Centre for Research in Autism and Education - CRAE

Centre for Research in Autism and Education - CRAE The Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London. Follow us on Twitter

The UCL Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) is based within the Department of Psychology and Human Development at UCL Institute of Education. Our mission is to improve the lives of autistic people and their families through research. We conduct ground-breaking scientific research to enhance our knowledge about support, education and outcomes for autistic people, their families and those who support them. This research is participatory in nature; doing research with autistic people, rather than on, about or for them. We work to ensure that this evidence-based knowledge is translated so that it can have meaningful impact and make a real difference to people’s everyday lives. We actively engage with autistic people and their allies (e.g., families, educators, clinicians), as well as policy-makers and the wider public, to promote awareness – and acceptance – of autism. We achieve this through collaborative research practice, sharing of knowledge and hosting an active programme of public engagement events. CRAE is headed by Dr Anna Remington, whose research focusses on autistic people's skills and abilities, and making sure that they are recognised in the classroom and the workplace.

01/10/2026


Hard to focus = can't filter? Meh.
In CRAE's SuPer study, ADHDers matched autistic, AuDHD and PNT adults on an attention task and showed no difficulty filtering out distractions at the simplest level. Autistic folk were seeing more.
doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107088
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Overload can have different roots. Autistic people may take in more at once, so filling spare capacity (background noise, fidgets, visuals) could help more than stripping things back. For ADHDers, the cause may lie elsewhere, and AuDHD folk showed a pattern of their own.
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A Delightful Embodiment of DichotomiesPearson et al. (2026)For “autistic people *developing comfort* was prevented by p...
16/09/2026


A Delightful Embodiment of Dichotomies
Pearson et al. (2026)

For “autistic people *developing comfort* was prevented by perceived social power dynamics and consequences of not following social norms.”

Background: There is a growing focus on a positive autistic identity; however, we know very little about self-defined autistic self-concept beyond what it means...

If you’ve just dropped small ones off at school, may we point you one of our past , and the emotional labour of ‘being ...
03/09/2026

If you’ve just dropped small ones off at school, may we point you one of our past , and the emotional labour of ‘being good’ in: “ I like school, but school didn’t like me” with Jo Billington

There is much literature which shows that autistic pupils in mainst...

- One for those who appreciate data on autism diagnostic rates. A paper that finds that the post-CoVID increase in au...
19/08/2026

- One for those who appreciate data on autism diagnostic rates. A paper that finds that the post-CoVID increase in autism dx in the US is because many adolescent girls are (finally) getting a dx.

This cohort study investigates incidence trends of autism spectrum disorder from 2016 to 2024 to quantify the temporal patterns before and after diagnostic substitution and the COVID-19 pandemic.

We measure "successful" transitions for autistic young people by employment and independent living. We nearly never ask ...
18/08/2026

We measure "successful" transitions for autistic young people by employment and independent living. We nearly never ask if they thought it went well.
CRAE's Norah Richards has a new blog post at Research in Practice looking at 25 reviews and 435 studies

Leaving school is one of the biggest transitions in a young person's life. For young people who need additional support, this process can be complex. Norah Richards shares findings from an umbrella review that explored evidence on the experiences and outcomes of transitions out of school for autisti...

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