Senior lecturer/researcher #neurodiversity #digital games-based intervention & Co-Lead Neurodiversity Project @UniMelb. Co-founder Next Level Collaboration

Melbourne, Australia
Joined July 2012
Thanks to my Twitter/X community - it's been fun. There is a big shift in education and neurodiversity towards the social platform Bluesky so I'm going to see how I like it. You can find me at bsky.app/profile/hattdesigns… - reach out and say hi. Still be here as well (for now).
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POSITIVE ABOUT ADHD! Are you between 18-25 years with a diagnosis of attention-deficit & hyperactivity (ADHD)*? You're invited to participate in research developing a new questionnaire about people's positive attitudes toward their ADHD. *They ask for evidence of ADHD diagnosis
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Today I presented study by @BethFearon96 from her thesis I supervised w/ @DrAmyPearson's support, at @portsmouthuni's Exploring Childhood and Youth: A Cross-Disciplinary Hybrid Symposium. Thread summarising, & access to, our @AutismAdulthood paper: researchportal.port.ac.uk/en… 1/
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One way to be Autistic and Living the Dream is to have your first first-authored paper published (in the top autism journal @AutismAdulthood) on Autism Acceptance Day! Congratulations, @social_parasite, and important research on autistic adults' experiences w/ substance services.
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New original research! I’m delighted to share my (open access, Autistic-led, coproduced) paper with you about auditory environments and how they influence the link between #ActuallyAutistic traits and quality of life, due to sound sensitivity. tiny.cc/SoundQoL
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Fr: Alex Kidman A very useful (and neat) update to Apple Maps today, adding indigenous place names and details across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand — here’s the rundown of what’s new: alexreviewstech.com/apple-ma…
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Overdiagnosis? Seems timely to reshare... In CAMHS, little evidence of overdiagnosis of emotional disorders, rather the opposite - many children and young people with diagnosable mental health disorders not receiving a clinical diagnosis or timely help. doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14090
📣New Research! It took 6 years but we got there! The STADIA trial reports… What we did: Large multi-centre #RCT with 1225 children and young people with emotional difficulties referred to #CAMHS across England, followed-up for 18 months.   6 Headline findings… see🧵below(1/7)
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Autistic vs non-autistic adults did not differ "on general lie frequency, which medium they used or who they lied to"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… but autistics reported "more guilt, feeling less confidence in their likelihood of being believed and increased difficulty when lying"
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60 years ago, a group of brave civil rights organizers marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in the pursuit of justice and equality. Today we’re reminded of their courageous sacrifices, and tasked with the responsibility of doing what we can to carry forward their work.
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📢Survey for autistic uni students in UK on your support experiences & needs developed from community-based participatory research w/ autistic & non-autistic students & disability support staff. Pls share widely🙏 Scan QR code in flyer -> send drafted email to receive direct link
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Why including people with disabilities in the workforce and higher education benefits everyone buff.ly/41d9qgi
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Good to welcome @hattdesigns Sarah Timperley and Jessica Riordan to @UoP_CIDD @portsmouthuni to learn about the exciting findings of the @UniMelb Neurodiversity Project. On Valentine’s Day good to show love for neurodivergent students and staff (see unimelb.edu.au/neurodiversit…)!
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Seeking participants for my research which will form my masters dissertation with @portsmouthuni and @drstevenkapp 🧠 If you meet the criteria, please click the link here to register your interest in taking part: research.sc/participant/logi… #Autism #Research Please share 😊
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Exciting news! Our new book "Teachers Who Lead" is now available for pre-order! 📚🎉 Co-authored with @paulinethompso7 and @john_hattie it's a practical guide for middle leaders and senior leaders in education. 30% off with code 35YEARS: corwin.com/books/teachers-wh…
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Our new research on making #games more fun to play with people with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is out! A big thanks to Assoc. Prof. Matthew Harrison @hattdesigns Assoc. Prof. Natasha Dwyer, my former colleagues + the amazing @KirstenHarley2 (R.I.P.) #MND rehab.jmir.org/2024/1/e5882
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‘Work adjacent’: I went to Brickvention today with some colleagues and it was pretty wonderful. Amazing Lego creations. The classic Donkey Kong machine was my favourite (but it was close!).
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New paper: autistic ppl found stimming to be positive when not self-injurious nor stigmatized (latter led to masking). Most felt stimming helped their friendships w/ & connections to other autistics, in part through inferring others’ emotions from stimming journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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