Melanie Penner ORCID iD

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This author is included in the Autistic Autism Scholarship Project because of their contribution to seven academic works co-authored with three people identified as autistic.

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Publication overview

Autistic Autism Scholarship Project publications

Number of publications in the project: 7
Number of publications with a cited bibliography: 6
Number of publications with an identified autistic co-author: 7

Collaborations and cited bibliographies

Number of publication co-authors identified as autistic: 7 (distinct: 3)
Number of cited references with an identified autistic author: 34
Number of cited authors identified as autistic: 65 (distinct: 42)

Frequent co-authors

Christie Welch 5
Alexander Westphal 4
Barbara Perry 4
Christian Picciolini 4
John Elder Robison* 4
Patrick Jachyra 4
Rachel Loftin 4
Sachindri Wijekoon 4

Publications by year

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2021
1
2022
3
2024
2
2026

Publication types

Article 7

7 publications

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Melanie Penner, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Nicholas Piroddi* , Saebom Park, Ripudaman Singh Minhas, Deepa Singal (2026). Advances in supporting development in autistic children and youth. BMJ, 393, e086562.

Publication date: 10 Jun 2026 Added to AutiHub: 22 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Autistic authors reported by the publication: Number not specified Cited references with an identified autistic author: 15 / 112 (13.4%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 39 / 743 (5.2%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 34 / 587 (5.8%)
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Sachindri Wijekoon, John Elder Robison* , Christie Welch, Alexander Westphal, Rachel Loftin, Patrick Jachyra, Barbara Perry, Victoria Rombos, Christian Picciolini, Catherine Bosyj, Lili Senman, Simon Baron-Cohen, Melanie Penner (2026). Family and Clinician Perspectives About How Autism and Extremism Intersect. Autism in Adulthood.

Publication date: 10 Jan 2026 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 13 (7.7%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 4 / 53 (7.5%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 4 / 144 (2.8%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 3 / 124 (2.4%)
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Josie Kearney, Catherine Bosyj, Victoria Rombos, Alicia Brewer Curran, Brenda Clark, Wendy Cornell, Shannon Mah, Melissa Mahurin, Nicholas Piroddi* , Kristin Sohl, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Melanie Penner (2024). Community Provider Perspectives on an Autism Learning Health Network: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 56(4), 1408-1417.

Publication date: 23 Oct 2024 Added to AutiHub: 22 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 12 (8.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 0 / 35 (0.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 0 / 157 (0.0%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 0 / 137 (0.0%)
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Sachindri Wijekoon, John Elder Robison* , Christie Welch, Alexander Westphal, Rachel Loftin, Barbara Perry, Victoria Rombos, Christian Picciolini, Patrick Jachyra, Simon Baron-Cohen, Melanie Penner (2024). 5.66 Personal and Contextual Factors Influencing Engagement in Extreme Ideologies Among Autistic Individuals: Clinician and Family Perspectives. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(10), S277.

Publication date: 1 Oct 2024 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 11 (9.1%)
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Sachindri Wijekoon, John Elder Robison* , Christie Welch, Alexander Westphal, Rachel Loftin, Barbara Perry, Victoria Rombos, Christian Picciolini, Catherine Bosyj, Lili Senman, Patrick Jachyra, Simon Baron-Cohen, Melanie Penner (2024). Neurodivergence and the Rabbit Hole of Extremism: Uncovering Lived Experience. Autism in Adulthood, 8(1), 102-111.

Publication date: 9 Aug 2024 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 13 (7.7%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 1 / 39 (2.6%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 1 / 107 (0.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 1 / 105 (1.0%)
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Christie Welch, Lili Senman, Rachel Loftin, Christian Picciolini, John Elder Robison* , Alexander Westphal, Barbara Perry, Jenny Nguyen, Patrick Jachyra, Suzanne Stevenson, Jai Aggarwal, Sachindri Wijekoon, Simon Baron-Cohen, Melanie Penner (2022). Understanding the Use of the Term “Weaponized Autism” in An Alt-Right Social Media Platform. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(10), 4035-4046.

Publication date: 10 Aug 2022 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 14 (7.1%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 5 / 64 (7.8%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 6 / 142 (4.2%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 5 / 132 (3.8%)
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Jasmine Phung, Melanie Penner, Clémentine Pirlot* , Christie Welch (2021). What I Wish You Knew: Insights on Burnout, Inertia, Meltdown, and Shutdown From Autistic Youth. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 741421-741421.

Publication date: 3 Nov 2021 Added to AutiHub: 25 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 4 (25.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 9 / 36 (25.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 15 / 98 (15.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 12 / 91 (13.2%)
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