they think and learn in a variety of ways. Being neurodivergent means that the way your...
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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!
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