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Annual CRAE lecture: Time to deliver.
Mon 22 June • 6 PM • Online
Professor Laura Crane will be sharing insights as Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Committee on the Autism Act 2009.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-to-deliver-lessons-from-the-house-of-lords-autism-act-2009-committee-tickets-1986310533275

Time to deliver: Lessons from the House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee

Laura Crane on how we can build a future where autistic people’s rights, needs, and voices truly shape policy.

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CRAE 4d ago

Just posted last week's #CRAEwebinar. Spencer Hayes took us through the research around handwriting practice, movement and the need for novel tasks with autistic children.

https://youtu.be/1RJwXtheOjM

Moving in unpredictable environments: autistic children and motor skills - Spencer Hayes (7-MAY-26)

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CRAE 4d ago

Everyday executive function issues from the perspectives of autistic adolescents and their parents: theoretical and empirical implications #CRAEresearchSummaries https://crae.ioe.ac.uk/everyday-executive-function-issues-from-the-perspectives-of-autistic-adolescents-and-their-parents/

Everyday executive function issues from the perspectives of autistic adolescents and their parents: theoretical and empirical implications

Executive function is a group of skills including planning, inhibition and switching between tasks. Autistic people report struggling quite a lot with these skills. But, when researchers test these…

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CRAE 5d ago

It’s the Improving Interventions for Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health conference today (hosted by UCL’s Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing)

Do say hello to Brian & Mengning if you’re here. They have a poster on co-pro autistic digital supports at uni.

CRAE 6d ago

Jess & Brian talk about au-some teacherson the PLASN-r (pan-London Autism Schools Network) mini-podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w0iegxr7xc

Jess & Brian on au-some teachers

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CRAE May 7

“I Don’t Understand Their Sense of Belonging”: Exploring How Nonbinary Autistic Adults Experience Gender #CRAEresearchSummaries https://crae.ioe.ac.uk/how-nonbinary-autistic-adults-experience-gender/

“I Don’t Understand Their Sense of Belonging”: Exploring How Nonbinary Autistic Adults Experience Gender

The study was led by a non-binary autistic researcher. Interviewed participants shared perceptions of gender as an internal feeling, shaped in interaction with others, and reflected on society&#821…

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CRAE May 5

Time to deliver: Lessons from the House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee

Laura Crane on how we can build a future where autistic people’s rights, needs, and voices truly shape policy.

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CRAE May 5

Co-Constructing Creative Methods for Voice with Sarah Parsons [5-MAR-25] #CRAEwebinar #archive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9vi1E70SfQ

Co-Constructing Creative Methods for Voice with Sarah Parsons [5-MAR-25]

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CRAE May 3

Still not too late to grab a place at this weeks #CRAEwebinar
Moving in Unpredictable Environments with Spencer Hayes

Thur 7th May, 4pm

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moving-in-unpredictable-environments-autistic-children-and-motor-skills-tickets-1980541341467

Moving in unpredictable environments - autistic children and motor skills.

"Practice makes perfect" but perhaps not. Spencer Hayes will share findings showing autistic children learn better in unpredictable places.

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CRAE May 1

Last week there I saw a couple of copies of Robert Chapman’s Empire of Normality were scudding around the CRAE office (and today I see it at half price).

https://www.plutobooks.com/product/empire-of-normality/

#CRAEisReading

Empire of Normality - Pluto Press

This is the rise of the anti-capitalist neurodiversity movement

Pluto Press