Autistic Autism Scholarship Project

John P Hegarty*Autistic author. Learn more… , Julio C Monterrey, Qiyuan Tian, Sue C. Cleveland, Xinyi Gong, Jennifer M. Phillips, Olga N. Wolke, Jennifer A. McNab, Joachim F. Hallmayer, Allan L. Reiss, Antonio Hardan, Laura C. Lazzeroni (2023). A Twin Study of Altered White Matter Heritability in Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(1), 65-79.

John P Hegarty*Autistic author. Learn more… , Bradley J Ferguson, Rachel M Zamzow, Landon J. Rohowetz, Jeffrey D Johnson, Shawn E Christ, David Quentin Beversdorf (2016). Beta-adrenergic antagonism modulates functional connectivity in the default mode network of individuals with and without autism spectrum disorder. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 11(5), 1278-1289.

Joseph C. McGrath, Xinyi Gong, John P Hegarty*Autistic author. Learn more… , Lawrence Fung, Mirko Uljarevic, Antonio Hardan (2025). Placebo Effect in Clinical Trials in Autism: Experience from a Pregnenolone Treatment Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

John P Hegarty*Autistic author. Learn more… , Dylan J. Weber, Carmen Mihaela Cirstea, David Quentin Beversdorf (2018). Cerebro-Cerebellar Functional Connectivity is Associated with Cerebellar Excitation–Inhibition Balance in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(10), 3460-3473.

Meredith Cola, Sarah Schillinger, Margaret Lyons, Amanda Lee, Calliana Faulk, Maxine Covello, Nasya Howard, Hannah Franke, Alexandria Mulqueen*Autistic author. Learn more… , Lizzy Fulop, Azia Knox, Sunghye Cho, Mark Y. Liberman, Juhi Pandey, Ashlee Yates Flanagan, Joseph Donaher, Robert Schultz, Julia Parish-Morris (2026). Sex-specific metrics for success: Gaps in social word use are bigger for autistic girls than boys. Autism, 30(6), 1608-1614.

Luka White*Autistic author. Learn more… , Hazel Marzetti, Fiona Duffy, Jonah Shehata, Karri Gillespie-Smith (2026). “It’s a form of survival”: Autistic transgender and nonbinary people’s experiences of disordered eating. Center for Open Science.

Luka White*Autistic author. Learn more… , Kai Schweizer*Autistic author. Learn more… , Kai S. Thomas (2025). Disordered eating in autistic trans and gender diverse people: a lived experience-led scoping review. Journal of Eating Disorders, 13(1), Article 266.

Luka White*Autistic author. Learn more… , Kiilas Vel Ixqe, Karen Goodall, Karri Gillespie-Smith (2024). Minority Stress, Camouflaging, and Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and/or Non-binary Autistic Adults. Autism in Adulthood, 8(3), 345-359.

Claire Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Helena Cundill (2024). If I Confess with My Mouth: Boundary Markers, Conversion Narratives and Autistic Belief Practices. Religions, 15(12), 1554.

Claire Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… (2023). Peculiar Theological Education. Journal of Disability & Religion, 27(4), 552-567.

Kerry Murphy*Autistic author. Learn more… (2025). Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices in Early Childhood: An Empowering Guide to Diverse Development and Play. Routledge.

Ann-Marie Restayn, Allison Moore*Autistic author. Learn more… , Andreas Köpfer (2025). Assigned Territories: On the Nexus of Diagnosing and Distancing in Inclusive Schools Through Goffman’s Lens. In Theorising Exclusionary Pressures in Education. Springer.

Allison Moore*Autistic author. Learn more… , Paul Davies*Autistic author. Learn more… (2025). Creating neuro-mixed learning environments in higher education. In Championing Co-production in the Design of Inclusive Practices (pp. 125-137). Routledge.

Allison Moore*Autistic author. Learn more… (2022). “Even though I'm on the spectrum, I'm still capable of falling in love”. In The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies (pp. 203-217). Routledge.

Allison Moore*Autistic author. Learn more… (2025). Trauma-Informed Approaches in Higher Education. In Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning (pp. 181-202). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.