Rebecca Charlton
Professor of Psychology, interested in mostly ageing and later life, including impact of adult experiences on ageing, and how autistic and other neuro-divergent people experience ageing
- Very pleased to see this paper by MSc student Jess Kiddey published. Free to access. “Like I Wasn’t in Control of Myself”: Menstruation Experiences of Autistic Young Adults www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Jess interviewed 9 young autistic people about their experiences of menstruation. They described that co-occurring conditions were impacted by menstruation and influenced their menstrual experience. People described being "more" sensitive to emotional events and the physical environment.
- Another theme was "emotional resignation"-people described difficult and distressing menstrual experiences but were resigned to not receiving support or situations not changing. Suggestions for better support included education (for young autistic people & professionals) & accessible products.
- NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
- I'll be guest editor on a special issue in the journal Women's Health on "Understanding reproductive health experiences and transitions for neurodivergent people" Please consider submitting papers about #autism #ADHD other #neurodivergent conditions and #menstruation #menopause etc
- And here's the link for more information journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
- Great to see some coverage for this paper about #autistic and non-autistic people's experience of #menopause with @gavrobstew.bsky.social @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social and others
- Research from IoPPN & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social finds that #autistic people report more bothersome psychological & physical #menopause symptoms than non-autistic people. Read the full paper published in Journal of Women's Health⬇️ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39960820/
- SO IMPORTANT! autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
- We're recruiting #ClinicalPsychologist to join our vibrant department. Happy to answer questions or put you in touch with Clinical Psychology staff to ask what it's like in academia. jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
- Call for #autistic people interested in or using #socialprescribing to help inform best practice. being run by Emeline emeline.han@ucl.ac.uk
- Just to say all #socialworkers and trainees are welcome to take part in this free training. We want people who do NOT work with #olderpeople or #autistic people regularly - as well as people who do.
- After more than a year codesigning training for social workers with our wonderful community researchers (older #autistic people, #socialworkers & #socialcare providers) we are ready for the evaluation. Find out more sites.gold.ac.uk/coast-study/...
- If you'd like to help us decide priorities for #menopause research then please get in touch. We're interested in hearing from people from lots of different backgrounds including #neurodivergent people
- Join me, and some other people from @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social for some talks on research for #Autism Acceptance month www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goldsmiths... I'll be talking about autistic people's experience of menopause, Laura about co-produced training, & Jamie about wearable sensors.
- PhD Opportunity!
- I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab this autumn, to study how vulnerable young people navigate the transition to adulthood: www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/... Jointly supervised with Skills Development Scotland, so lots of scope to translate findings into impact and policy!
- Very glad to see this paper published. Well done all!
- Our new qualitative paper exploring similarities and differences in quality of life of autistic/non-autistic folk in midlife and older age (led by 2 former students, with @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social and @goldage.bsky.social) is now out! Free access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.re... #AutRes 1/8
- After more than a year codesigning training for social workers with our wonderful community researchers (older #autistic people, #socialworkers & #socialcare providers) we are ready for the evaluation. Find out more sites.gold.ac.uk/coast-study/...
- Post-doc Image Analysis post to explore the effect of treatment for severe asthma on structural and functional changes in the brain www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT412/p... jobs.sgul.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
- If you are interested in helping us decide next steps for our menopause research, then please complete the form here lnkd.in/e8Eg58PU or DM me. QR link also below.
- Have you experienced #menopause? Would you like to help decide what research is needed? We are inviting #autistic and #non-autistic people with experience of #menopause to join an Advisory Group to help plan research. Please DM if you are interested. You will be compensated for your time.
- Excellent summary of the paper @gavrobstew.bsky.social Thank you!
- Our new paper on menopause symptoms (led by @goldage.bsky.social and me, with @alannajshand.bsky.social, Will Mandy and @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social) is now out! Journal version: doi.org/10.1089/jwh.... Free access version: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu... 1/X
- Very please that this paper by the fantastic Martha Piper exploring #autistic and non-autistic people's experience of #menopause Open Access but please let me know if any problems accessing journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Have you experienced #menopause? Would you like to help decide what research is needed? We are inviting #autistic and #non-autistic people with experience of #menopause to join an Advisory Group to help plan research. Please DM if you are interested. You will be compensated for your time.
- Nice to see a paper about autistic and non-autistic peoples experience of menopause getting some coverage. Preprint available (currently in press) mdnewsline.com/self-reporte...
- Lovely to welcome back Gustav Khun to @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Excellent introduction from Joy!
- PhD Opportunity Are you interested in suicide prevention in public health? Dr Hilary Norman is advertising a funded PhD studentship to start in October 2025. For further information www.senss.ac.uk/collaborativ... If you are interested, please contact Hilary Norman h.norman@gold.ac.uk.
- Happy to share a blog post for the Social Work with Older People research team written by the fabulous @laurajelc.bsky.social swopresearch.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/a... We'll be evaluting the co-designed training for #socialworkers in the new year so get in touch if you're interested
- Happy to share our @NIHR project website. To co-create training for social workers sites.gold.ac.uk/coast-study/ The COAST study will work with autistic older people, social workers & social care providers to co-design training for so social workers are better able to support #autistic older people
- Important new paper by the excellent Goldie McQuaid on possible impact of medication on cognitive function in middle aged and older autistic people. doi.org/10.1002/aur....
- Pleased to share PhD opportunities through the ESRC SENSS doctoral training partnership. More information on applying for PhDs in Psychology at Goldsmiths (senss.ac.uk)
