Cover page of a report with the logos of Ambitious about Autism and CRAE, titled "Research on post-diagnostic support for autistic young people", November 2023

Read our research on post-diagnostic support for autistic young people, which was co-produced with autistic young people themselves. Report launched today at Ambitious about Autism's "Life after an autism diagnosis" conference: bit.ly/AAA-PD

Understanding the Self-identification of Autism in Adults: a Scoping Review - Review Journal of Auti... Adults are increasingly self-identifying as autistic, and reporting problems being referred for an autism diagnostic assessment. This scoping review aims to ascertain: (1) what research has been condu...

“…adults who self-identify as autistic seem to have a reasonably accurate recognition of autism/autistic traits in themselves. We think this is something that should be considered in the referral and diagnostic process of an adult autism assessment.”

Responsible self-identification is VALID.

Rectangular graphic with a black outline. A white rectangle inside contains black all-caps text reading, "If you are an autism researcher And you reject autistic participation or feedback You might want to rethink being an autism researcher (We said what we said)" At the bottom is a smaller long red rectangle containing white text reading, "Want more frank advice about autism? www.ThinkingAutismGuide.com" On the right in the red rectangle is the Thinking Person's Guide to Autism logo.

If you are an autism researcher
And you reject autistic participation or feedback
You might want to rethink being an autism researcher
(We said what we said)

Inspired by the fantastic CARES Conference.

Reposting for all the new autism researchers who’ve joined of late.

Welcome!

Please check out my feed, like it, pin it (so you can easily check what the craic is whenever you want)

And post to it! #AutRes

Thank you Sue 😊😊

captapnetwork.wordpress.com/2023/09/19/h... Hurrah. Our lovely guide to using kind and respectful language about autistic people is out. Feel free to share.

Supervised by Prof Jill Bradshaw, Dr Fiona Gullon-Scott and Prof Pete Langdon.

Lizzie with thumbs up holding her annotated PhD thesis.

Hi! 👋🏼 Sharing good news! I just passed my VIVA with minor corrections. My PhD: ‘Advancing the understanding of autistic women and girls. Development of a screening tool to improve recognition and access to diagnostic pathways and support’ - examined by Prof Will Mandy & Dr Nick Gore. #AutRes

Supervised by Prof Jill Bradshaw, Dr Fiona Gullon-Scott and Professor Pete Langdon.