Research and clinical paediatric dietitian interested in feeding problems, autism and more. Tweets not affiliated with my employers. NIHR doctoral fellow.

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Joined February 2011
🆕 The BDA's autism position statement has been published. Authored by the BDA Autism Sub-Group, it highlights the health inequalities faced by autistic people across the UK and the steps we can all take to start to redress them. Read it now ⬇ bda.uk.com/resource-report/b…
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🆕 The BDA's autism position statement has been published. Authored by the BDA Autism Sub-Group, it highlights the health inequalities faced by autistic people across the UK and the steps we can all take to start to redress them. Read it now ⬇ bda.uk.com/resource-report/b…
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The James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership is trying to find out the TOP 10 research priorities for food allergy in children. Do you have a food allergy or care for someone with food allergy? Complete this survey bit.ly/fa_psp Please share.
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Great day learning all about the #appetitestudy @profblissett et al. Have done lots of posts about it over at BlueSky bsky.app/profile/zoeconnorrd…
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📣 Our #EatingDisorders Changing Policy and Practice Award scheme is now open for applications! Are you an eating disorders researcher looking to maximise the impact of your work? ‍🔬✨ Apply today! 📅 Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 10 December bit.ly/3XMLf89
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PARTICIPANTS NEEDED👀 We are looking for UK-based #ActuallyAutistic folks to take part in a one-to-one interview to help us explore how they feel about their body and certain eating styles If interested, why not send me (an autistic researcher) an email at [email protected]
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Just set up account at the other place! Seems like the new place to be. I’m zoeconnorrd there too. Might see you there?
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📑My research project protocol was published today 😁 Development of a toolkit to help parents/caregivers manage feeding problems in autistic children: A protocol for a realist synthesis and toolkit co-design. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…
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Thanks to my team @profblissett @Prof_Ian_M @schwinnlou, Giada Zanella and Dr Rachel Bryant-Waugh for their support.
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New paper! Comparing eating and mealtime experiences in families of children with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dual diagnosis: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… @PigdenDonna
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We will be recruiting soon for new members to our Learning Disability and Autism Advisory Group so please look out for these posts.
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A useful thread for dietitians and anyone else involved in helping with feeding/eating here. Felt safety is everything!
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I enjoyed this paper that explores the experiences of adults with ARFID - A tradeoff between safety and freedom: Adults' lived experiences of ARFID. It resonates with other accounts that I have read. Felt safety seems key in overcoming feeding problems. jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com…
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Delighted that an overview of EDAC has been published. Many thanks to @UKRI, @MedResFdn and @NIHRresearch for having the vision to ring fence funding for eating disorders allowing us to expand research across the autism and eating disorders fields cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Just retweeting this as we are still recruiting for this survey looking at transition experience between child and adult eating disorder services (and I know this is the time of year lots of people are experiencing these transitions)
At EDAC we are exploring Autistic and non Autistic peoples experience transitioning between child and adult eating disorder services. If you have experience of this in the past 5 years in the UK, are over 16 and fluent in English please take part! edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/j…
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I expect a few things: ⭕️ Every political party condemning racism, particularly Islamophobia ⭕️ Protection for Islamic faith establishments ⭕️ Business stating support of Minority Ethnic people & Muslims & job losses to those who Tweet or DO racist things RT if you agree
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We are looking for parents and children aged 4-6 years old to take part in an online study 🥦 If you are interested in taking part, please click the link for more details about the study and to complete the initial survey 👉🏼 astonpsychology.eu.qualtrics…
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Parents of children aged 3-7 years needed to play a computer game! Take part in a study looking at how parents interact with their child at mealtimes, and whether a child-feeding computer game (FeedQuest) is representative of real life. Contact Luke at [email protected]
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Just a reminder of all of the wonderful produce available in the UK in July.
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