Dr Kana Grace

🌿 A warm invitation to my upcoming course! 🌿 Over the past year, I’ve poured my heart into developing this course on #neurodivergence and #health - bringing together research from both #neurodivergent and neuro-majority researchers while weaving in my own lived experiences.

I had the pleasure of delivering a keynote at @ASfAR_autism Online Showcase Event 2025: Career Trajectories & Autistic-Led Autism Research by Autistic Researchers.I loved sharing my talk, answering questions, and connecting with their members.Appreciated the positive feedback🙏🩵

A qualitative analysis by @kanabaletti @annaremington @LauraMayCrane found that autistic adults face a conflict between balancing their desire for social connection with their limited energy for engaging in social experiences. FREE until 25th November liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/25…

ASfAR members and members-to-be, don't miss @AutisticProf, @JacdenHouting, @kanabaletti at the ASfAR online showcase event on 04.12.25 12-3pm Mel/ Syd time! To register: aspect.zoom.us/.../WN_W-xTt5U…... - To join ASfAR or renew your membership: asfar.org.au/membership/

New CRAE Research Summary Grace et al. (2025). ‘Trapped in a no-win situation’: A qualitative exploration of autistic adults’ experiences of loneliness. Loneliness is more than lack of connection. @kanabaletti crae.ioe.ac.uk/trapped-in-a-n…

I’m honored to have been invited to deliver a keynote at the @ASfAR_autism event, and I’m very much looking forward to it.

Unfortunately, the journal version is not open access - but the full version is freely available here: 🔗 discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1021…

Our paper has recently been published in @AutismAdulthood: “Trapped in a No-Win Situation”: A Qualitative Exploration of Autistic Adults’ Experiences of Loneliness tinyurl.com/2yeuch6j Co-authored with @LauraMayCrane and @annaremington @CRAE_IOE @IOE_London @ucl

Because of past trauma, I’ve chosen to share much of my own story within the course space for now, where it feels safer and more supportive for both myself and participants. Come and see!

You can read what past participants have said about the course here: valtameri-grace.com/course-testimo…

The 2nd cohort of my 7-week live online course Neurodivergence & Whole-Person Health starts Oct 4 🌍Open worldwide Evidence-based & rooted in lived experience including much of my own Early-bird until Sept 6 Details: tinyurl.com/yw542tcj I warmly invite you to come and see!

I’m grateful for the privilege of reviewing papers by Japanese researchers - but so many still say things like “Autism Spectrum Disorder” or “they are impaired in…”. When I propose research to address these outdated views, I’m told it would “make Japan look bad.” Such injustice.

#CRAEresearchSummaries Evaluating measures to assess loneliness in autistic adults. Grace et al (2023) Questionnaires exist to assess loneliness, but do they apply to autistic adults? crae.ioe.ac.uk/evaluating-mea… @kanabaletti @annaremington @jaderdavies and @LauraMayCrane (2023)

Really grateful that my friend Meg Raby wrote this in response to RFK Jr.'s nonsense about autistic people.

#Stigma Do you think neurological conditions and symptoms are believed by professionals, public, journalists or even your families or friends? #BrainAwarenessWeek #ADHD #Autism #Dyspraxia #dyslexia #neurological