The Autistic Scholars Project is a database documenting scientific publications authored or co-authored by at least one autistic person.
Scientific publications integrated into the project
1693
including 1265 peer-reviewed journal publications
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Chris Edwards*Autistic author. Learn more…, Abigail M.A. Love, Ru Ying Cai, Paul A. Constable, Daniel C. Love, Ketan Parmar, Emma Gowen, Vicki Gibbs (2025). Understanding eye care access for autistic adults and families: A convergent mixed-methods study. Autism, 30(1), 122-133.
Diana Weiting Tan, Chris Edwards*Autistic author. Learn more…, Inger Mewburn, Kate Simpson, Amanda A. Webster, Charlotte Brownlow (2025). Understanding the experiences of neurodivergent research students: a mixed methods systematic review. Studies in Higher Education, 1-17.
Chris Edwards*Autistic author. Learn more…, Abigail M.A. Love, Ru Ying Cai, Melanie Heyworth*Autistic author. Learn more…, Alexandra Johnston, Fiona Aldridge, Vicki Gibbs (2025). “I’m not feeling alone in my experiences”: How newly diagnosed autistic adults engage with a neurodiversity-affirming “Welcome Pack”. Autism, 29(8), 2072-2083.
Vicki Gibbs, Chris Edwards*Autistic author. Learn more…, Ru Ying Cai, Abigail M.A. Love, Amy Pearson*Autistic author. Learn more… (2026). “It’s the Wild West Out There”: Autistic Adults’ Experiences of Seeking Connection Through Dating Apps. Autism in Adulthood.
Claire Hanlon, Emma Ashworth, David Moore, Bethany Donaghy*Autistic author. Learn more…, Pooja Saini (2022). Autism should be considered in the assessment and delivery of mental health services for children and young people. Disability & Society, 37(10), 1752-1757.
Bethany Donaghy*Autistic author. Learn more…, David Moore, Jane Green*Autistic author. Learn more… (2023). Co-Occurring Physical Health Challenges in Neurodivergent Children and Young People: A Topical Review and Recommendation. Child Care in Practice, 29(1), 3-21.
Bethany Donaghy*Autistic author. Learn more…, Delane Linkiewich (2024). Research Imitates Life: Researching Within Your Lived Experience. Patient Experience Journal, 11(2), 4-8.
Abbie Jordan, Amelia Parchment, Jeremy Gauntlett‐Gilbert, Abigail Jones, Bethany Donaghy*Autistic author. Learn more…, Elaine Wainwright, Hannah Connell, J. Walden, David Moore (2024). Understanding the impacts of chronic pain on autistic adolescents and effective pain management: a reflexive thematic analysis adolescent–maternal dyadic study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 49(3), 185-194.
Katelynn E. Boerner, Colleen Pawliuk, Aishwarya Heran, Bethany Donaghy*Autistic author. Learn more…, David Moore, Kai Leong, Hemakumar Devan, Tim F. Oberlander (2025). Systematic review of autistic representation in the treatment literature for pediatric chronic pain. The Journal of Pain, 37, 105390.
Emma Ashworth, Lucy Bray, Claire Hanlon, Harvey Stanway, Georgia Pavlopoulou, David Moore, Bethany Donaghy*Autistic author. Learn more…, Elizabeth Coen, Ellen Firth (2025). ‘Accumulating harm and waiting for crisis’: Parents’ perspectives of accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for their autistic child experiencing mental health difficulties. Autism, 29(8), 2111-2122.
Emma Ashworth, Lucy Bray, Claire Hanlon, Georgia Pavlopoulou, David Moore, Bethany Donaghy*Autistic author. Learn more…, Elizabeth Coen, Harvey Stanway, Ellen Firth (2025). “Constantly overwhelmed and desperate for help”: Parents’ experiences of supporting their autistic child with mental health difficulties in the United Kingdom. PLOS Mental Health, 2(9), e0000377.
Shona Murdoch, Bethany Donaghy*Autistic author. Learn more…, Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Kayleigh Sheen, David Moore (2026). Exploring Autistic People’s Experiences of and Attitudes Towards Cervical Screening: A Mixed-Methods Study. Autism, 30(7), 1738-1748.
Rachel O’Connor, Mary Doherty*Autistic author. Learn more…, Theresa Ryan-Enright, Keith Gaynor (2023). Perspectives of autistic adolescent girls and women on the determinants of their mental health and social and emotional well-being: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of lived experience. Autism, 28(4), 816-830.
Sebastian C.K. Shaw*Autistic author. Learn more…, Mary Doherty*Autistic author. Learn more…, John L. Anderson (2023). The experiences of autistic medical students: A phenomenological study. Medical Education, 57(10), 971-979.
Mary Doherty*Autistic author. Learn more… (2023). Weaponized heterogeneity only harms the most vulnerable autistic people. Spectrum.