Psychology

Understanding the autistic social communication style (PhD)
Reducing health inequalities for autistic people by understanding how autistic people’s style of social communication differs from non-autistic people’s.
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Understanding the autistic social communication style (PhD)
Making space for Autistic people with ‘complex support needs’: Recommendations for inclusive research practices
The neurodiversity movement has reshaped how autism is conceptualized, represented, and increasingly researched. Yet Autistic people …
Diana W. Tan, Grant Blasko, Teresa Girolamo, Aimee Grant, Holly E. A. Sutherland, Jackie Ryan, Steven K. Kapp, Vikram K. Jaswal
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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, Holly E. A. Sutherland, Sue Fletcher-Watson
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Human-AI teaming: Whose voices are missing?
Bringing together leading experts from academia and industry who are committed to advancing safe autonomy and AI.
Sep 25, 2025 11:30 AM — 12:30 PM York, England
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Human-AI teaming: Whose voices are missing?
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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The double empathy problem in support services for autistic people with high support needs: a UK-based ethnographic study
“The same, but entirely different”: reframing autistic social communicative (dys)function through mixed methods research
The way autistic people talk to and interact with other people has often been considered ‘wrong’ or ‘impaired’. Previous research has …
Holly E. A. Sutherland
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'A difference in typical values': autistic perspectives on autistic social communication
Autistic people socialise and communicate differently to non-autistic people. However, qualitative exploration of this, particularly …
Holly E. A. Sutherland, Catherine J. Crompton, Joseph Long, Sue Fletcher-Watson
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Holly Sutherland - Understanding Autistic Communication
In the latest Middletown Podcast, we chat with researcher Holly Sutherland about her ground-breaking work focusing on autistic …
Holly E. A. Sutherland, Kat Hughes
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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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Neurodivergence-Affirming and Inclusive Research Practices for Autistic People with High Support Needs
'Read my lips, not my body': a thematic analysis of autistic people’s social communication preferences, experiences, and expectations
Differences in socialising and communicating between autistic and non-autistic people are well documented, but primarily from the …
Holly E. A. Sutherland, Catherine J. Crompton, Joseph Long, Sue Fletcher-Watson
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