This analysis argues that social deficit theories exacerbate the worst excesses of the
medical model, a framework that attributes autism (in this example) as the cause of a�…

Past research has largely focused on the negative aspects of well-being of autistic young
adults during the post-school transition. Research that meaningfully includes autistic�…

Abstract Background Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours (RRB) are a core characteristic
of autism, though little is known about autistic people's lived experience of these�…

Language is a fundamentally social endeavor. Pragmatics is the study of how speakers and
listeners use social reasoning to go beyond the literal meanings of words to interpret�…

Background: Being nonheterosexual and noncisgender appears to be more common
among autistic people. This intersection of identities is often stigmatized in research and�…

The neurodiversity movement has introduced a new era for autism research. Yet, the
neurodiversity paradigm and the autism clinic remain largely unconnected. With the present�…

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition affecting
information processing across domains. The current meta-analysis investigated whether�…

Background: Rates of loneliness are substantially higher among autistic compared with
nonautistic individuals. This observation refutes the persistent stereotype that autistic�…

Recent theoretical work in developmental psychology suggests that humans are
predisposed to align their mental states with those of other individuals. One way this�…

Autistic individuals are reported to struggle with aspects of social interaction. Past research
has shown that social media use can help to facilitate social functioning, however, the�…