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Sue Fletcher-Watson

Being pregnant and fat

Readers of this blog might recall a post I put up last year about how I was trying to lose weight for a specific (but secret) purpose…

8 min readApr 6, 2024

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The first day of my sabbatical

I have a VERY exciting 9 months ahead. I’ve arranged with my employer (thank you, University of Edinburgh) to take a sabbatical for nine…

6 min readOct 2, 2023

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The first day of my sabbatical

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Sue Fletcher-Watson

Please don’t give me diet advice

content warning: diets, weight loss

6 min readMay 15, 2023

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Please don’t give me diet advice

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Questions about neurodiversity-affirmative schools

Earlier in 2022 I had the enormous privilege and pleasure of delivering the CRAE Annual Lecture. You can see that lecture up on You Tube.

7 min readDec 8, 2022

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Questions about neurodiversity-affirmative schools

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Sue Fletcher-Watson

Its time to embrace autistic expertise

I simply cannot comprehend why the crucial and unique revelations of autistic people are being rejected…

6 min readOct 28, 2022

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Its time to embrace autistic expertise

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When I have a migraine…

All too often, I have to cancel work or social events at very short notice due to the onset of a migraine.

4 min readApr 30, 2022

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When I have a migraine…

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Sue Fletcher-Watson

My child might be autistic, what’s your advice?

I get a lot of emails from parents who are seeking a diagnosis for their child, or who have recently received one. This is an adapted…

6 min readMar 17, 2022

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a cartoon of two people sitting and having coffee and talking to each other. it looks like one is giving the other some advice

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Sue Fletcher-Watson

Conflicts of Interest

This is a general conflict of interest statement. I will aim to update it at intervals so it should be comprehensive. If you think there is…

4 min readFeb 10, 2022

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Conflicts of Interest

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Sue Fletcher-Watson

Academic freedom vs academic responsibility

I was disappointed recently at a meeting that focused on freedom of speech and the related concept of academic freedom. In my opinion (and…

4 min readOct 20, 2021

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Academic freedom vs academic responsibility

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Neurodiversity is Anti-Capitalist

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of “strengths”, and the way we define them, in relation to neurodiversity.

4 min readOct 6, 2021

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Neurodiversity is Anti-Capitalist

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Sue Fletcher-Watson

Sue Fletcher-Watson

I am a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. I'm piloting this as a way to share my writing on neurodiversity and academia.

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