Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland
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Ethnography
Doing research in services for autistic people with complex support needs: Challenges and considerations based on UK experiences
(Joint first author.) There have been multiple calls to improve autistic people with CSN’s representation in autism research (e.g. Lord …
Sarah Donald
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Holly E. A. Sutherland
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Sue Fletcher-Watson
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Doing ethnographic research with autistic people with high support needs
A full-day event bringing together academics, parents, educational practitioners and non-speaking neurodiverse young people.
Nov 7, 2025 11:00 AM — 4:30 PM
University of Manchester, Manchester, England
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The double empathy problem in support services for autistic people with high support needs: a UK-based ethnographic study
An ethnographic study of care and support services for autistic people with higher support needs.
Sep 11, 2025 8:00 AM — Sep 13, 2025 6:00 PM
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Neurodivergence-Affirming and Inclusive Research Practices for Autistic People with High Support Needs
A panel looking at how the neurodiversity paradigm is beneficial to, and inclusive of, autistic people with higher support needs.
May 3, 2025 10:30 AM — 12:30 PM
Seattle, USA
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Ethnography, neurodiversity, and higher support needs
Part of a panel about qualitative methods for including nonspeaking and high support needs neurodivergent people in research.
Jan 30, 2025 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM
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An ethnographic exploration of cross-neurotype socialising and communication in a high support needs context
Exploring neurodiversity, the double empathy, and cross-neurotype communication in an autistic high support needs context.
Jan 22, 2025 1:00 PM — 2:00 PM
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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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An (auto)ethnographic study of the double emapthy problem in social care services for autistic people with high support needs
Holly E. A. Sutherland
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Catherine J. Crompton
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Joseph Long
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Sue Fletcher-Watson
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