1/37 AccessibleAcademia Who: Das & colleaguesJournal: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer InteractionPublished: 2021Title: Towards Accessible Remote Work: Understanding Work-from-Home Practices of Neurodivergent Professionals Full paper: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3449282 Working from Home This paper wanted to look into how neurodivergent people, including autistic people, engaged with remote working “getting any work done during a pandemic is byContinue reading “Towards Accessible Remote Working”
Tag Archives: autism
Burnout
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”
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”
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 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”
Reliability & Validity of GHQ-12
1/4 #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Mayhew and colleaguesJournal: Journal of Autism and Developmental DisordersPublished: 2021Title: An Assessment of the Psychometric Properties of the GHQ‑12 in an English Population of Autistic Adults Without Learning Difficulties Autistic Adults & Measures of Health Autistic people are more likely than non-autistic people to be diagnosed with chronic mentalContinue reading “Reliability & Validity of GHQ-12”
Autistic Depression Assessment Tool
1/4 Full preprint: https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-358997/v1/241993b4-5c3b-40a9-939e-41fdd59ceb96.pdf?c=1622836503 #AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without us Who: Cassidy & Colleagues Where: Research Square Published: 2021 (preprint) Title: Development and Validation of the Autistic Depression Assessment Tool – Adult (ADAT-A) in Autistic Adults. Autistic Depression Assessment Tool Many autistic people experience depression in their lifetime. However, they can find it hard toContinue reading “Autistic Depression Assessment Tool”
Executive Dysfunction Strategies
1/9 Understanding Autism Executive Dysfunction Strategies Unfortunately, there isn’t one strategy that will work for everyone. This is because everyone’s difficulties with executive functioning is different. Executive functioning is broad, and covers a range of functions, including organising thoughts and regulating behaviour. 2/9 Visual Aids I have ADHD, and I really struggle with “out ofContinue reading “Executive Dysfunction Strategies”
Autistic Nottingham 