Autistic Scholars Project

Elizabeth A. Kaplan‐Kahn, Melanie J. W. Ong, Dave Ki, Reid Caplan*Autistic author. Learn more…, Amie Duncan, Jamie R. Kleiner, Natalie Larkin-Gilmore, Alyssa L. Clayton, Brenna B. Maddox, Cara E. Pugliese, Gregory L. Wallace, Lauren Kenworthy, Benjamin E. Yerys (2025). “Everyone Uses Different Skills and Resources to Live Independently”: A Brief Report on Autistic Young Adults’ Perspectives on Independence and Daily Living Skills. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Lauren Baczewski, Dena Gohari, Reid Caplan*Autistic author. Learn more…, Brett Ranon Nachman*Autistic author. Learn more…, Ryan Taylor, Meghan McDonald, Kayla Rodriguez*Autistic author. Learn more…, Kathryn Sharp, McKinzie Smith, Andrew Vu, Maria L Massolo (2025). “They Didn’t Believe Me”: Barriers to Mental Health Care for Autistic LGBTQIA+ Young Adults—A Community-Partnered Study. Autism in Adulthood.

Laura Graham Holmes, Yinge Qian, Jennifer Ames, Reid Caplan*Autistic author. Learn more…, Cori Fraser, Dena L. Gassner*Autistic author. Learn more…, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu*Autistic author. Learn more…, Morrigan Hunter*Autistic author. Learn more…, Anna I. R. van der Miesen, Lindsey Nebeker, Ryan Taylor, Lisa A. Croen (2026). Mental and Physical Health Conditions Among Sexually Diverse and Gender-Diverse Autistic Adults. LGBT Health, 13(2), 101-113.

Katrine Alma Callander*Autistic author. Learn more… (2025). Dual Challenges – Dual Strengths. In Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning (pp. 23-48). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Katrine Alma Callander*Autistic author. Learn more… (2025). Spaces on The Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge. By C.Tan, New York: Columbia University Press, 2024. 377 pp. $130 (hardback), $32 (paperback), $17.27 (ebook). ISBN: 978‐0‐23120613‐6. Sociology of Health & Illness, 47(1).

Katrine Alma Callander*Autistic author. Learn more… (2026). When Distress Is Misread: Autistic Credibility and the Politics of Interpretation. Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture, 7(2).

Chloe J. Jordan, Catherine L. Caldwell‐Harris*Autistic author. Learn more… (2012). Understanding Differences in Neurotypical and Autism Spectrum Special Interests Through Internet Forums. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 50(5), 391-402.

Catherine L. Caldwell‐Harris*Autistic author. Learn more…, Chloe J. Jordan (2013). Systemizing and special interests: Characterizing the continuum from neurotypical to autism spectrum disorder. Learning and Individual Differences, 29, 98-105.

Catherine L. Caldwell‐Harris*Autistic author. Learn more… (2021). An Explanation for Repetitive Motor Behaviors in Autism: Facilitating Inventions via Trial-and-Error Discovery. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 657774-657774.

Catherine L. Caldwell‐Harris*Autistic author. Learn more… (2022). Passionate about languages, but listening and speaking – ¡Ay, Caramba! Autistic adults discuss foreign language learning. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45(6), 1888-1903.

Catherine L. Caldwell‐Harris*Autistic author. Learn more…, Tiffany McGlowan, Katherine Beitia (2023). Autistic discussion forums: insights into the topics that clinicians don’t know about. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1271841-1271841.

Catherine L. Caldwell‐Harris*Autistic author. Learn more…, Anna M. Schwartz*Autistic author. Learn more… (2023). Listening to autistic voices regarding competing for social status. Autism, 28(4), 1051-1052.

Catherine L. Caldwell‐Harris*Autistic author. Learn more…, Anna M. Schwartz*Autistic author. Learn more… (2023). Why Autistic Sociality is Different: Reduced Interest in Competing for Social Status. Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture, 5(1).

Aysha Khan, Catherine L. Caldwell‐Harris*Autistic author. Learn more… (2024). Seeking Social Connection and Knowledge as a Minimally Verbal Autistic Male with Intellectual Disability. Preprints.org.

Catherine L. Caldwell‐Harris*Autistic author. Learn more…, Solomon D. Posner (2024). When autistic writing is superior to neurotypical writing: the case of blogs. Educational Review, 76(7), 1875-1897.