Annual Research Review: Shifting from 'normal science'to neurodiversity in autism science

E Pellicano, J den Houting - Journal of child psychology and …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Since its initial description, the concept of autism has been firmly rooted within the
conventional medical paradigm of child psychiatry. Increasingly, there have been calls from …

A capabilities approach to understanding and supporting autistic adulthood

E Pellicano, U Fatima, G Hall, M Heyworth… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
There is little comprehensive research into autistic adulthood, and even less into the
services and supports that are most likely to foster flourishing adult autistic lives. This limited …

Avoiding ableist language: Suggestions for autism researchers

K Bottema-Beutel, SK Kapp, JN Lester… - Autism in …, 2021‏ - liebertpub.com
In this commentary, we describe how language used to communicate about autism within
much of autism research can reflect and perpetuate ableist ideologies (ie, beliefs and …

The use of language in autism research

R Monk, AJO Whitehouse, H Waddington - Trends in neurosciences, 2022‏ - cell.com
The past three decades have seen a major shift in our understanding of the strong links
between autism and identity. These developments have called for careful consideration of …

[PDF][PDF] Neurodiversity at work: a biopsychosocial model and the impact on working adults

N Doyle - British medical bulletin, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Introduction The term neurodiversity is defined and discussed from the perspectives of
neuroscience, psychology and campaigners with lived experience, illustrating the …

Understanding language preference: Autism knowledge, experience of stigma and autism identity

SM Bury, R Jellett, A Haschek, M Wenzel, D Hedley… - …, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Prior research has studied preferences for identity-or person-first language among persons
with an autism diagnosis. The current study differs from this previous body of research by …

Profound concerns about “profound autism”: Dangers of severity scales and functioning labels for support needs

SK Kapp - Education Sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Recently the Lancet published a Commission on the future of care and clinical research of
autism, which included a side panel arguing for the adoption of “profound autism”, a term in …

Adults with autism: Changes in understanding since DSM-111

P Howlin - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021‏ - Springer
Over the past four decades there have been significant advances in our understanding of
autism, yet services for autistic adults continue to lag far behind those for children, and …

First do no harm: Suggestions regarding respectful autism language

P Dwyer, JG Ryan, ZJ Williams, DL Gassner - Pediatrics, 2022‏ - publications.aap.org
Nationally and internationally, efforts are ongoing to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion
in healthcare and other fields. These efforts require consideration of ways in which language …

Moving from disorder to difference: A systematic review of recent language use in autism research

SB Bottini, HE Morton, KA Buchanan, K Gould - Autism in adulthood, 2024‏ - liebertpub.com
Background: The neurodiversity paradigm positions autism as a neurological difference that
is disabling in the societal context, shifting away from the traditional medical view of a …