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INSAR 2019 Virtual Symposium

This post has been moved onto Medium from a now-defunct website. It was originally written in April 2019, with the podcasts added in…

Jun 27, 2024

INSAR 2019 Virtual Symposium

Jun 27, 2024

Autism & genetics: an accessible summary of a 2021 paper

This post has been imported into my Medium blog from a now-defunct website — it was originally written in September 2021

Jun 27, 2024

Autism & genetics: an accessible summary of a 2021 paper

Jun 27, 2024

Introducing the Edinburgh Inclusive Mind lab!

Many years ago, I was the proud supervisor of not one, not two, but THREE PhD students and a part-time research assistant. Hurray me — I…

Jun 27, 2024

Introducing the Edinburgh Inclusive Mind lab!

Jun 27, 2024

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…

Apr 6, 2024

Apr 6, 2024

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…

Oct 2, 2023

The first day of my sabbatical

Oct 2, 2023

Please don’t give me diet advice

content warning: diets, weight loss

May 15, 2023

Please don’t give me diet advice

May 15, 2023

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.

Dec 8, 2022

Questions about neurodiversity-affirmative schools

Dec 8, 2022

Its time to embrace autistic expertise

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

Oct 28, 2022

Its time to embrace autistic expertise

Oct 28, 2022

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.

Apr 30, 2022

When I have a migraine…

Apr 30, 2022

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…

Mar 17, 2022

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

Mar 17, 2022

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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