Mental health challenges faced by autistic people

MC Lai - Nature Human Behaviour, 2023 - nature.com
Mental health challenges impede the well-being of autistic people. This Review outlines
contributing neurodevelopmental and physical health conditions, rates and developmental …

'It'sa symbolic violence': Autistic people's experiences of discrimination at universities in Australia

DW Tan, M Rabuka, T Haar, E Pellicano - Autism, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, the number of autistic people entering university has increased in Australia
and worldwide. While an encouraging trend, autistic students' completion rates remain much …

Evaluation of an autism training in a much-needed context: The case of France

S Saade, B Bockstal-Fieulaine… - Autism in …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: Autistic people in France have called for community education to reduce
autism stigma. As such, training is needed to help university students appreciate autistic …

'How does universal design for learning help me to learn?': students with autism spectrum disorder voices in higher education

M Barrera Ciurana, O Moliner García - Studies in Higher Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The number of students with autism spectrum disorder in university is progressively
increasing, which implies great challenges for higher education. Existing literature indicates …

Explicit stigma and implicit biases toward autism in South Korea versus the United States

SY Kim, JE Cheon, K Gillespie-Lynch, J Grandits… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This cross-cultural study examined Koreans' and Americans' explicit stigma and implicit
biases toward autism to examine potential mechanisms underlying recent evidence for …

Evaluating the impact of an online autism training on employers' autism knowledge and commitment to inclusion in the workplace

M Ashworth, B Heasman, L Crane, A Remington - 2023 - osf.io
Employers' knowledge about autism can be a key barrier to autistic people obtaining
employment. The current study evaluated the efficacy of an online autism training …

Discrimination and harassment experiences of autistic college students and their neurotypical peers: Risk and protective factors

SA Kim, L Baczewski, M Pizzano, C Kasari… - Journal of Autism and …, 2023 - Springer
This study examines autistic and non-autistic college students' experiences of discrimination
and harassment and identifies protective and risk factors. A nationwide survey was used to …

Navigating Neurotypical Norms in Academic Research: A Perspective from an Autistic Early Career Researcher

JM Phan - Autism in Adulthood, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The academic research landscape, rich with complexity, reveals its potential for innovation
when explored through a neurodiversity lens. This perspective article presents a nuanced …

Twenty Years of Disability Research: A Systematic Review

B Szucs, S Thom-Jones… - Journal of University …, 2024 - open-publishing.org
Almost one in five Australians (18%) and nearing one in 10 of our student population (9%)
are disabled, so it is unsurprising that disability is a priority area for the Universities Accord …

Changing Outcomes for Job Candidates with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Benefits of Neurodiversity Training and ASD Disclosure

CP May, CE Whelpley, R Kaup - Journal of Autism and Developmental …, 2025 - Springer
Purpose Job interviews are often an integral component of the hiring process, but for
individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), job interviews can pose an unfair barrier to …