GW4 Neurodevelopmental Neurodiversity Network

Kicking off 2025 with an editorial on @CORTEXjournal’s Neurodevelopmental Neurodiversity Special Issue – a summary of 24 high-quality papers tackling outstanding and interesting questions on #neurodiversity. 50 days of free access with this sharable link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kQ~92VHYC4-h

Investigating sex differences in autism? 🤔 Our new paper directly compares multiple self-report measures (AQ-50, 28, 26, 20, -10, -9, BAPQ, CATI) in a large sample (N=1000)! Find out which measure shows the most promise. #Autism #SexDifferences #Research doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd…

🚀 New paper @PsychScience & press release! 🧬📖 🧮 Our large-scale study (20,000 children) shows that #ADHD, #dyslexia, and #dyscalculia often co-occur due to shared genetic risk—not because one condition causes the other. doi.org/10.1177/095679… vu.nl/en/news/2025/g… (1/5)

📣Recruiting autistic adults for a 20min survey📣 We're exploring how autistic people use their strengths to manage differences. Participants must: ✅Self-identify as #autistic OR have an #autism diagnosis ✅18 yrs+ ✅Speak English Take part here👉 qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_cA…

Co-Occurrence and Causality Among ADHD, Dyslexia, and Dyscalculia - Elsje van Bergen, Eveline L. de Zeeuw, Sara A. Hart, Dorret I. Boomsma, Eco J. C. de Geus, Kees-Jan Kan, 2025 #tab-contributors" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…

In this #OpenAccess paper, Alexandra Hendry (@OxExpPsy) et al. examine whether family history of #ADHD associates with stronger problem-solving skills amongst 2- to 3-year-olds. An interesting read. bit.ly/4bz62kK

I'm excited to be one of the speakers at @Autism's Annual Professionals’ Conference, live online on 13th March 2025. The conference's theme is exploring neuroaffirmative practice. I'll be talking about high support needs. Tickets and information: autism.org.uk/conference

In autistic vs non-autistic vs mixed pairs, not finding differences in social motor synchrony (SMS)? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… contrary to the authors' hypothesis that "SMS will be significantly higher in non-autistic dyads than those containing at least one autistic individual"

Nice study from @ThemisEfth et al.! "Contrary to our first hypothesis (H1), the frequentist and Bayesian analyses did not reveal significant differences in SMS [social motor synchrony] between the three dyad types." = more new & robust evidence against Double Empathy theory.

I'm excited to share my first registered report on social interactions in @journalautism! Our study explores how social motor synchrony – the natural mirroring of movements – impacts rapport between autistic, neurotypical, and mixed dyads. Thread 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

New research in Psychological Assessment shows the importance of using the optimal cutoff value for the 10-item Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ10) Great paper by @Lucy_Waldren, @Lucy_Livingston , @EstherWalton18 , Prof Mitch Callan, & Dr Punit Shah! psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-…

"Contrary to our hypotheses, rapport was relatively consistent for non-autistic adults across group types. Unlike autistic adults, they reported similar levels of rapport when interacting with both non-autistic or autistic adults" = speaks against Double Empathy theory.

#3 This misclassification can have significant implications for research and clinical practice. The authors recommend that the optimal cutoff value be used in all future research and clinical practice.

#2 This new research found that 36.80% of participants classified as having high autistic traits using the optimal cutoff (≥6) would be misclassified using the suboptimal cutoff (≥7).

Fully funded PhD @QMUL @QM_Psych on ‘Children’s Media and the Neurodivergent Mind’. More details and how to apply here: findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

DyscalculiaDay Educator Conference is online and recorded, so catch it from wherever you are in the world! We are excited to hear the amazing Prof. Camilla Gilmore talk about cognitive barriers to #mathslearning. @RenLearnUK

Very proud to share this work led by the amazing @iciar_itur of @CAMHResearch, via a complicated set of analyses with @PONDNetwork to delineate the relations between social cognition, self-regulation, & social adaptation across neurodiverse young people: cambridge.org/core/journals/…