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May 2025 Spring Catch-up

by | May 6, 2025 | Uncategorised | 0 comments

Welcome to the A@M blog, before Easter we put out the spring newsletter, which is now up on the website.

Updates

We’ve just marked 10 years of co-produced autism research, below is a taste of the contents of this special issue of the newsletter:

  • We look back at how Autism@Manchester began and key milestones along the way. The newsletter also features ‘Birthday’ messages from our friends and colleagues, reflecting on how we have work together to produce meaningful research for the autistic community. We meet one of A@M’s PhD students, Divya Gosain, who explains her work with caregivers of autistic children in India.
  • There’s also a special celebration of the life of Amanada Haydock-White, who made a considerable contribution to the autistic community written by Kathy Leadbitter.
  • Research for and with parents and carers is a sub-theme across this issue. Colleagues in Stockport share reflections of their first year delivering iBASIS, supporting families of neurodivergent babies (pre-diagnosis) using a needs-led approach. We also feature an excerpt from a newsletter about the University of Manchester’s REACH ASD project, which developed and trialled the ‘Empower-Autism’ course for parents and carers. Lastly, in the newsletter you can find calls for volunteers to support our latest projects on the Easy Eyecare Pathway, and research into autistic experiences of mindfulness.

It’s a really difficult time to be autistic or a close friend, relative or carer of autistic people. Social media is increasingly a hostile place. With this in mind, we are withdrawing from the X platform and have a new account on Bluesky. We appreciate those who follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Linkedin, as we know this is how lots of people find out about our research studies and come to volunteer with us.

One aspect of my current project is developing a research involvement toolkit, we want to make all kinds of research (beyond autism specific projects) accessible to autistic people. This will include signposting how to manage relationships with researchers and what processes are involved (or you can check are involved!) to ensure your data is used confidentially and appropriately if you do get involved in research.

Wishing you all a calm and colourful spring.

Erin Beeston
Co-producer, Autism@Manchester


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