Over and Over and Over: A Continued Call for Autistic Voices

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Collis, R. (2021). Over and Over and Over: A Continued Call for Autistic Voices. Canadian Journal of Autism Equity, 1(1), 18-22. https://doi.org/10.15173/cjae.v1i1.4984

Publication date: 8 Nov 2021 Added to AutiHub: 29 Aug 2026 Type: Article Article language: English

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Authors

Publication authors
1
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 1 (100.0%)

Abstract

As an Autistic student in a master’s degree, I focused on the way expertise is understood. I was specifically interested in how policy decisions in education were made without Autistic involvement. I looked at the literature that was used to make these decisions and interviewed Autistic people as to their thoughts on who should be considered experts when it comes to autism. I found that policy was driven by experts who had little to no direct experience with autism or Autistics and who had no personal connections to the approaches they recommended. I argue that Autistic people must be involved in research design, execution, implementation, dissemination, and policy decisions.

Bibliography cited by this reference

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Cited bibliography overview

These indicators describe the bibliography cited by this publication. An author name is counted each time it appears in one cited reference, so the same person can be counted more than once. Names not yet linked to an author already present in AutiHub are treated as unknown, not as non-autistic. Last computed: 12 Sep 2026 01:04.

Cited references
16
With a DOI
16
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
0
6 / 16 (37.5%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
0 / 16 (0.0%)
References with detected author names
16 / 16 (100.0%)
Without detected author names
0
Without a structured title
0
Without a stable identifier
0
References with raw author names still to review
0
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
54
From DOI or external metadata
54
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
0
29 / 54 (53.7%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 25 / 54 (46.3%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
12 / 54 (22.2%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 12 / 29 (41.4%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 11 / 49 (22.4%).
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