Recent Publications
2024
“For a client group who have been medicalised, dismissed, and become accustomed to masking their difficulties, providing a space where the client can be their authentic self and be seen and valued by another for who they are is paramount.”
2023
Participants preferred terms that expressed their identity and facilitated communication and understanding with others. Many participants felt that identity-first terms, and Autistic in particular, were most appropriate for these purposes”
“Women in this study were motivated to pursue a formal autism diagnosis when they perceived it as valuable, which was often related to the validation of their challenges and identity”
“Use of identity-first language for these participants may help express a close and positive connection with this aspect of self, and with the autism community”.
2022
“Navigating between strict interpretation of the diagnostic criteria (of autism as a behaviourally defned disorder) and the changing culture in which these criteria operate (of autism as a minority neurotype) creates ethical and conceptual tensions which directly impact clinical decision making today”