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Making PSHE Inclusive For Everyone

Alex Medintu / October 24, 2024

We all know how important it is to make schools a place where everyone feels welcome and included, and one […]

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Research partnership aiming to improve education for autistic children and young people. 📚 Monthly reading group - DM for more info

Hi everyone! Are you a student with a disability

Hi everyone!

Are you a student with a disability or mental health condition studying in higher education and want to take part in this study?

Email tf253@sussex.ac.uk for more info :)

Hi everyone! Do you have professional experience

Hi everyone!
Do you have professional experience of working with autistic children and young people who display extreme demand avoidant or refusal behaviours, and would be interested in taking part in this study?

Email Alexandra Harris at ah899@sussex.ac.uk for more info!

Hi everyone! Here are some photos from our Autism

Hi everyone! Here are some photos from our Autism Acceptance Week event Shine A Light!

There are more photos on the padlet below :)
https://padlet.com/am2523_1/shine-a-light-photos-cbyt8z3yigrk5f2b

Hi Everyone! Here is some more info about our ev

Hi Everyone!

Here is some more info about our event, Shine A Light on Wednesday 2nd April 1-4pm in Pev 1 for Autism Acceptance Week.

Hope to see you there 😊!

Hi everyone! We have a very exciting experiment

Hi everyone!

We have a very exciting experiment to share with you that is still looking for participants to sign up!

If you're interested, please email mml31@sussex.ac.uk

Hi everyone! For Autism Acceptance week 2025, ACoR

Hi everyone! For Autism Acceptance week 2025, ACoRNS and the COALESCE Lab Present: Shine A light: Student Voices on Autism.

This event will be open to anyone that wants to celebrate and learn more about autism, and anyone who wants to get involved by giving a talk or presenting a poster about their autism research is encouraged to email acorns@sussex.ac.uk 🙂

Hi everyone! Like the post says, we are planning a

Hi everyone! Like the post says, we are planning a student-led event for Autism Awareness week called Shine a Light on Wednesday 2nd April from 1-4pm and we want YOUR input for it 🎤

Let's make this an event that truly represents and supports our community! ❤️

#autismawareness #neurodiversity #studentvoices

Hi everyone! Like the post says, this term we want

Hi everyone! Like the post says, this term we want to hear from you and what topics we should discuss at our autism article club (dates tba)

So why not comment or send us a dm with a topic you want to see? :)

Here's another study that might be interesting for

Here's another study that might be interesting for anyone who has some free time to get involved, or for anyone to tell anyone who might be interested to be in it!

Hi guys! (sorry if this post seems like a repeat p

Hi guys! (sorry if this post seems like a repeat post).

Would you be interested in a study about sleep? Here's the link attached for this study; https://universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3BHdb9bhhaXwqbQ

Email rm759@sussex.ac.uk if you need more information.

Hi everyone! We have recently moved from Twitter/X

Hi everyone! We have recently moved from Twitter/X to Bluesky! Find us there to see any new updates outside the Instagram updates!

For example, tomorrow at 1 we have a lab discussion on the Oliver McGowan training, and we will also look at this on our online reading group this Friday at 4. Email for more info!! :)

acornsussex on bluesky :)

Hi everyone! Take part in this survey and receive

Hi everyone! Take part in this survey and receive 5 spirit of Sussex Award points and help us develop neurodiversity affirming teaching and learning at Sussex for neurodivergent students and staff

Email e.harrison@sussex.ac.uk for more info! :)

Interested in taking part in a study about Autism

Interested in taking part in a study about Autism and addiction?

Fill in this form, and email jjm41@sussex.ac.uk for more info :)
https://forms.gle/vnpy6P5UwtZPRwPdA

Hi everyone! Here are (some more) updates about ou

Hi everyone! Here are (some more) updates about our article club!

For our next session, the article link is on the previous post, and for our last session, we actually have another student taking over!

So come join!

DM for anymore info.

Hi everyone, we have decided to reopen the Autism

Hi everyone, we have decided to reopen the Autism Article club this year!

*Pevensey 25b3

We have also decided to release the schedule in advance for everyone to see, and here are the links for the articles;

9th Oct: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1468-3156.2010.00624.x

30th Oct: https://oce-ovid-com.sussex.idm.oclc.org/article/00004703-198404000-00007/HTML

20th Nov: https://www.proquest.com/docview/1318896360?accountid=14182&parentSessionId=4B3d20uUkQj%2B54APayaA4flXI%2BfYytRbQ8vLuHv7hRY%3D&pq-origsite=primo&sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals&parentSessionId=i8JBAtmHyUlzbKzeFek4ovvKM%2Bc9bzGXcZqOK96%2FwpM%3D

We hope to see you at these sessions this term, and if you want to join on Zoom or cannot come in person, please email acorns@sussex.ac.uk to be added to our mailing list to get reminders and the zoom link.

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Interested in taking part in a study ran by one of

Interested in taking part in a study ran by one of our Masters students?
If so please contact ja494@sussex.ac.uk for more information. :)

Interested in taking part in a study by one of our

Interested in taking part in a study by one of our project students?
If so please email rv94@sussex.ac.uk to find out more!

21.03.24 & 22.03.24 Days 2 & 3: Lights For neuro

21.03.24 & 22.03.24 Days 2 & 3: Lights

For neurodiversity week, we turned the Lab into a sensory space. For these two days, we shone 4 galaxy lamps, and played sensory music quietly, and we hope all who came by enjoyed.

19.03.24 Day 1: Textures For neurodiversity week

19.03.24 Day 1: Textures

For neurodiversity week, we turned the Lab into a sensory space!

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