Professor Rebecca Charlton

Staff details

Position Professor and co-Head of Department
Department Psychology
Email r.charlton (@gold.ac.uk)
Phone +44 (0)20 7919 7222
Professor Rebecca Charlton

Prof Charlton's research focuses on changes in later-life and the factors that promote healthy ageing. Her research examines cognition, social-cognitionand mood in later-life. Her work also examines how ageing effects autistic and other neurodiverse people in terms of health, cognition and well-being. Rebecca works with charity partners to examine the factors that promote well-being in ageing and individuals with dementia. She leads the GoldAge Lab.

Academic qualifications

  • PhD in Psychology as it pertains to Medicine 2006

Teaching and Supervision

Prof Charlton supervises projects examining cognitive and emotional changes in later life, and projects exploring the experiences of autistic adults.
Prof Charlton contributes to teaching undergraduate Biological Psychology and Developmental Psychology and postgraduate lectures on ageing and dementia.

Research interests

Rebecca’s research interests relate to factors that change in ageing and how understanding these factors can help promote healthy ageing. Her work investigates how cognition and social-cognition (especially understanding others) changes as we age; the risk factors for developing depression in later-life and the factors that may protect against depression; and how ageing impacts autistic adults. She is a member of the Cognition and Neuroscience Group and the Forensic and Clinical Science Group, as well as leading the GoldAge Lab www.goldagelab.co.uk/. Key areas of interest are listed below.

Ageing and age-related disorders Stroke and Vascular Dementia The effect of vascular damage in the brain on cognition and mood Associations between ill-health and cognition Late-life depression / Subclinical low mood in older adults Depression across the lifespan Neuroimaging Ageing in Autism Spectrum Disorder Using art and music to promote well-being in ageing and dementia

Publications and research outputs

Book Section

Geurts, Hilde M; Charlton, Rebecca A and Bishop, Lauren. 2021. Ageing when being Autistic. In: Michelle Putnam and Christine Bigby, eds. Handbook on Ageing with Disability. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 148-157. ISBN 9781138611498

Article

Stewart, Gavin R.; Luedecke, Emily; Mandy, Will; Charlton, Rebecca A and Happe, Francesca. 2024. Experiences of social isolation and loneliness in middle-aged and older autistic adults. Neurodiversity, ISSN 2754-6330

O'Nions, Elizabeth; Lewer, Dan; Petersen, Irene; Brown, Jude; Buckman, Joshua E J; Charlton, Rebecca A; Cooper, Claudia; El Baou, CÉline; Happé, Francesca; Manthorpe, Jill; McKechnie, Douglas G.J.; Richards, Marcus; Saunders, Rob; Zanker, Cathy; Mandy, Will and Stott, Joshua. 2024. Estimating life expectancy and years of life lost for autistic people in the UK: a matched cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 36, 100776. ISSN 2666-7762

McQuaid, Goldie A.; Duane, Sean C.; Ahmed, Neha; Lee, Nancy Raitano; Charlton, Rebecca A and Wallace, Gregory L.. 2023. Increased anticholinergic medication use in middle-aged and older autistic adults and its associations with self-reported memory difficulties and cognitive decline. Autism Research, ISSN 1939-3792

Nwaordu, Gabrielle and Charlton, Rebecca A. 2023. Repetitive behaviours in autistic and non-autistic adults: Associations with sensory sensitivity and impact on self-efficacy. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, ISSN 0162-3257

Charlton, Rebecca A; McQuaid, Goldie A; Lee, Nancy Raitano and Wallace, Gregory L.. 2023. Self-reported prospective and retrospective memory among middle aged and older autistic and non-autistic people. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, ISSN 0162-3257

Stewart, Gavin R.; Leoni, Marguerite; Charlton, Rebecca A; Pickard, Hannah R and Happe, Francesca. 2023. A qualitative study of autistic adults’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns. Autism in Adulthood, 5(3), pp. 311-324. ISSN 2573-9581

