Autistic-led Research

Leading Autistic Researchers putting the case against outdated thinking and Autism training:

Important Research Papers:

Evidence of increased PTSD symptoms in autistics exposed to applied behavior analysis

Henny Kupferstein

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322239353_Evidence_of_increased_PTSD_symptoms_in_autistics_exposed_to_applied_behavior_analysis

The Dark Side of Positive Behavioural Support

Published on 2 May 2025 by Alexis Quinn
https://www.neurodiversity-research.org/blog/2462709_the-dark-side-of-positive-behavioural-support

A blog based on the research paper, “Relationships of concern - the perils of the progress paradox in Positive Behaviour Support” (Quinn, 2025)

Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults accounts of sensory experiences and stimming

Dr Rebecca A.Charlton and Gabrielle Nwaordu

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1750946721001392

A conceptual analysis of Autistic Masking:
Understanding the narrative of Stigma and the illusion of choice

Amy Pearson and Keiran Rose

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2020.0043

Social camouflaging in autism: Is it time to lose the mask?

Will Mandy

First Published September 25, 2019 Editorial Find in PubMed

https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361319878559

Extending the Minority Stress Model to Understand Mental Health Problems Experienced by the Autistic Population

Monique Botha, David M. Frost

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2156869318804297

Does Language Matter? Identity-First Versus Person-First Language Use in Autism Research:
A Response to Vivanti

Monique Botha, Jacqueline Hanlon & Gemma Louise Williams

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-020-04858-w


Everyday ableism and hate speech
Damian Milton

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337611627_Everyday_ableism_and_hate_speech

Disposable dispositions: reflections upon the work of Iris Marion Young in relation to the social oppression of autistic people
Damian Milton

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311731581_Disposable_dispositions_reflections_upon_the_work_of_Iris_Marion_Young_in_relation_to_the_social_oppression_of_autistic_people

Double Empathy: The double empathy problem
Damian Milton, Brett Heasman, Elizabeth Sheppard

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325128173_Double_Empathy

Double Empathy: Why Autistic People Are Often Misunderstood

Catherine J. Crompton, Kilee DeBrabander, Brett Heasman, Damian Milton, Noah Sasson

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351485121_Double_Empathy_Why_Autistic_People_Are_Often_Misunderstood

Policing: An International Journal

A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff: evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions.
Chloe Holloway, Nell Munro, Kleio Cossburn, Danielle Ropar

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/PIJPSM-11-2021-0159/full/html

Autistic Self-Advocacy and the Neurodiversity Movement: Implications for Autism Early Intervention Research and Practice.

Kathy Leadbitter , Karen Leneh Buckle, Ceri Ellis, and Martijn Dekker

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635690/full

New report finds widespread abuse of autistic people:
https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/more/news/story/new-report-finds-widespread-abuse-of-autistic-people-1931?

'I felt like I deserved it because I was autistic': Understanding the impact of interpersonal victimisation in the lives of autistic people.

Amy Pearson, Kieran Rose, Jon Rees

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635690/full

Untapped talent: neurodiversity in the workplace

New research on 'Workplace Neurodiversity - the power of difference', which explores the lived experiences of, and attitudes towards, neurodivergents. Dr Arwen Wilcock, Research Manager at The Institute of Leadership and Management shares the highlights, in discussion with our research partner, Infinite Autism's MD, Kieran Rose.

https://www.institutelm.com/event_listing/untapped-talent-neurodiversity-in-the-workplace.html

Empirical Failures of the Claim That Autistic People Lack a Theory of Mind

Morton Ann Gernsbacher and Melanie Yergeau

This research is one piece of several that at last sheds new light on the myth that Autistic people are supposed to not comprehend Theory of Mind, ie lack the ability to see things from another person's point of view or imagine what it would be like to be someone else. For decades research has been done to reinforce this belief, much of it coming from the UK, with vast sums of money spent on it. New research however continues to debunk this and show the flaws in old thinking. This research reveals some of those flaws and the incredible harm that is done to Society by assuming that these claims are true.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6959478/