The Role of Language in Shaping Cultural Perceptions Within Healthcare and Supporting Neurodivergent People's Well‐being and Access to Care: Focus on Autistic Experiences

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Potts, B., Parish, C. J., Ukaji, N. F., Pavlopoulou, G., Karaminis, T., Lane, M., McStravick, J., O'Brien, M., Harvey‐Lloyd, J., Shephard, S., Green, J., Collis, A., Stogiannos, N., Skelton, E., & Malamateniou, C. (2026). The Role of Language in Shaping Cultural Perceptions Within Healthcare and Supporting Neurodivergent People's Well‐being and Access to Care: Focus on Autistic Experiences. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 73(3), 243-249. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.70096

Publication date: 19 May 2026 Added to AutiHub: 25 Sep 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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Publication authors
15
Publication authors identified as autistic
3 / 15 (20.0%)
  1. B. Potts *
  2. C. J. Parish
  3. Nmesoma Francisca Ukaji
  4. Georgia Pavlopoulou
  5. Themis Karaminis
  1. Matthew Lane
  2. James McStravick
  3. Madeline O'Brien
  4. Jane Harvey‐Lloyd
  5. Sophie Shephard
  1. Jane Green *
  2. Anne Collis *
  3. Nikolaos Stogiannos
  4. Emily Skelton
  5. C. Malamateniou

Abstract

Chronic stigmatisation and social exclusion of neurodivergent people have resulted in poorer quality of life and adverse health outcomes. Language has been weaponised and has furthered their suffering and isolation. With this paper, we propose some considerations of optimal communication interactions in healthcare with neurodivergent people, in general, and autistic people, in particular, to ensure respectful and human-centred patient and practitioner interactions across both clinical and academic practice.

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Cited references
58
With a DOI
49
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
9
24 / 58 (41.4%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
5 / 58 (8.6%)
References with detected author names
53 / 58 (91.4%)
Without detected author names
5
Without a structured title
5
Without a stable identifier
9
References with raw author names still to review
1
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
285
From DOI or external metadata
285
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
1
229 / 285 (80.4%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 56 / 285 (19.6%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
86 / 285 (30.2%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 86 / 229 (37.6%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 65 / 248 (26.2%).
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