1/4 AccessibleAcademia Who: Raymaker & colleaguesJournal: Autism in AdulthoodPublished: 2020Title: “Having all of your internal resources exhausted beyond measure and being left with no clean-up crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout. Burnout Chronic ExhaustionLoss of SkillsReduced Tolerance to Stimuli Burnout:Autistic burnout is a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic life stress and a mismatch of expectations andContinue reading “Burnout”
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Experiences of Masking
1/19 Full paper: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/aut.2020.0083 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Miller and colleaguesJournal: Autism in AdulthoodPublished: 2021Title: ‘‘Masking Is Life’’: Experiences of Masking in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults Masking “Masking” is a term used by the autistic community to describe the conscious or unconscious suppression of aspects of the self & identity in order toContinue reading “Experiences of Masking”
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. AutisticContinue reading “Childhood adversity, resilience, and mental health”
Online Autism Assessments
1/6 Full paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946721001343 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Gibbs and colleaguesJournal: Research in Autism Spectrum DisordersPublished: 2021Title: Autism assessment via telehealth during the Covid 19 pandemic: Experiences and perspectives of autistic adults, parents/carers and clinicians Telehealth & Autism Assessments Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of people now receive healthcare, including assessmentContinue reading “Online Autism Assessments”
Seeking an Autism Diagnosis
1/8 Understanding Autism Getting a diagnosis I think I might be autistic. What do I do? 2/8 That’s great! It can feel really good to discover that other people share a lot of similar experiences to you. It’s common to realise you might be autistic after a family member, particularly your offspring, is diagnosed. It’sContinue reading “Seeking an Autism Diagnosis”
Autistic Mothers: Birth & Beyond
1/18 Full paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13623613211043701 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Hampton and colleaguesJournal: AutismPublished: 2021Title: A qualitative exploration of autistic mothers’ experiences II: Childbirth and postnatal experiences Autistic Mothers:Birth & Beyond There’s not very much research into how autistic people experience birth and the first few months of parenthood. This study interviewed some autistic womenContinue reading “Autistic Mothers: Birth & Beyond”
Autistic Experiences of Breastfeeding
1/10 Full paper: https://journals.lww.com/mcnjournal/Abstract/9000/Breastfeeding_Experiences_of_Autistic_Women.99766.aspx AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Wilson and colleaguesJournal: MCN in AdvancePublished: 2021Title: Breastfeeding Experiences of Autistic Women Breastfeeding Experiences of Autistic Women This study wanted to look into the experiences of autistic adults who breastfeed. 2/10 The Participants They recruited breastfeeding autistic adults through Facebook groups. All of the participantsContinue reading “Autistic Experiences of Breastfeeding”
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 thatContinue reading “Autistic Adults as Victims of Violence”
Early Intervention
We all saw *that article*… But what does the research ACTUALLY say? Full research paper: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2784066 Link to article: Newsbreak: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2784066Telegraph (paywall): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/09/20/two-thirds-autism-cases-could-prevented-baby-video-intervention/ Autism can be prevented by teaching parents how to interact with their babies, study finds By Sarah Knapton Telegraph 14 days ago Two thirds of autism cases could be prevented by treatingContinue reading “Early Intervention”
UK Autism Diagnosis over 20 Years
1/9 Full paper: https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jcpp.13505 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Russell and colleaguesJournal: The Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryPublished: 2021Title: Time trends in autism diagnosis over 20 years: a UKpopulation-based cohort study UK Autism Diagnoses Over 20 Years This study wanted to look at how many new autism diagnoses there have been between 1998-2018.Continue reading “UK Autism Diagnosis over 20 Years”
Autistic Nottingham 