New video with @sineadmullally.bsky.social talking about the recently published paper on growing-up Autistic: sharing Autistic children's experiences and insights.

Watch the full video on our YouTube: youtu.be/iJNncMrHDnI

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‘A New Pace of Life’: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Retirement Plans, Preparations and Experiences in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults - Zuzanna Kowalczyk, Ahna Huwaida Ahmad Fa... Retirement is a major life change affecting routines, finances and wellbeing. Autistic adults may face extra challenges during this transition due to employment...

📝 Our new mixed-methods paper exploring retirement experiences in autistic populations is now out in @journalautism.bsky.social, open access: doi.org/10.1177/1362....

Here are some key findings ⬇️

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Conducting Meaningful Participatory Autism Research in Latin America: An Example of Contextual Challenges Identified and Lessons Learned from the Indigenous Support Network In Brazil - Tally Lichtensz...

Proud to share my first editorial as one of the editors of Autism @journalautism.bsky.social We wrote about our experiences of trying to implement participatory autism research for the first time in Brazil @tallytafla.bsky.social
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New video abstract with Leoni Boyle talking about the recently published systematic scoping review on autism in Viet Nam.

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Autism in Viet Nam: A systematic scoping review - Leoni Boyle, Prithvi Perepa, Kerry Thalia, Laura Crane, 2026 Autism research has predominantly focused on Western contexts, with limited studies in Vietnamese cultural settings. Through conducting a systematic scoping rev...

Congrats to Leoni Boyle for publishing the first paper from her PhD - Autism in Viet Nam: A systematic scoping review - in @journalautism.bsky.social. An extremely thoughtful and thought-provoking analysis of autism research in Vietnamese communities...

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Gender identity development in autistic individuals: An interview study - Robin Michiels, Marie Groffi, Jeroen Dewinter, Ilse Noens, Paul Enzlin, 2026 Autistic individuals report more gender-related questions and gender incongruence compared to non-autistic peers. However, research on gender identity in autist...

Our paper on how both cisgender, and trans and gender-diverse (TGD) autistic individuals experienced their gender identity development over time was published today! doi.org/10.1177/1362...

Sex-specific metrics for success: Gaps in social word use are bigger for autistic girls than boys

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The relationship between age of autism diagnosis and life satisfaction in adulthood

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Autism, dementia, and post-diagnostic support: A consensus report from the Second International Summit on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia

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Sleep and activity patterns in autism

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Discrepancies between feeling and expressing: Perceptions of autistic and non-autistic emotional expressions by non-autistic observers

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Eliciting the views of autistic adolescents attending specialist schools on what friendships mean to them

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Patterns of interparental conflict and psychological distress among Australian mothers of autistic children

Partner-dependent communication without dynamic adaptation in autism

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Breastfeeding and autism: An electronic health records study of baby wellness visit records

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‘It’s not fair, this isn’t what an autistic person should go through’: Experiences of autistic adults on inpatient mental health wards

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Community views on the assessment and diagnosis of autism: Principles to guide clinical practice

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Proud to be part of this research project on communication dynamics in autism together with Saskia Koch, Jana Bašnáková & Arjen Stolk. The paper is now open-access available in @journalautism.bsky.social

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Our new paper led by @sarah-foster.bsky.social

Non-autistic observers attribute more negativity to autistic emotional expressions & more positivity to non-autistic ones, despite the autistic & non-autistic groups reporting feeling the same emotion & intensity

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Delighted to have our new paper, “Eliciting the views of autistic adolescents attending specialist schools on what friendships mean to them”, published in @journalautism.bsky.social! 🧵

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Are we getting better at identifying and diagnosing neurodivergent girls and women? Insights into sex ratios and age of diagnosis from clinical population data in Scotland - Donald Maciver, Anusua Sin... This study examined differences in referral and diagnosis based on sex recorded at birth (hereafter, ‘sex’), using case notes from 408 individuals diagnosed by ...

doi.org/10.1177/1362... Useful study - are we getting better at finding e.g. autistic women and girls? Yes.
408 people in Scotland.
The lifespan male-to-female ratio was approaching equal numbers of each. Do have a read of the detail. So much for 'it's a boy thing', eh?

Emotion regulation in families of autistic children and adolescents: A longitudinal study

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Systematic review of measures and interventions for caregiver adjustment to child autism diagnosis

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Such an important review paper! We love how the Caregiver Skills Training program uses non-specialists and can help improve access to autism services. This review is especially exciting because it describes cultural adaptations too. What are your thoughts about caregiver-mediated interventions? 🤔

"Crucially, a reading preference for right-leaning tabloid newspapers emerged as a reliable predictor of more negative implicit attitudes.

This finding suggests that exposure to newspaper content may play a role in the dynamic process of attitude formation towards autism."

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Autistic romantic relationships, just like with neurotypical relationships, are diverse and fluid ❤️

Profiles of parent–teacher discrepancy on autistic children’s adaptive functioning

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Thinking flexibly: A cognitive remediation therapy–informed intervention for autistic youth

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Autistic adults prefer social touch less but engage just as much: The impact of social context, relationship type, sensory responsivity, and psychological factors

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‘It’s quite difficult to put Autistic relationships in a box’: A qualitative exploration of romantic relationships in gender and sexually diverse Autistic adults

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