Since its initial description, the concept of autism has been firmly rooted within the
conventional medical paradigm of child psychiatry. Increasingly, there have been calls from�…

The experience of stigma by autistic people is relatively understudied, despite contributing to
a range of poor outcomes and having an overarching impact on well-being. The current�…

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

Differences in social communication and interaction styles between autistic and typically
developing have been studied in isolation and not in the context of real-world social�…

Background Deciding to disclose a diagnosis of autism to others can be a major decision for
people with autism and their families. This scoping review summarizes existing literature�…

Autistic people may camouflage their innate autistic social behaviours to adapt to, cope
within and/or influence the predominately neurotypical social landscape. This study�…

Social cognition, social skill, and social motivation have been extensively researched and
characterized as atypical in autistic people, with the assumption that each mechanistically�…

A central diagnostic and anecdotal feature of autism is difficulty with social communication.
We take the position that communication is a two-way, intersubjective phenomenon—as�…

Autistic university students face stigma. Online trainings have been used to improve explicit
autism stigma (social distance) and knowledge among university students in different�…

Autistic individuals often struggle to find and maintain employment. This may be because
many workplaces are not suited to autistic individuals' needs. Among other difficulties, many�…