Diondra Straiton-Webster, PhD
@diondrastraiton.bsky.social
(she/her) Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dept. of Psychiatry at the Univ of Pennsylvania. Clinical psychology & leveraging #ImpSci to improve #Autism services
My new academic website is hot off the presses! Let me know what you think! diondra-straiton-webster.academicwebsite.com
Diondra Straiton-Webster
Diondra Straiton-Webster, PhD is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. She holds a Ph.D. in clinic...
diondra-straiton-webster.academicwebsite.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My new academic website is hot off the presses! Let me know what you think! diondra-straiton-webster.academicwebsite.com
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Reminder to please submit to our SIG expo by 11:59 pm PST tomorrow, August 8th! 🗣️📈 We want to showcase our members’ research at ABCT in November!
Access the application here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Access the application here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reminder to please submit to our SIG expo by 11:59 pm PST tomorrow, August 8th! 🗣️📈 We want to showcase our members’ research at ABCT in November!
Access the application here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Access the application here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Feeling inspired from a week at the NIMH Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services Research Institute! The future of child services research is in good hands, and we remain committed to improving public mental health. Learn more about the CHIPS program here! chipsfellows.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Feeling inspired from a week at the NIMH Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services Research Institute! The future of child services research is in good hands, and we remain committed to improving public mental health. Learn more about the CHIPS program here! chipsfellows.com
Reposted by Diondra Straiton-Webster, PhD
For autism awareness month, I want to talk about the rates of suicide in autistic individuals because the numbers are alarming, and I don't think it's talked about NEARLY enough...
April 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
For autism awareness month, I want to talk about the rates of suicide in autistic individuals because the numbers are alarming, and I don't think it's talked about NEARLY enough...
Reposted by Diondra Straiton-Webster, PhD
We want to highlight @communicationfirst.bsky.social! We love this organization & their advocacy about how communication is a human right. Check out this video from their Digital Storytelling and Advocacy campaign ⬇️ youtu.be/_qkndlGznCw?... #AutismAcceptance #CommunicationIsAHumanRight
See Us. Hear Us. - Jordyn Zimmerman
YouTube video by Communication First
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April 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We want to highlight @communicationfirst.bsky.social! We love this organization & their advocacy about how communication is a human right. Check out this video from their Digital Storytelling and Advocacy campaign ⬇️ youtu.be/_qkndlGznCw?... #AutismAcceptance #CommunicationIsAHumanRight
Proud to be part of @abctautism.bsky.social and celebrate #AutismAcceptance month! Please follow us!
It’s the 1st day of #AutismAcceptance month ♾️ & we are so excited to announce that the @abctnow.bsky.social Autism SIG is now on BlueSky! Please follow us! We post about research, support, & advocacy for #autistic people & those w/ other #DevelopmentalDisabilities, all with a neuro-affirming lens!
a rainbow colored infinity symbol with the words celebrate neurodiversity written below it
Alt: A rainbow colored infinity symbol with the words "celebrate neurodiversity" written below it
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April 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Proud to be part of @abctautism.bsky.social and celebrate #AutismAcceptance month! Please follow us!
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📢 New publication alert: doi.org/10.1089/aut....
Our team of Autistic & non-autistic researchers ran a qualitative study to explore how universities can create conditions that truly support Autistic students.
We interviewed 21 Autistic adults across Australia and identified four key themes:
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Our team of Autistic & non-autistic researchers ran a qualitative study to explore how universities can create conditions that truly support Autistic students.
We interviewed 21 Autistic adults across Australia and identified four key themes:
🧵
“Seeing the Value of Who We Are”: Understanding and Supporting Autistic University Students | Autism in Adulthood
Background: The number of autistic students enrolling in universities is increasing, yet many of them face significant challenges in navigating academic, social, and environmental demands. Existing re...
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March 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
📢 New publication alert: doi.org/10.1089/aut....
Our team of Autistic & non-autistic researchers ran a qualitative study to explore how universities can create conditions that truly support Autistic students.
We interviewed 21 Autistic adults across Australia and identified four key themes:
🧵
Our team of Autistic & non-autistic researchers ran a qualitative study to explore how universities can create conditions that truly support Autistic students.
We interviewed 21 Autistic adults across Australia and identified four key themes:
🧵
Reposted by Diondra Straiton-Webster, PhD
Reposted by Diondra Straiton-Webster, PhD
Hiring freezes reported at Harvard, UPenn, Pitt, Emory, and many other academic institutions. Not this again. So many freezes over the past half decade+. Absolutely brutal for ECRs…
Is a freeze already in effect in other universities? This will probably spread pretty quickly.
Harvard U just announced a hiring freeze, in an email from President Garber: "Effective immediately, Harvard will implement a temporary pause on staff and faculty hiring across the University."
March 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Hiring freezes reported at Harvard, UPenn, Pitt, Emory, and many other academic institutions. Not this again. So many freezes over the past half decade+. Absolutely brutal for ECRs…