October 2024: Erin Beeston, our new co-production officer, shares a bit about herself and the project she is working on in her first blog for Autism@Manchester. Hello! I’m Erin, now in the role of Autism@Manchester co-production officer combined with working as a...
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Summer 2024: Stefan, our Autism@Manchester intern, shares his experience of the role
Stefan Perryman is a second-year Psychology student who recently completed an eight-week summer internship with us. The internship is jointly organised by Autism@Manchester and The University of Manchester’s Careers Service and aims to provide autistic students with...
My experience as the Autism@Manchester co-production officer
Written by Jaja ChoktanasiriI am just finishing up my final year of the BSc Education degree at The University of Manchester. In this blog, I detail my experience and takeaways from working as the Autistic co-production officer at Autism@Manchester.Before I joined...
On the shoulders of friends: why Autistic Autism researchers matter
Written by Jaja Choktanasiri This year marked the start of one of the best journeys of my life: delving into the realm of Autism research. I have ventured into research before; I grew up in a family of individuals working in medical research, and for the past two...
Autism and ageing project featured by Neurodiverse Connection
A study conducted by Autism@Manchester researchers exploring ageing in autistic adults has been featured on the Neurodiverse Connection (NdC) network. The Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) is based at The University of Manchester. Team...
How do autistic people experience ageing?
Our recent interview-based study revealed important insights into the ways that middle to older-aged autistic adults experience ageing. Seventeen autistic adults (ten women and seven men), who were aged from 46 to 72 years, took part in the study. A key finding was...
Summer 2023: Maeve, our Autism@Manchester intern, shares her experience of the role
Maeve Stillman is a second-year Biosciences student who recently completed a six-week summer internship with us. The internship is jointly organised by Autism@Manchester and The University of Manchester’s Careers Service and aims to provide autistic students with the...
Imagining movement
Maeve Stillman, our Autism@Manchester intern, PhD student Ying Bai and Dr Emma Gowen describe one of the studies in the Body, Eye and Movement (BEAM) lab Many autistic people have difficulty with recognising and performing movements. For example, they can find it more...
Beyond Words: exploring the communication experiences of autistic children through art
By Dr Alexandra Sturrock On the 25th of March (2023) The Whitworth gallery (Oxford Road, Manchester) hosted an autism@manchester event: Beyond Words, exploring the communication experiences of autistic children through visual arts. The event was a full day of...
The SAAIL project: Co-producing Intimacy Toolkits with Autistic Adults – What we learnt
Authors: Bethany Jay & Dr. Monique Huysamen Supporting Autistic Adults’ Intimate Lives (SAAIL) is a participatory research project exploring how autistic people think adult social care in England can better recognise and support their intimate lives. This phase of...
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