Stewart, Gavin R.; Corbett, Anne; Ballard, Clive; Creese, Byron; Aarsland, Dag; Hampshire, Adam; Charlton, Rebecca A and Happé, Francesca. 2023. Self-harm and suicidality experiences of middle-age and older adults with vs. without high autistic traits. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(8), pp. 3034-3046. ISSN 0162-3257

O'Nions, Elizabeth; Petersen, Irene; Buckman, Joshua E J; Charlton, Rebecca A; Cooper, Claudia; Corbett, Anne; Happé, Francesca; Manthorpe, Jill; Richards, Marcus; Saunders, Rob; Zanker, Cathy; Mandy, Will and Stott, Joshua. 2023. Autism in England: assessing underdiagnosis in a population-based cohort study of prospectively collected primary care data. The Lancet Regional Health Europe, 29, 100626. ISSN 2666-7762

Charlton, Rebecca A; McQuaid, Goldie A; Bishop, Lauren; Lee, Nancy Raitano and Wallace, Gregory L.. 2023. Predictors of Sleep Quality for Autistic People across Adulthood. Autism Research, 16(4), pp. 757-771. ISSN 1939-3792

Bishop, Lauren; Charlton, Rebecca A; McLean, Kiley J; McQuaid, Goldie A; Lee, Nancy Raitano and Wallace, Gregory L.. 2023. Cardiovascular disease risk factors in autistic adults: The impact of sleep quality and antipsychotic medication use. Autism Research, 16(3), pp. 569-579. ISSN 1939-3792

Charlton, Rebecca A; McQuaid, Goldie A; Bishop, Lauren and Wallace, Gregory L.. 2023. Cardiovascular risk and emotion regulation contribute to depression symptomatology in middle-aged and older autistic adults. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 101, 102089. ISSN 1750-9467

Klein, Claire B; McQuaid, Goldie A; Charlton, Rebecca A; Klinger, Laura G and Wallace, Gregory L.. 2023. Self-reported cognitive decline among middle and older age autistic adults. Autism Research, 16(3), pp. 605-616. ISSN 1939-3792

Stewart, Gavin R.; Corbett, Anne; Ballard, Clive; Creese, Byron; Aarsland, Dag; Hampshire, Adam; Brooker, Helen; Charlton, Rebecca A and Happe, Francesca. 2023. The cognitive profile of middle-aged and older adults with high vs. low autistic traits. Autism Research, 16(2), pp. 429-440. ISSN 1939-3792

Charlton, Rebecca A; McQuaid, Goldie A and Wallace, Gregory L.. 2023. Social Support and Links to Quality of Life Among Middle and Older Age Autistic Adults. Autism, 27(1), pp. 92-104. ISSN 1362-3613

Charlton, Rebecca A; McQuaid, Goldie A; Lee, Nancy Raitano and Wallace, Gregory L.. 2022. Self-reported prospective and retrospective memory among middle aged and older autistic and non-autistic people. OSF Preprints,

Zivrali, Esra Zıvralı; Roestorf, Amanda; Spain, Debbie; Howlin, Patricia; Bowler, Dermot; Charlton, Rebecca A and Happé, Francesca. 2022. Aging and autism: Do measures of autism symptoms, co-occurring mental health conditions, or quality of life differ between younger and older autistic adults? Autism Research, 15(8), pp. 1482-1494. ISSN 1939-3792

Stewart, Gavin R.; Corbett, Anne; Ballard, Clive; Creese, Byron; Aarsland, Dag; Hampshire, Adam; Charlton, Rebecca A and Happé, Francesca. 2022. Traumatic life experiences and post-traumatic stress symptoms in middle-aged and older adults with and without autistic traits. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37(2), ISSN 0885-6230

Stewart, Gavin R.; Corbett, Anne; Ballard, Clive; Creese, Byron; Aarsland, Dag; Hampshire, Adam; Charlton, Rebecca A and Happe, Francesca. 2021. The mental and physical health profiles of older adults who endorse elevated autistic traits. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 76(9), pp. 1726-1737. ISSN 0022-1422

Charlton, Rebecca A; Entecott, Timothy; Belova, Evelina and Nwaordu, Gabrielle. 2021. “It feels like holding back something you need to say”: Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults accounts of sensory experiences and stimming. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 89, 101864. ISSN 1750-9467

