Matt Deacon

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

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Publication overview

Autistic Autism Scholarship Project publications

Number of publications in the project: 2

Number of publications with a cited bibliography: 2

Number of publications with an identified autistic co-author: 2

Collaborations and cited bibliographies

Number of publication co-authors identified as autistic: 2 (distinct: 1)

Number of cited references with an identified autistic author: 13

Number of cited authors identified as autistic: 19 (distinct: 7)

Frequent co-authors

Lesley Deacon* 2

Melanie Barrett 2

Yasmin Thurgood 2

Zeta Bikova 2

Jaynie Mitchell 1

Publications by year

2025

2026

Publication types

Book chapter 2

2 publications

Lesley Deacon*Autistic author. Learn more… , 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*Autistic author. Learn more… , 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%)