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Felicity Sedgewick

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Autism and neurodiversity researcher at the University of Bristol. Interested in gender, relationships, mental health, masking, and higher education (sometimes all at once)

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Congratulations! I've been saying one of these is needed for ages!

06.05.2025 15:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At @journalautism.bsky.social we are recruiting!

Thanks to a massive increase in submissions over recent years, we are dramatically expanding our team to appoint FIVE new editors!

See details of the role and how to apply here, by May 23rd.

journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...

21.04.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
A screenshot of the Eventbrite page for a talk titled "Qualitatively eliciting the 'voice' of non-speaking neurodiverse people". The talk is at 12-1pm GMT, Thursday January 30th, online. It is free to reserve a ticket. The talk description reads: Our session will appeal to researchers interested in using qualitative methods with participants who may be non-speaking or minimally verbal. The talk is hosted by Methods North West.

A screenshot of the Eventbrite page for a talk titled "Qualitatively eliciting the 'voice' of non-speaking neurodiverse people". The talk is at 12-1pm GMT, Thursday January 30th, online. It is free to reserve a ticket. The talk description reads: Our session will appeal to researchers interested in using qualitative methods with participants who may be non-speaking or minimally verbal. The talk is hosted by Methods North West.

I'll be talking as part of this next Thursday! If you'd like a more methods-focused insight into my ethnographic research with autistic people with high support needs, do come along. The fantastic LΓ©on van Ommen and Freddie Jones will also be presenting.

21.01.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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A systematic review of pre-registration in autism research journals - Daniel Poole, Audrey Linden, Felicity Sedgewick, Oliver Allchin, Hannah Hobson, 2024 Pre-registration refers to the practice of researchers preparing a time-stamped document describing the plans for a study. This open research tool is used to im...

New #AutRes paper: our review of the use of pre-registration in autism research journals was published over the holiday
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

w/ @fsedgewick.bsky.social, Audrey Linden, Hannah Hobson, Oliver Allchin

02.01.2025 10:12 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm still so proud of this book! Every time someone tells me they have read it, or that it has helped them understand masking better, I'm amazed and genuinely touched 😊

#AutisticMasking #AutRes

22.12.2024 06:03 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...

It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.

26.11.2024 04:25 πŸ‘ 13048 πŸ” 3471 πŸ’¬ 463 πŸ“Œ 253

The University of Bristol School of Education starter pack is below!

Full of amazing researchers and brilliant people!

go.bsky.app/HAFp9qU

20.11.2024 09:29 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've created a starter pack of #neurodivergent, #disability & #MentalHealth writers & authors. (The latter two didn't fit in the title)

There are loads I should add, so let me know who should be included below.

Please support underrepresented writers!

#ADHD #Autism #Dyspraxia

go.bsky.app/3pmvXM7

15.11.2024 16:54 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 4

Thank you Sue, this is a fantastic resource

17.11.2024 16:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A wee PSA for anyone wanting to use the Autism Research feed on here

To start with, here’s the feed link:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

17.11.2024 10:53 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Academia runs on contacting other academics out of the blue and saying HEY do you wanna do this COOL THING for essentially NO REWARD and equally certainly NO RECOGNITION from your employer and those people going OH MAN that sounds AWESOME sign me up for the COOL NO REWARD NO RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE.

15.11.2024 12:17 πŸ‘ 2462 πŸ” 400 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 103

ICYMI, here's my Starter Park re: autism research - please share, and let me know if there's anyone else I need to add!
go.bsky.app/B9XV8UA #AutRes

25.09.2024 07:34 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 2

Amazing, exactly what I was looking for!

15.11.2024 18:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning.

Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. β€˜Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

14.11.2024 07:43 πŸ‘ 29992 πŸ” 5217 πŸ’¬ 679 πŸ“Œ 503

Hello Bluesky!

15.11.2024 06:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0