Rita Obeid ORCID iD

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

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Publication overview

Autistic Autism Scholarship Project publications

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

Collaborations and cited bibliographies

Number of publication co-authors identified as autistic: 15 (distinct: 9)
Number of cited references with an identified autistic author: 80
Number of cited authors identified as autistic: 155 (distinct: 75)

Frequent co-authors

Kristen Gillespie-Lynch 6
Nidal Daou 3
Steven K. Kapp* 3
Bella Kofner* 2
Desiree R Jones 2
Fumio Someki 2
Jin Delos Santos* 2
Monique Botha* 2

Publications by year

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2015
1
2019
1
2021
2
2025
1
2026

Publication types

Article 6

6 publications

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Elizabeth Kilgallon* , Sinéad O’Brien, Eliana Grossman, C. Donnan Gravelle, Patrick Dwyer* , Rita Obeid, Ariana Riccio, Jimena Suárez, Aleena Arif, Grace Cordova‐Castellanos, Jin Delos Santos* , Bella Kofner* , Andrew Yan, Kristen Gillespie-Lynch (2026). Measuring what matters: Operationalizing neurodiversity‐affirming practices through participatory design of STEM workshops for autistic youth. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 26(3).

Publication date: 1 Jul 2026 Added to AutiHub: 30 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 4 / 14 (28.6%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 14 / 68 (20.6%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 40 / 229 (17.5%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 26 / 192 (13.5%)
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Hari Srinivasan* , Timothy Chan, So Yoon Kim, Rita Obeid, Desiree R Jones, Monique Botha* , Morénike Giwa Onaiwu* , Diana Tan, TC Waisman* , Steven K. Kapp* , Imene Zoulikha Kassous, Jacqueline Mathaga, Kristen Gillespie-Lynch (2025). Inclusion Must Be Global, Decolonized, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, and Anti‐Normative. Journal of Social Issues, 81(4).

Publication date: 1 Dec 2025 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 5 / 13 (38.5%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 30 / 109 (27.5%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 47 / 274 (17.2%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 30 / 239 (12.6%)
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Monique Botha* , Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu* , Desiree R Jones, So Yoon Kim, Rita Obeid (2025). Neurodiversity‐Affirming Intersectional Approaches That Target Public Policy: Moving the Focus From Changing Individuals to Changing Systems of Power. Journal of Social Issues, 81(4).

Publication date: 31 Oct 2025 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 6 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 19 / 61 (31.1%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 42 / 134 (31.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 32 / 119 (26.9%)
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Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Jennifer B Bisson, Sabine Saade, Rita Obeid, Bella Kofner* , Ashley Johnson Harrison, Nidal Daou, Nicholas Tricarico, Jin Delos Santos* , William Pinkava, Allison Jordan (2021). If you want to develop an effective autism training, ask autistic students to help you. Autism, 26(5), 1082-1094.

Publication date: 2 Sep 2021 Added to AutiHub: 18 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 11 (18.2%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 7 / 78 (9.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 10 / 303 (3.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 8 / 240 (3.3%)
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Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Nidal Daou, Maria-Jose Sanchez-Ruiz, Steven K. Kapp* , Rita Obeid, Patricia J. Brooks, Fumio Someki, Nava R. Silton, Rudy Abi‐Habib (2019). Factors underlying cross-cultural differences in stigma toward autism among college students in Lebanon and the United States. Autism, 23(8), 1993-2006.

Publication date: 3 Apr 2019 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 9 (11.1%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 7 / 88 (8.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 13 / 278 (4.7%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 10 / 242 (4.1%)
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Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Patricia J. Brooks, Fumio Someki, Rita Obeid, Christina Shane‐Simpson, Steven K. Kapp* , Nidal Daou, David Shane Smith (2015). Changing College Students’ Conceptions of Autism: An Online Training to Increase Knowledge and Decrease Stigma. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(8), 2553-2566.

Publication date: 21 Mar 2015 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 8 (12.5%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 3 / 76 (3.9%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 3 / 274 (1.1%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 2 / 245 (0.8%)
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