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onisillos

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I'm a #microbiology 🔬 and #InfectiousDiseases 🦠 enthusiast (who isn't?), but more importantly, a massive nerd 🖖. I trained as a medical microbiologist about 25 years ago, but I soon ran away to the circus (publishing). (I'm also the editor-in-chief 🧐 of The Lancet Microbe, a journal that, I’m told, publishes the important stuff before you know it’s important.) #ActuallyAutistic

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Sci_Fi_FanGirl, to actuallyautistic German
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@actuallyautistic

Can an #actuallyautistic teacher be a good teacher to NT students?

I have the feeling (certainly subjective and maybe wrong) that neurodiverse students like my teaching style and many students (ND+NT) tell me they like how I structure and explain things.

Yet, I often don't get what's happening and I struggle designing lessons NT-friendly. That's why it's often difficult and I don't know how to deal with some students.

Any thoughts?

onisillos,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic

I think we make great teachers, even for NT students, because we're less likely to make assumptions about students. So we teach in an accessible and enthusiastic (maybe too enthusiastic 😆) way, and, by not jumping to conclusions about students, we can be more sympathetic than an NT teacher.

onisillos,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic

I think as long as you foster a trusting environment where students feel able to talk to you, then this can overcome some limitations. There's unlikely to be a workaround to missing all subtleties, but what you can offer outweighs the negatives.

onisillos,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic

I sympathise. I'm a geriatric autistic (apparently) and I still feel like this. My only option is to take difficult interactions at my own pace and not try to formulate a stock response.

onisillos,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic

Basically that's it: I ask for some time to think about it. This can vary from just a few moments to "I'll get back to you on this". But, of course, sometimes this isn't possible.

Not every interaction is going to be a success, you can only do your best. Creating a sense that you both see each other as human beings might give you a little more space to respond. What's most important isn't their patience, but yours. Allowing them to get their question right.

onisillos,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @FrightenedRat @actuallyautistic

I’m guilty of this too. I worry that everyone knows what I know, so I hold back out of fear of seeming condescending. The trap of making assumptions is a minefield. 😱

onisillos, to phdlife
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@libroraptor @natalie @academicchatter @phdlife @phdstudents

I used to do something similar. But instead of cards I’d just write blocks of notes in an exercise book and the cross out the blocks as I wrote out my text. I’m too disorganised to be able to cope with loose cards.

CynAq, to actuallyautistic
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Wait wait… wait. Fuck! Wait…

Someone tell me Spock and Data aren’t attempts to be inclusive of autistic people in the arguably the most progressive franchise of its time, please.

They are, aren’t they?


@actuallyautistic

onisillos,
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@CynAq @actuallyautistic

You can choose to believe it whatever others say. Irrespective of when the modern concept of autism arose, autistic people have always existed. And some element of these characters recognised the “outsider”.

AutisticAdam, to actuallyautistic
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When talking to autistic people, especially in the workplace or at school, be absolutely clear and unambiguous about instructions.

Especially don't leave anything unsaid, or to be assumed. If you do that there's a good chance it won't be done, because you didn't ask us to.

@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic

onisillos,
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@AutisticAdam @actuallyautistic

This is the story of my life. Ask me or tell me and I’m good. I don’t understand why neurotypicals act as if people can read minds.

tiago, to academicchatter
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It seems like Mastodon is losing its mindshare to #Bluesky among many academics.

I can't help but think this has to do with the self-imposed limitations of Mastdon — lack of quotes, ordered timeline, etc. Makes it less interesting to use, for no real advantage.

Sad, because the underlying decentralization is much more robust.

@academicchatter

onisillos,
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@tiago @academicchatter

I've gotten that impression too. But I'm pretty sure that bluesky will eventually go down the same path as twitter, so I'm happy to stay out of it.

onisillos,
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@tiago @academicchatter

I'm happy to be wrong on this. But I have little faith in those running the show.

onisillos,
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@boud @tiago @academicchatter

That's a good idea.

AaronJones, to academicchatter
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Is it ok to celebrate not getting desk rejected?

Asking for myself

@academicchatter

onisillos,
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@AaronJones @academicchatter

Always. It's a major hurdle.

ukrio, to academicchatter
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"arXiv is a cancer that promotes the dissemination of junk 'science' in a format that is indistinguishable from real publications."

Riled by low-quality about , @emilymbender pulls no punches. Thoughts, @academicchatter?

https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/scholarship-should-be-open-inclusive-and-slow-15ab6ce1d74c

onisillos,
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@ukrio @emilymbender @academicchatter

"Scholarship should be slow"
"Scholarship is a conversation"

Music to my ears!

Such a great blog. The broad points closely match my observations in medical publishing.

DrEvanGowan, to random
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Since I am planning to delete my Twitter account soon, I am slowly deleting every post I made manually, so I can see what I posted (I also do not trust that they will delete the posts if I delete the account). A large portion of my replies are congratulating people on things like their newly published paper, graduating, getting a grant, etc. These kind of posts are what I miss about Twitter, and I hope more people come and post their successes on Mastodon. #AcademicChatter

onisillos,
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@SamCrawley @yetiinabox @academicchatter @prachisrivas @DrEvanGowan @gpollara

I have faith that things will improve. It currently feels like twitter from 10 or so years ago.

onisillos,
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@academicchatter @SamCrawley @gpollara @prachisrivas @yetiinabox @DrEvanGowan

This looks interesting. I’ll have to give it a go.

Although, I don’t mind a chronological feed. I’ve always preferred the firehose approach to receiving information.

dmacphee, to academicchatter
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So much good information for graduate students, or those thinking of graduate studies, in this article.

“…it’s important to push back against the dominant narrative in academia that success is the rule and failure is a crime.”

@academicchatter

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02603-8

onisillos,
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@dmacphee @academicchatter

I didn't even get far enough to fail.

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onisillos,
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@ninokadic @academicchatter

If you're allowed to preprint it (you usually are) then that will give you something tangible to mention. Only mention the journal if the paper is accepted - ie, "in press"

onisillos, to random
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Tip for academic publishers:

Set up your own instances to exclusively host your journal accounts.

onisillos,
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@gpollara @academicchatter

Exactly. The publishers that are trying out mastodon seem to be using it as if it's twitter.

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onisillos,
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@CCochard @academicchatter

On this point, if an abstract doesn't include the methods how can anyone interpret the findings presented in the abstract?

onisillos, to random
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It might be useful for new researchers to know how a journal editor screens submissions (obviously this is my approach and so it might differ for others).

I tend to start with a cold read of the abstract. By this I mean I try to do little more than glance at the title, as titles sometimes oversell or, at least, don't help my understanding of what the paper is about.

This is also why I read the cover letter second, so I have an outline of the paper before I'm subjected to the "pitch".

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