Autistic Scholars Project

Jodie Smith, Aspasia Stacey Rabba, Lin Cong, Poulomee Datta, Emma Dresens, Gabrielle Hall*Autistic author. Learn more…, Melanie Heyworth*Autistic author. Learn more…, Wenn Lawson*Autistic author. Learn more…, Patricia Lee, Rozanna Lilley, Najeeba Syeda, Emily Ma, Julia Wang, Rena Wang, Chong Tze Yeow, Elizabeth Pellicano (2022). “They Were Saying That I Was a Typical Chinese Mum”: Chinese Parents’ Experiences of Parent-Teacher Partnerships for Their Autistic Children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(12), 4888-4900.

Elizabeth Pellicano, Gabrielle Hall*Autistic author. Learn more…, Ru Ying Cai (2023). Autistic adults’ experiences of financial wellbeing: Part II. Autism, 28(5), 1090-1106.

Ru Ying Cai, Gabrielle Hall*Autistic author. Learn more…, Elizabeth Pellicano (2023). Predicting the financial wellbeing of autistic adults: Part I. Autism, 28(5), 1203-1215.

Jodie Smith, Aspasia Stacey Rabba, Poulomee Datta, Emma Dresens, Rena Wang, Lin Cong, Ngoc T. Dang, Gabrielle Hall*Autistic author. Learn more…, Melanie Heyworth*Autistic author. Learn more…, Wenn Lawson*Autistic author. Learn more…, Patricia Lee, Rozanna Lilley, Emily Ma, Hau T.T. Nguyen, Kim-Van Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen, Chong Tze Yeow, Elizabeth Pellicano (2023). ‘It's really important to be collaborating’: Experiences of participatory research for Chinese and Vietnamese parents of autistic children. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 8, 23969415231210482-23969415231210482.

Jodie Smith, Aspasia Stacey Rabba, Amal Ali, Poulomee Datta, Emma Dresens, Nadia Faragaab, Gabrielle Hall*Autistic author. Learn more…, Melanie Heyworth*Autistic author. Learn more…, Khadra Ige, Wenn Lawson*Autistic author. Learn more…, Rozanna Lilley, Najeeba Syeda, Elizabeth Pellicano (2023). ‘Somali parents feel like they’re on the outer’: Somali mothers’ experiences of parent–teacher relationships for their autistic children. Autism, 27(6), 1777-1789.

Jodie Smith, Aspasia Stacey Rabba, Ngoc T. Dang, Poulomee Datta, Emma Dresens, Hau T.T. Nguyen, Kim-Van Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen, Gabrielle Hall*Autistic author. Learn more…, Melanie Heyworth*Autistic author. Learn more…, Wenn Lawson*Autistic author. Learn more…, Rozanna Lilley, Najeeba Syeda, Elizabeth Pellicano (2023). “We don’t make trouble”: Vietnamese parents’ experiences of parent-teacher partnerships for their autistic children. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 103, 102142.

Aspasia Stacey Rabba, Jodie Smith, Gabrielle Hall*Autistic author. Learn more…, Vanessa Alexander, Kate Batty, Poulomee Datta, Emma Goodall*Autistic author. Learn more…, Melanie Heyworth*Autistic author. Learn more…, Siobhan Lamb, Wenn Lawson*Autistic author. Learn more…, Rozanna Lilley, Katy Reid, Najeeba Syeda, Elizabeth Pellicano (2024). ‘I’m sick of being the problem’: Autistic mothers’ experiences of interacting with schools for their autistic children. Autism, 29(4), 1034-1046.

Jodie Smith, Aspasia Stacey Rabba, Georgia Coverdale, Poulomee Datta, Gabrielle Hall*Autistic author. Learn more…, Melanie Heyworth*Autistic author. Learn more…, Kristelle Hudry, Wenn Lawson*Autistic author. Learn more…, Rozanna Lilley, Elizabeth Pellicano (2025). “I Just Feel Like the Teacher Understood Me, and She Knew What I Needed”: School Experiences of Autistic Students from Diverse Backgrounds. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 10, 23969415251377973-23969415251377973.

Diana Weiting Tan, Marion Rabuka, Tori Haar*Autistic author. Learn more…, Elizabeth Pellicano (2023). ‘It’s a symbolic violence’: Autistic people’s experiences of discrimination at universities in Australia. Autism, 28(6), 1344-1356.

Diana Weiting Tan, Laura Crane, Tori Haar*Autistic author. Learn more…, Melanie Heyworth*Autistic author. Learn more…, Rebecca Poulsen*Autistic author. Learn more…, Elizabeth Pellicano (2024). Reporting community involvement in autism research: Findings from the journal Autism. Autism, 29(2), 490-503.

Tori Haar*Autistic author. Learn more…, Charlotte Brownlow, Gabrielle Hall*Autistic author. Learn more…, Melanie Heyworth*Autistic author. Learn more…, Wenn Lawson*Autistic author. Learn more…, Rebecca Poulsen*Autistic author. Learn more…, Tamara Reinisch, Elizabeth Pellicano (2024). ‘We have so much to offer’: Community members’ perspectives on autism research. Autism, 29(9), 2254-2267.

Diana Weiting Tan, Marion Rabuka, Lara Hardy, Tori Haar*Autistic author. Learn more…, Elizabeth Pellicano (2025). “Seeing the Value of Who We Are”: Understanding and Supporting Autistic University Students. Autism in Adulthood.

Jenni Guthrie*Autistic author. Learn more… (2023). Swimming with the Current But against the Tide: Reflections of an Autistic Social Worker. The British Journal of Social Work, 53(3), 1700-1710.

Sergey Shevchuk-Hill, Shana Szczupakiewicz, Bella Kofner, Kristen Gillespie-Lynch (2022). Comparing narrative writing of autistic and non-autistic College students. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(10), 3901-3915.

Nichole E. Scheerer, Catalina S. M. Ng, Ava Gurba*Autistic author. Learn more…, Morgan L. McNair, Matthew D Lerner, April Hargreaves (2024). Editorial: Break the stigma: autism. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1513447-1513447.