Zivrali, E; Howlin, Pat; Charlton, Rebecca A and Happe, Francesca. 2021. Age-related Effects on Social Cognition in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Possible Protective Effect on Theory of Mind. Autism Research, 14(5), pp. 911-920. ISSN 1939-3792

Stewart, Gavin R.; Corbett, Anne; Ballard, Clive; Creese, Byron; Aarsland, Dag; Hampshire, Adam; Charlton, Rebecca A and Happé, Francesca. 2020. Sleep problems and mental health difficulties in older adults who endorse high autistic traits. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 77, 101633. ISSN 1750-9467

Stewart, Gavin R.; Wallace, Gregory L.; Cottam, Martha and Charlton, Rebecca A. 2020. Theory of Mind Performance in Younger and Older Adults with Elevated Autistic Traits. Autism Research, 13(5), pp. 751-762. ISSN 1939-3792

Stewart, Gavin R.; Corbett, Anne; Ballard, Clive; Creese, Byron; Aarsland, Dag; Hampshire, Adam; Charlton, Rebecca A and Happe, Francesca. 2020. The mental and physical health of older adults with a genetic predisposition for autism. Autism Research, 13(4), pp. 641-654. ISSN 1939-3792

Chapman, Silvia; Cosentino, Stephanie; Igwe, Kay; Abdurahman, Ayat; Elkind, Mitchell S.V.; Brickman, Adam M.; Charlton, Rebecca A and Cocchini, Gianna. 2020. Mnemonic Monitoring in Anosognosia for Memory Loss. Neuropsychology, 34(6), pp. 675-685. ISSN 0894-4105

Williams, Owen A.; Zeestraten, Eva A.; Benjamin, Philip; Lambert, Christian; Lawrence, Andrew J.; Mackinnon, Andrew D.; Morris, Robin G.; Markus, Hugh S.; Barrick, Thomas R. and Charlton, Rebecca A. 2019. Predicting Dementia in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease using an Automatic Diffusion Tensor Image Segmentation Technique. Stroke, 50(10), pp. 2775-2782. ISSN 0039-2499

Perach, Rotem; Allen, C.K.; Kapantai, I; Madrid-Valero, J.J.; Miles, E; Charlton, Rebecca A and Gregory, Alice M.. 2019. The psychological wellbeing outcomes of norpharmacological interventions for older persons with insomnia symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 43, pp. 1-13. ISSN 1087-0792

Abbott, Patricia; Happe, Francesca and Charlton, Rebecca A. 2018. Exploratory Study of Executive Function Abilities Across the Adult Lifespan in Individuals Receiving an ASD Diagnosis in Adulthood. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(12), pp. 4193-4206. ISSN 0162-3257

Johansson Nolaker, E; Murray, K; Happé, Francesca and Charlton, Rebecca A. 2018. Cognitive and affective associations with an ecologically valid test of theory of mind across the lifespan. Neuropsychology, 32(6), pp. 754-763. ISSN 0894-4105

Stewart, GR; Charlton, Rebecca A and Wallace, Gregory L.. 2018. Aging with Elevated Autistic Traits: Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults with the Broad Autism Phenotype. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 54, pp. 27-36. ISSN 1750-9467)

Evans, Carys; Banissy, Michael J. and Charlton, Rebecca A. 2018. The efficacy of transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) on mood may depend on individual differences including age and trait mood. Clinical Neurophysiology, 129(6), pp. 1201-1208. ISSN 1388-2457

Metoki, A; Brookes, R.L.; Zeestraten, E.; Lawrence, A.J.; Morris, R.G.; Barrick, Thomas R; Markus, Hugh S and Charlton, Rebecca A. 2017. Mnemonic function in small vessel disease and associations with white matter tract microstructure. Neuropsychologia, 104, pp. 1-7. ISSN 0028-3932

Williams, O.A.; Zeestraten, E.; Benjamin, P.; Lambert, C.; Lawrence, A.J.; Mackinnon, A.D.; Morris, R G; Markus, Hugh S; Charlton, Rebecca A and Barrick, Thomas R. 2017. Diffusion Tensor Image Segmentation of the Cerebrum Provides a Single Measure of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Severity Related to Cognition. Neuroimage: Clinical, 16, pp. 330-342. ISSN 2213-1582

