Developing a Community Space for Neurodivergent Social Workers

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Guthrie, J., Long, E., Mushtaq, L., & Radnell, R. K. (2026). Developing a Community Space for Neurodivergent Social Workers. In The Palgrave Handbook of Neuroinclusive Social Work (pp. 149-171). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-18034-6_6 · ISBN : 9783032180339 · Place of publication : Cham

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4
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 4 (25.0%)

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41
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20
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
21
5 / 41 (12.2%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
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9 / 41 (22.0%)
References with detected author names
32 / 41 (78.0%)
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9
Without a structured title
6
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21
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9
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66
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66
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0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
18
17 / 66 (25.8%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 49 / 66 (74.2%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
13 / 66 (19.7%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 13 / 17 (76.5%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 12 / 64 (18.8%).
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