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

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

A practical consideration for many intellectually able adults with autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) is whether to disclose their diagnostic status or try to mask their autistic characteristics�…

Many of the personality and behavioral traits (eg, social imperviousness, directness in
conversation, lack of imagination, affinity for solitude, difficulty displaying emotions) that are�…

Background Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterized by social
communication challenges and repetitive behaviors that may be quickly detected by experts�…

Non-autistic adults often hold explicit and implicit biases toward autism that contribute to
personal and professional challenges for autistic people. Although previous research�…

Autism stereotypes can often portray autistic people in a negative way. However, few studies
have looked at how autistic people think they are perceived by others, and none have�…

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�…

The link between autistic people having a mind that is difficult to read (by neurotypical
participants) and being perceived unfavorably was investigated. Videoed Autistic and�…