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#SARG2023 #ActuallyAutistic #AllAutistics #ParticipatoryResearch

Welcome underway

The majority of researchers presenting today are Autistic

Catherine Grainger is about to introduce the first keynote speaker, but just mentioned the hashtag ‘if you’re going to be tweeting about the event’ *sigh*

Hilde Geurts is talking (from Amsterdam) sharing research insights into ‘Autism and wellbeing across adulthood’

Where we live has an impact on our happiness, with reported happiness on a scale from 0 (or 1?) to 10 ranging from 3.8 (Tanzania) to Denmark (8.2), with the UK sitting at 7.4

As well as happiness, though, it’s good to look more broadly at psychological wellbeing and quality of life (QoL)

Terminology matters

Method matters

Some autism study examples, looking first at aging

#SARG2023 #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticAging #AutisticQualityOfLife

Examples

#SARG2023 #AutisticWellbeing

Across studies, important factors influencing wellbeing in Autistic adults:

• Perceived stress
• Social support
• Employment
• Age of diagnosis

e.g., Atherton et al., 2021; Mason et al.,
2018; McQuaid et al., 2022)

⁂ Panda | 서판다 Aug 22, 2023

@transponderings @transponderings The macOS Teams used to work for me, but no longer. It seems that MS blocks its use over VPN. It worked fine in the browser as I eventually found out. One feature that didn’t show though was the Q&A. I read that Q&A is not available for some participants when there are ‘too many’ participants and wonder if this is what happened. I’ve deleted the macOS and iOS apps; this is the first time something about Teams felt good!

@panda @transponderings I wasn’t going to install any MS crapware on my MacBook (MS things I‘ve installed in years past have just scatter-bombed my file system with bits and pieces)

So I was also using the browser, which worked ok mostly

It’s the first time I’ve experienced Teams – it was ok (apart from the absence of Q&A and the closed captions being squeezed into the bottom left corner)