Towards Competency, Not Blame: Reflections upon Social Work Practice with Autistic Families. A Parent-Carer Perspective

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Running, A. (2026). Towards Competency, Not Blame: Reflections upon Social Work Practice with Autistic Families. A Parent-Carer Perspective. In The Palgrave Handbook of Neuroinclusive Social Work (pp. 443-460). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-18034-6_18 · ISBN : 9783032180339 · Place of publication : Cham

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  1. Alice Running *

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38
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15
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23
7 / 38 (18.4%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
20 / 38 (52.6%)
References with detected author names
22 / 38 (57.9%)
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16
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20
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23
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16
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0
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67
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67
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0
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0
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24
41 / 67 (61.2%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 26 / 67 (38.8%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
13 / 67 (19.4%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 13 / 41 (31.7%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 12 / 65 (18.5%).
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