Introduction Although autism inclusion and acceptance has increased in recent years,
autistic people continue to face stigmatization, exclusion, and victimization. Based on brief�…

Prior research has shown that less favourable first impressions are formed of autistic adults
by non‐autistic observers. Autistic females may present differently to autistic males and�…

Background: Autistic adults receive unfavorable first impressions from typically developing
(TD) adults, but these impressions improve when TD adults are made aware of their�…

Previous work indicates that first impressions of autistic adults are more favorable when
neurotypical raters know their clinical diagnosis and have high understanding about autism�…

Background: Social communication difficulties are a clinical characteristic of autism, but
social interactions are reciprocal in nature and autistic individuals' social abilities may not be�…

Background: Research examining attitudes toward autistic adults has relied on explicit self-
report measures, which may be susceptible to socially desirable responding. Because�…

Autistic people frequently experience negative judgements from non-autistic people, often
fuelled by misconceptions that autistic people lack empathy. Understanding responses to�…

Background: Autistic adults are perceived more negatively than neurotypical (NT) adults by
NT individuals. These negative perceptions can contribute to discrimination toward and�…

Background: This study investigated whether neurotypical individuals' judgments that they
dislike a person are more common when viewing autistic individuals than when viewing�…

This systematic review includes a narrative synthesis and meta‐analysis of research on the
associations between primarily non‐autistic people's characteristics and their attitudes�…