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Narcissistic Behaviour & Gaslighting Peer Support March 2022
Looking after ourselves as Autistic People Slide01 Narcissistic Behaviour & Gaslighting Looking after ourselves as Autistic People Peer Support Mar 2022 Slide02 What is Narcissistic Behaviour? These are behaviours that are manipulative, cruel, dishonest, arrogant or exploitive. A narcissistic person will engage in these behaviours because they have a grandiose sense of self-importance and an…
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Cyber Bullying
1/8 Full paper: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10803-021-05361-6.pdf AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Triantafyllopoulou and colleaguesJournal: Journal of Autism and Developmental DisordersPublished: 2021Title: Social Media and Cyber‑Bullying in Autistic Adults Cyber Bullying This paper looked at the online experiences of autistic adults. 2/8 Social media use is now wide spread, and it allows people to communicate, interact, and…
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Childhood adversity, resilience, and mental health
1/14 Full paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2021.1983416 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: HeseltonJournal: Disability & SocietyPublished: 2021Title: Childhood adversity, resilience, and autism: a critical review of the literature Autism, Childhood Adversity & Resilience Autistic children experience more adversity and more mental health challenges than their non-autistic peers, but this isn’t well understood by researchers or clinicians. Autistic…
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Autistic Adults as Victims of Violence
1/8 Full paper: https://www.unsworks.unsw.edu.au/…/unsworks…/UNSWORKS #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Gibbs and colleaguesJournal: Research in Autism Spectrum DisordersPublished: 2021Title: Experiences of physical and sexual violence as reported by autistic adults without intellectual disability: Rate, gender patterns and clinical correlates Autistic Adults & Physical and Sexual Violence TW: mention of violence 2/8 Study background: Studies have found that…
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PTSD
Autistic people can develop PTSD from events which are not considered to be traumatic by the DSM-V (the manual from which mental health conditions, including PTSD, are diagnosed from). (Although in the UK we use the ICD for diagnosis, much research focuses on the DSM. There is much overlap between the DSM and the ICD).…
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Empathy & PTSD
Learn more about autistic empathy here: https://www.facebook.com/autisticnottingham/posts/10158437379552634 Learn more about PTSD here: https://www.facebook.com/autisticnottingham/posts/10158121249907634 (Did you know that we are not-for-profit? So when you donate, all of your donation goes straight back into the work we do for the Nottinghamshire autistic community! You can donate here: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/16400#!/DonationDetails) 1/4 Full paper: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/aut.2020.0013 #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Hume…
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#AccessibleAcademia Autism & PTSD (Rumball et al, 2020)
https://doi-org.ezproxy.derby.ac.uk/10.1002/aur.2306 #AccessibleAcademia Nothing About Us Without Us Who: Rumball, Happe, Grey Journal: Autism Research Published: April 2020 Title: Experience of Trauma and PTSD Symptoms in Autistic Adults: Risk of PTSD Development Following DSM-5 and Non-DSM-5 Traumatic Life Events Study: The DSM-V defines specifically which events can lead to the development of PTSD. However, autists experience…
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#AccessibleAcademia Autism & Suicidality (South et al, 2021)
#AccessibleAcademia nothing about us without us Who: South, Costa, & McMorrisJournal: JAMA Network OpenPublished: January 2021Title: Death by Suicide Among People With Autism: Beyond Zebrafish Study:Autistic people are 3x times more likely to attempt or die by suicide, at every age, from10 years oldwith female autists having a suicide risk of four times thatof males.…
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#AccessibleAcademia Autism & Deception
Full paper here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-021-04963-4?fbclid=IwAR3UlwtDjKwc_1P7ubxh1yuV0gpAa4WQkX-7DXsmIFDEX5PfVg8-Zqq2tiY #AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without us Who: Lim, Young, & Brewer Journal: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Published: 3 March 2021 Title: Autistic Adults May Be Erroneously Perceived as Deceptive and Lacking Credibility Study: This study wanted to see whether autistic people are seen as more deceptive and less credible…
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#AA Autism & Substance Use Disorder
#AccessibleAcademia nothing about us without usWho: Isenberg and colleaguesJournal: Research in Autism Spectrum DisordersPublished: 18 Jan 2021Title: Psychiatric comorbidity associated with co-occuring autism spectrum disorder and substance use disorderStudy:This study wanted to look at whether any co-occuring conditions made autistic people more likely to develop Substance Use Disorders (SUD; addiction). They completed lots of interveiws…