Gonzales, M.M.; Ajilore, Olusola; Charlton, Rebecca A; Cohen, J.; Yang, Shaolin; Sieg, E.; Bhaumik, Dulal K.; Kumar, Anand and Lamar, Melissa. 2017. Divergent Influences of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Domains on Cognition, Grey and White Matter Morphology. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(5), pp. 541-548. ISSN 0033-3174

Wallace, Gregory L.; Budgett, Jessica and Charlton, Rebecca A. 2016. Aging and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from the Broad Autism Phenotype. Autism Research, 9(12), pp. 1294-1303. ISSN 1939-3792

Happé, Francesca G.E.; Mansour, Hassan; Barrett, Pippa; Brown, Tony; Abbott, Patricia and Charlton, Rebecca A. 2016. Demographic and cognitive profile of individuals seeking a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in adulthood. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(11), pp. 3469-3480. ISSN 0162-3257

Lamar, Melissa; Ajilore, Olusola; Leow, Alex; Charlton, Rebecca A; Cohen, Jamie; GadElkarim, Johnson; Yang, Shaolin; Zhang, Aifeng; Davis, Randall; Penney, Dana; Libon, David J and Kumar, Anand. 2016. Cognitive and connectome properties detectable through individual differences in graphomotor organization. Neuropsychologia, 85, pp. 301-309. ISSN 0028-3932

Charlton, Rebecca A; Leow, Alex; GadElkarim, Johnson; Zhang, Aifeng; Ajilore, Olusola; Yang, Shaolin; Lamar, Melissa and Kumar, Anand. 2015. Brain Connectivity in Late-Life Depression and Aging Revealed by Network Analysis. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(6), pp. 642-650. ISSN 1064-7481

Lamar, Melissa; Rubin, Leah; Ajilore, Olusola; Charlton, Rebecca A; Zhang, Aifeng; Yang, Shaolin; Cohen, Jamie and Kumar, Anand. 2015. What metabolic syndrome contributes to brain outcomes in African Americans and Caucasian cohorts. Current Alzheimer Research, 12(7), pp. 640-647. ISSN 1567-2050

Charlton, Rebecca A. 2014. Associations between vascular risk and mood in euthymic older adults: Preliminary findings. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(9), pp. 936-945. ISSN 1064-7481

Charlton, Rebecca A. 2014. Subcortical Biophysical Abnormalities in Patients with Mood Disorders. Molecular Psychiatry, 19, pp. 710-716. ISSN 1359-4184

Charlton, Rebecca A. 2014. White Matter Tract Integrity in Late-Life Depression: Associations with Severity and Cognition. Psychological Medicine, 44(7), pp. 1427-1437. ISSN 0033-2917

Charlton, Rebecca A. 2014. In Vivo Quantification of White Matter Microstructure for Use in Aging: A Focus on Two Emerging Techniques. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(2), pp. 111-121. ISSN 1064-7481

Charlton, Rebecca A; Lamar, Melissa; Ajilore, Olusola and Kumar, Anand. 2013. Preliminary analysis of age of illness onset effects on symptom profiles in major depressive disorder. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(11), pp. 1166-1174. ISSN 0885-6230

Charlton, Rebecca A. 2013. Verbal working and long-term episodic memory associations with white matter microstructure in normal aging investigated using tract-based spatial statistics. Psychology and Aging, 28(3), pp. 768-777. ISSN 0882-7974

Lamar, Melissa; Charlton, Rebecca A; Ajilore, Olusola; Zhang, Aifeng; Yang, Shaolin; Barrick, Thomas R; Rhodes, Emma and Kumar, Anand. 2013. Prefrontal vulnerabilities and whole brain connectivity in aging and depression. Neuropsychologia, 51(8), pp. 1463-1470. ISSN 0028-3932

Dodd, James W; Charlton, Rebecca A; van den Broek, Martin D and Jones, Paul W. 2013. Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients Hospitalized with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Chest, pp. 1-8. ISSN 1931-3543

