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Reesha Zahir @reeshazahir.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Really important findings from our new qualitative study 👇 Social, academic, and sensory pressures can drive poorer mental health for autistic young people, while autonomy, safety, trust, and predictability can be protective

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The M-WAY Study @mwaystudy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Part 2 of our blog series for @ukdsimpact.bsky.social is now live! 🎉 This time, we share key findings from the Millennium Cohort Study and reflect on both the opportunities & challenges of using cohort data to understand the mental health and wellbeing of autistic young people. Read more below 👇

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Reesha Zahir @reeshazahir.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Excited to share my latest blog for @ukdsimpact.bsky.social 🥳😁 The @mwaystudy.bsky.social is a stellar example of how research with secondary cohort data can be meaningfully shaped by lived experience. Read more below! P.S. this is one of a two part series, stay tuned for more 🔜

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Dr Gavin R. Stewart @gavrobstew.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Our new #AutRes paper is out in Nature Mental Health! We examined different trajectories of anxiety in midlife/older age and their relationship with autistic traits. And it was led by a wonderful former MSc and pre-doctoral fellow, Effie Eshetu. doi.org/10.1038/s442... More below ⬇️

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The association between autistic traits and trajectories of anxiety in middle-aged and older adults: an 8-year growth mixture model analysis - Nature Mental Health

Eshetu and collaborators investigated anxiety comorbidity in later life among adults with elevated autistic traits, examining how anxiety symptoms unfold with aging in a large UK community sample.

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Reesha Zahir @reeshazahir.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

New blog post out with really interesting emerging findings from our study about mental health in autistic young people. Check it out below!

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Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland.com · 27/11/2025

📃New paper alert!📃 Editorial with @suereviews.bsky.social and @sarah595.bsky.social on doing research in high support needs autism services. We cover practical challenges, ethics, consent/assent issues, safeguarding, and the emotional burdens of research. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Reesha Zahir @reeshazahir.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Really important study - findings highlight why we must consider intersectionality in autism research

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Reesha Zahir @reeshazahir.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

New blog post about our qualitative study. Many thanks to @schampton.bsky.social for her incredible work on this 💙 I’ll also be at #AECongress2025 this week. If you’d like to chat more about this work (or connect about related research), I’d love to meet up — feel free to reach out!

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Reesha Zahir @reeshazahir.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Check out this blog post about our unconventional approach to co-producing research questions on the M-WAY study! If you'd like to stay in the loop about our research, give @m-waystudy.bsky.social a follow. We'll be sharing updates as the study progresses 🙂

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Dr Myrofora (Myrto) Kakoulidou @myrtokakoulidou.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

🌟 New paper out🌟 🔗 Open-access here lnkd.in/dFj997Ep Our RE-STAR team co-produced the ‘My Emotions in School Inventory (MESI)’ with Autistic and/or ADHD young people and tested this with 746 neurotypical and neurodivergent adolescents aged 11 to 16 years.

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Reesha Zahir @reeshazahir.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Hi Bluesky! V late to the party, but I'm finally settling in here. A little intro: just finished my PhD at Edinburgh uni (see grad pic 😊), currently researching mental health of autistic young people at UCL. Will be posting updates about my research, & looking forward to engaging with you all here!

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