POND Network

@MarieHooper2014 thank you for sharing with families that you don’t have to earn your need to recharge - it is your right! #POND2025 @AutismONT

@Care4ASH1L thank you Mukti Reddy for sharing your and Kautik’s journey and hope for research and co-creating solutions for kids with neurodevelopmental conditions #POND2025

🌸 CHILD-BRIGHT's spring newsletter is here! Explore student opportunities, new partnerships and awards, upcoming events, and webinar replays: child-bright.ca/newsletters

Ontario students with disabilities have been held or strapped down by educators at school, locked alone in a room, or asked to stay home or attend part-time, according to a disturbing report from Community Living Ontario. Read more on the BLOOM Blog: bit.ly/3Yx4x16

Thank you @MoiraPenaOT for supporting @RichmondHillPL staff with creating safe, inclusive, and neurodiversity-affirming spaces & libraries! @HBKidsHospital @OntarioBrain

Join Autism Ontario for a workshop for caregivers on teaching strategies to help autistic children recognize and communicate about their feelings. Register now: autismontario.com/civicrm/event/… #AutismOntario #AutismMatters

"Autism is part of the diversity of the human experience" Hear @EvdokiaAnagn on The Current with @mattgallowaycbc - May 1, 2025: RFK Jr. is dehumanizing autistic people, says writer cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… @HBKidsHospital @OntarioBrain @UofT @SickKidsNews

Excellent interview with Dr. Melanie Penner on what we know about autism and what we should be asking. Check it out! cbc.ca/listen/cbc-pod… Thank you @NightShiftMD @HBKidsHospital @OntarioBrain @UofT

My first PhD paper is available in @TheBJPsych Open 🎉 Across >600 neurodiverse young people from @PONDNetwork, self-regulation is crucial to understand social adaptability, above and beyond social cognition tinyurl.com/socialdysregIIS

@AzadehKushki sharing technology supports to help parents understand how their children are feeling. @HBKidsHospital @UofT

@WesternU Speech-Language Pathology PhD students sharing recommendations for augmented and alternative communication apps to support minimally/non-verbal kids

Excellent panel discussion with @AutismScienceFd President @alisonsinger, @thesaaac, and @HBKidsHospital Family Leaders on priority research areas for minimally/non-verbal individuals

Dr. Lindsay Butler from @UConn shares how brain imaging can help understand language abilities of minimally/non-verbal kids. @HBKidsHospital @AutismONT

@EvdokiaAnagn opening up a research day to explore the priorities and needs of minimally/non-verbal individuals @HBKidsHospital

Congrats @EvdokiaAnagn on receiving the Excellence Interpersonal Education Award 2025 for co-designing a course with families and teaching our next generation of health professionals that Mental Health is Everyone’s Business! @IPEUofT @OntarioBrain @HBKidsHospital @SickKidsNews

@EvdokiaAnagn opening up an amazing panel discussion with @AzadehKushki, @drsarahmunce, @BukolaKSalami & @CIHR_IHDCYH members on advancing equity in child health!

Hey POND families! Check out our Spring 2025 newsletter! bit.ly/4j0nqBP

It's World Autism Day! Check out @AutismONT's resources to promote awareness and celebrate the spectrum celebratethespectrum.com

Interested in getting involved in research? Check out our list of studies that are currently recruiting research participants! pond-network.ca/ongoing-studie…

Check out this new publication on AI's potential to improve medication management for neurodivergent children! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40162292/ @AzadehKushki @EvdokiaAnagn