Lesley Deacon ORCID iD

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This author is included in the Autistic Autism Scholarship Project as a person 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: 3

Collaborations and cited bibliographies

Number of publication co-authors identified as autistic: 6 (distinct: 2)
Number of cited references with an identified autistic author: 63
Number of cited authors identified as autistic: 120 (distinct: 55)

Frequent co-authors

Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist* 3
Jenni Guthrie* 3
Matt Deacon 2
Melanie Barrett 2
Yasmin Thurgood 2
Zeta Bikova 2
Agnieszka M. Fearne 1
Andrew Robson 1

Publications by year

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2025
6
2026

Publication types

Book chapter 6
Book 1

7 publications

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Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist* , Lesley Deacon* , Jenni Guthrie* (2026). Neurodivergent Needs from the Outside, Social Work with Neurodivergent Populations from a Distance. In The Palgrave Handbook of Neuroinclusive Social Work (pp. 51-77). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Publication date: 1 Jan 2026 Added to AutiHub: 3 Oct 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 3 / 3 (100.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 15 / 164 (9.1%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 33 / 644 (5.1%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 29 / 571 (5.1%)
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Lesley Deacon* , Dean Stamp, Suzie Keyes (2026). Researching with Neurodivergent Social Workers: A Journey Through Epistemic Healing to Embrace Research Confidence. In The Palgrave Handbook of Neuroinclusive Social Work (pp. 577-595). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Publication date: 1 Jan 2026 Added to AutiHub: 13 Oct 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 11 / 44 (25.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 19 / 63 (30.2%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 13 / 55 (23.6%)
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Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist* , Lesley Deacon* , Jenni Guthrie* , Agnieszka M. Fearne (2026). The Wicked Nature of Neurodivergent Needs: Centring Knowledges from the Inside, Learnings from Other Minoritised Identities Within Social Work. In The Palgrave Handbook of Neuroinclusive Social Work (pp. 25-49). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Publication date: 1 Jan 2026 Added to AutiHub: 3 Oct 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 3 / 4 (75.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 15 / 128 (11.7%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 27 / 280 (9.6%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 20 / 264 (7.6%)
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Lesley Deacon* , Zeta Bikova, Matt Deacon, Yasmin Thurgood, Jaynie Mitchell, Melanie Barrett (2026). Working with Parent-Carers of Neurodivergent Children: Practising Neuro-Inclusive Social Work. In The Palgrave Handbook of Neuroinclusive Social Work (pp. 461-483). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Publication date: 1 Jan 2026 Added to AutiHub: 13 Oct 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 6 (16.7%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 4 / 40 (10.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 7 / 60 (11.7%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 5 / 58 (8.6%)
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Lesley Deacon* , Lucy Mortimer, Chantahl Rodwell, Kate Aspray, Lindsey Salkeld, Louise Colley, Colette Rankin, Natalie Bell, Andrew Robson, Anna Yoxall (2026). ‘It’s About Adapting to the Person, Not the Label’: The Application of Neurodiversity to Social Care Practice Needs Time. In The Palgrave Handbook of Neuroinclusive Social Work (pp. 217-236). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Publication date: 1 Jan 2026 Added to AutiHub: 13 Oct 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 10 (10.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 9 / 32 (28.1%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 22 / 69 (31.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 18 / 64 (28.1%)
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Lesley Deacon* , Zeta Bikova, Matt Deacon, Yasmin Thurgood, Melanie Barrett (2025). ‘It's Not Supposed to be a Personality Factory'. In Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning (pp. 1-22). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Publication date: 8 Aug 2025 Added to AutiHub: 13 Oct 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 5 (20.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 9 / 58 (15.5%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 12 / 81 (14.8%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 7 / 76 (9.2%)
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