Dodd, James W; Chung, Ai Wern; van den Broek, Martin D; Barrick, Thomas R; Charlton, Rebecca A and Jones, Paul W. 2012. Brain structure and function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a multimodal cranial magnetic resonance imaging study. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 186(3), pp. 240-5. ISSN 1535-4970

Lamar, Melissa; Charlton, Rebecca A; Zhang, Aifeng and Kumar, Anand. 2012. Differential associations between types of verbal memory and prefrontal brain structure in healthy aging and late life depression. Neuropsychologia, 50(8), pp. 1823-9. ISSN 1873-3514

Happé, Francesca and Charlton, Rebecca A. 2012. Aging in autism spectrum disorders: a mini-review. Gerontology, 58(1), pp. 70-8. ISSN 1423-0003

Grady, Cheryl L; Charlton, Rebecca A; He, Yu and Alain, Claude. 2011. Age differences in FMRI adaptation for sound identity and location. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, 24. ISSN 1662-5161

Nitkunan, Arani; Lanfranconi, Silvia; Charlton, Rebecca A; Barrick, Thomas R and Markus, Hugh S. 2011. Brain atrophy and cerebral small vessel disease: a prospective follow-up study. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, 42(1), pp. 133-8. ISSN 1524-4628

Lamar, Melissa; Charlton, Rebecca A; Morris, Robin G and Markus, Hugh S. 2010. The impact of subcortical white matter disease on mood in euthymic older adults: a diffusion tensor imaging study. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(7), pp. 634-42. ISSN 1545-7214

Barrick, Thomas R; Charlton, Rebecca A; Clark, Chris A and Markus, Hugh S. 2010. White matter structural decline in normal ageing: a prospective longitudinal study using tract-based spatial statistics. NeuroImage, 51(2), pp. 565-77. ISSN 1053-8119

Charlton, Rebecca A; Barrick, Thomas R; Lawes, I Nigel C; Markus, Hugh S and Morris, Robin G. 2010. White matter pathways associated with working memory in normal aging. Cortex, 46(4), pp. 474-89. ISSN 1973-8102

Charlton, Rebecca A; Barrick, T R; Markus, H S and Morris, R G. 2010. The relationship between episodic long-term memory and white matter integrity in normal aging. Neuropsychologia, 48(1), pp. 114-22. ISSN 1873-3514

Charlton, Rebecca A; Schiavone, F; Barrick, T R; Morris, R G and Markus, H S. 2010. Diffusion tensor imaging detects age related white matter change over a 2 year follow-up which is associated with working memory decline. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 81(1), pp. 13-19. ISSN 0022-3050

Charlton, Rebecca A; Barrick, Thomas R; Markus, Hugh S and Morris, Robin G. 2009. Theory of mind associations with other cognitive functions and brain imaging in normal aging. Psychology and aging, 24(2), pp. 338-48. ISSN 0882-7974

Hannesdottir, K; Nitkunan, A; Charlton, Rebecca A; Barrick, T R; MacGregor, G A and Markus, H S. 2009. Cognitive impairment and white matter damage in hypertension: a pilot study. Acta neurologica Scandinavica, 119(4), pp. 261-8. ISSN 1600-0404

Nitkunan, Arani; Charlton, Rebecca A; Barrick, Thomas R; McIntyre, Dominick J O; Howe, Franklyn A and Markus, Hugh S. 2009. Reduced N-acetylaspartate is consistent with axonal dysfunction in cerebral small vessel disease. NMR in biomedicine, 22(3), pp. 285-91. ISSN 0952-3480

Schiavone, Francesca; Charlton, Rebecca A; Barrick, Thomas Richard; Morris, Robin Guy and Markus, Hugh Stephen. 2009. Imaging age-related cognitive decline: A comparison of diffusion tensor and magnetization transfer MRI. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 29(1), pp. 23-30. ISSN 1053-1807

Charlton, Rebecca A; Landau, S; Schiavone, F; Barrick, T R; Clark, C A; Markus, H S and Morris, R G. 2008. A structural equation modeling investigation of age-related variance in executive function and DTI measured white matter damage. Neurobiology of aging, 29(10), pp. 1547-55. ISSN 1558-1497

