Autistic Scholars Project

Claire Bates, Rose Matthews*Autistic author. Learn more… (2024). No “cookie cutter rules”: best practice for social care staff in supporting autistic adults with relationships and sexuality. Advances in Autism, 10(2), 69-81.

Jade Davies, Rose Matthews*Autistic author. Learn more…, Anna Melissa Romualdez, Elizabeth Pellicano, Anna Remington (2024). “Retirement Is One Hell of a Change”: Autistic People's Experiences of Retiring. Autism in Adulthood, 8(2), 162-174.

Piyali Bhattacharya, Rose Matthews*Autistic author. Learn more…, R. C. Field, Hannah Heath, Kate Woodcock, Andrew Surtees (2025). Experiencing Independence: Perspectives from Autistic Adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Rose Matthews*Autistic author. Learn more…, Christine A. Jenkins*Autistic author. Learn more…, Margaret Janse van Rensburg, Miranda J. Brady, Rachel Moseley*Autistic author. Learn more…, Julie Gamble-Turner (2025). Stepping into Who I Fully Am: A Creative Exploration of Autistic Menopause. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, 5(1).

Emily Friedel, Lexy Staniland, Linda A. Baker, Alicja Koperska, Adrien Mathy*Autistic author. Learn more…, Anusha V. Ramji, Patrick Dwyer*Autistic author. Learn more…, Mirela Zaneva (2025). Toward Neurodiversity-Affirming Language for ADHD. Center for Open Science.

Emily Friedel, Elif Baştan, Biljana Gjoneska, Caitlin Nicole Hughes, Adrien Mathy*Autistic author. Learn more…, Nathaniel D. Porter, Christopher James Graham, Anna Hollis, Sara Lil Middleton, Robert M. Ross, Alyssa Hillary Zisk*Autistic author. Learn more…, Flavio Azevedo, Sofia Charakleia, Vaitsa Giannouli, Angie Tsimaras, Alicja Koperska, Madeleine Vohs, Mirela Zaneva (2026). Myths About Neurodiversity: A Community Perspective. Center for Open Science.

Emily Friedel, Elif Baştan, Biljana Gjoneska, Caitlin Nicole Hughes, Adrien Mathy*Autistic author. Learn more…, Nathaniel D. Porter, Christopher James Graham, Anna Hollis, Sara Lil Middleton, Robert M. Ross, Alyssa Hillary Zisk*Autistic author. Learn more…, Flavio Azevedo, Vaitsa Giannouli, Angie Tsimaras, Alicja Koperska, Madeleine Vohs, Siu Kit Yeung, Mirela Zaneva, FORRT (2026). Myths About Neurodiversity: A Community Perspective| FORRT's Neurodiversity Team. Open MIND.

Grant Bruno, Anne Lindblom, Jon-Are Masternes*Autistic author. Learn more…, Jessica Tupou, TC Waisman*Autistic author. Learn more…, Samarra Toby, Christine B. Vining, Iliana Magiati (2025). Global Indigenous perspectives on autism and autism research: Colonialism, cultural insights and ways forward. Autism, 29(2), 275-283.

Christina Nicolaidis, Ian Moura, Mary Baker-Ericzén, Mirah Scharer, Joelle Maslak*Autistic author. Learn more…, Rachel Kripke-Ludwig, Willi Horner-Johnson, Julia Love, Dora M Raymaker*Autistic author. Learn more…, Andrea Joyce, Shannon Des Roches Rosa, Grace Herbert, Julie Lounds Taylor, Liu-Qin Yang, Katherine McDonald, Zack Siddeek, Steven K. Kapp*Autistic author. Learn more…, Emanuel Frowner, Ivanova Smith, Anna Wallington, KJ Flores, Noah K. Kaufman, Clarissa Kripke, Vivian Grillo, Joseph Vera, Finn Gardiner (2026). Addressing Common Problems in Autism Research: cohort development and sample description for a participatory, real-world, longitudinal study of outcomes in autistic adults. Center for Open Science.

Christina Nicolaidis, Ian Moura, Mary Baker-Ericzén, Mirah Scharer, Joelle Maslak*Autistic author. Learn more…, Rachel Kripke-Ludwig, Willi Horner-Johnson, Julia Love, Dora M Raymaker*Autistic author. Learn more…, Andrea Joyce, Shannon Des Roches Rosa, Grace Herbert, Julie Lounds Taylor, Liu-Qin Yang, Katherine McDonald, Zack Siddeek, Steven K. Kapp*Autistic author. Learn more…, Emanuel Frowner, Ivanova Smith, Anna Wallington, KJ Flores, Noah K. Kaufman, Clarissa Kripke, Joseph Vera, Vivian Grillo, Finn Gardiner (2026). Addressing Common Problems in Autism Research: cohort development and sample description for a participatory, real-world, longitudinal study of outcomes in autistic adults. Center for Open Science.

So Yoon Kim, Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Steven K. Kapp*Autistic author. Learn more…, Liu-Qin Yang, Anna Wallington, Dora M Raymaker*Autistic author. Learn more…, Ian Moura, Katherine McDonald, Joelle Maslak*Autistic author. Learn more…, Rachel Kripke-Ludwig, Andrea Joyce, Willi Horner-Johnson, Emanuel Frowner, Mary Baker-Ericzén, Christina Nicolaidis (2026). Self- and Caregiver-Reported Choice-Making in Autistic Adults: Development and Validation of the AASPIRE–Choices and Decisions Scale. medRxiv.

Marie Manalili*Autistic author. Learn more… (2021). Ableist Ideologies Stifle Neurodiversity and Hinder Inclusive Education. Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture, 3(1).

Kerri Betts, Louise Creechan, Rosemarie Cawkwell*Autistic author. Learn more…, Isabelle Finn‐Kelcey, Cozette Griffin*Autistic author. Learn more…, Alice Hagopian, David Hartley, Marie Manalili*Autistic author. Learn more…, Inika Murkumbi, Sarinah O’Donoghue*Autistic author. Learn more…, Cassandra Shanahan, Anna Stenning*Autistic author. Learn more…, Alyssa Hillary Zisk*Autistic author. Learn more… (2022). Neurodiversity, Networks, and Narratives: Exploring Intimacy and Expressive Freedom in the Time of Covid‐19. Social Inclusion, 11(1), 60-71.

Emy Nimbley, Ellen Maloney*Autistic author. Learn more…, Fiona Duffy (2023). A call for autism‐led research exploring definitions of recovery in Autistic individuals with an eating disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 56(7), 1335-1340.

Emy Nimbley, Karri Gillespie‐Smith, Fiona Duffy, Ellen Maloney*Autistic author. Learn more…, Carrie Ballantyne, Helen Sharpe (2023). “It’s not about wanting to be thin or look small, it’s about the way it feels”: an IPA analysis of social and sensory differences in autistic and non-autistic individuals with anorexia and their parents. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11(1), 89-89.