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Friendships, fear, and (double) empathy
Research findings from an ethnographic study of two day-support services for autistic adults with high support needs, through a neurodiversity paradigm lens.
Sep 25, 2024 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England
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Friendships, fear, and (double) empathy
How successfully do autistic and non-autistic raters guess the diagnostic status of people having conversations?
Recent research has shown that interactions between autistic people do not evidence the same social communication difficulties seen …
Holly E. A. Sutherland, Harriet Axbey, Martha Sharp, Danielle Ropar, Sue Fletcher-Watson, Catherine J. Crompton
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How does social context affect observers' ability to identify autism in others?
How well can (non-)autistic observers identify whether people in photos or videos are autistic? Does who the people are talking to matter for accurate identification?
Jun 28, 2024 11:20 AM — 12:20 PM University of East Anglia, England
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How does social context affect observers' ability to identify autism in others?
An (auto)ethnographic study of the double emapthy problem in social care services for autistic people with high support needs
Holly E. A. Sutherland, Catherine J. Crompton, Joseph Long, Sue Fletcher-Watson
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An (auto)ethnographic study of the double emapthy problem in social care services for autistic people with high support needs
How successfully do autistic and non-autistic raters guess the diagnostic status of autistic and non-autistic people having conversations? (Dataset)
Dataset and code associated with the paper ‘Sutherland, H. E. A., Axbey, H., Sharp, M., Ropar, D., Fletcher-Watson, S., Crompton, …
Holly E. A. Sutherland, Harriet Axbey, Martha Sharp, Danielle Ropar, Sue Fletcher-Watson, Catherine J. Crompton
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“Read my lips, not my body”: the joys and challenges of autistic social communication
Presenting the results of my second PhD focus group on autistic experiences of social interaction and communication.
Aug 22, 2023 2:00 PM University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
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“Read my lips, not my body”: the joys and challenges of autistic social communication
“Read My Lips, Not My Body”: Autistic Perspectives on Communicating with (non-)Autistic People
Holly E. A. Sutherland, Catherine J. Crompton, Joseph Long, Sue Fletcher-Watson
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“Read My Lips, Not My Body”: Autistic Perspectives on Communicating with (non-)Autistic People
Social communication in autism: the autistic perspective
Talk on my PhD research and progress so far.
Apr 25, 2023 8:30 PM — 9:30 PM University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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Social communication in autism: the autistic perspective
Peer communication amongst neurodivergent people
An overview of my PhD research, with a focus on autistic-autistic social communication.
Mar 18, 2023 11:30 AM — 12:00 PM Edinburgh, Scotland
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Peer communication amongst neurodivergent people
Are social difficulties in autism context-dependent? Investigating how conversational partners affect the accuracy of observers’ judgements about a person’s autistic diagnostic status
Introduction. Social and communication impairments are part of the diagnostic criteria for autism, but recent research has shown that …
Holly E. A. Sutherland, Danielle Ropar, Sue Fletcher-Watson, Harriette Axbey, Martha Sharp, Catherine J. Crompton
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Are social difficulties in autism context-dependent? Investigating how conversational partners affect the accuracy of observers’ judgements about a person’s autistic diagnostic status