Nitkunan, Arani; Barrick, Tom R; Charlton, Rebecca A; Clark, Chris A and Markus, Hugh S. 2008. Multimodal MRI in cerebral small vessel disease: its relationship with cognition and sensitivity to change over time. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, 39(7), pp. 1999-2005. ISSN 1524-4628

Nitkunan, Arani; Charlton, Rebecca A; McIntyre, Dominick J O; Barrick, Thomas R; Howe, Franklyn A and Markus, Hugh S. 2008. Diffusion tensor imaging and MR spectroscopy in hypertension and presumed cerebral small vessel disease. Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 59(3), pp. 528-34. ISSN 0740-3194

McIntyre, Dominick J O; Charlton, Rebecca A; Markus, Hugh S and Howe, Franklyn A. 2007. Long and short echo time proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of the healthy aging brain. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 26(6), pp. 1596-606. ISSN 1053-1807

Charlton, Rebecca A; McIntyre, D J O; Howe, F A; Morris, R G and Markus, H S. 2007. The relationship between white matter brain metabolites and cognition in normal aging: the GENIE study. Brain research, 1164, pp. 108-16. ISSN 0006-8993

Happé, Francesca; Booth, Rhonda; Charlton, Rebecca A and Hughes, Claire. 2006. Executive function deficits in autism spectrum disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: examining profiles across domains and ages. Brain and cognition, 61(1), pp. 25-39. ISSN 0278-2626

Charlton, Rebecca A; Morris, R G; Nitkunan, A and Markus, H S. 2006. The cognitive profiles of CADASIL and sporadic small vessel disease. Neurology, 66(10), pp. 1523-6. ISSN 1526-632X

Charlton, Rebecca A; Barrick, T R; McIntyre, D J; Shen, Y; O'Sullivan, M; Howe, F A; Clark, C A; Morris, R G and Markus, H S. 2006. White matter damage on diffusion tensor imaging correlates with age-related cognitive decline. Neurology, 66(2), pp. 217-22. ISSN 1526-632X

O'Sullivan, Michael; Singhal, Sumeet; Charlton, Rebecca A and Markus, Hugh S. 2004. Diffusion tensor imaging of thalamus correlates with cognition in CADASIL without dementia. Neurology, 62(5), pp. 702-7. ISSN 1526-632X

Booth, Rhonda; Charlton, Rebecca A; Hughes, Claire and Happé, Francesca. 2003. Disentangling weak coherence and executive dysfunction: planning drawing in autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 358(1430), pp. 387-92. ISSN 0962-8436

Further profile content

Professional projects

NIHR Funded Research Study
The COAST Study is an NIHR-funded project to co-design training for social workers so enable them to better work with autistic older people. We are working with autistic people (aged over 50), social workers, and social care providers to review existing training and design and evaluate new training resources.

Media engagements

2018: Understanding other gets worse with but is related to cognitive difficulties
Interview with BBC Radio London

2019: MRI technique predicts 5-year dementia risk in cerebral small vessel disease
Interview with Cardiology Today

2019: One image, one prediction: MRI may foretell cognitive decline after stroke
Interview with Physics World

2021: Interview about “It feels like holding back something you need to say”: Autistic & Non-Autistic Adults experiences of sensory experiences and stimming
Live streamed online interview with the London Autism Group

2022: Ageing and Autism
Live streamed online lecture for the Asperger London Area Group

Grants and awards

2020: Autism - Understanding Developmental trajectories, and Inequalities in diagnosis and Treatment in adults aged 50 and over (AUDIT-50).
Dunhill Medical Trust Research Grant

2021: Health and Social Care Needs of Older Autistic People
Autistica NIHR Development Awards

2023: Ensuring the Voices of Under-represented Groups (neurodivergent people and working class men) are Heard in Civic Society
Goldsmiths Civic Catalyst Grant

2023: CO-designing Autism Social worker Training (COAST Study)
This NIHR-funded project will co-design training for social workers by working with autistic older people, social workers and social care providers.

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