‘It’s About Adapting to the Person, Not the Label’: The Application of Neurodiversity to Social Care Practice Needs Time

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Deacon, L., Mortimer, L., Rodwell, C., Aspray, K., Salkeld, L., Colley, L., Rankin, C., Bell, N., Robson, A., & Yoxall, A. (2026). ‘It’s About Adapting to the Person, Not the Label’: The Application of Neurodiversity to Social Care Practice Needs Time. In The Palgrave Handbook of Neuroinclusive Social Work (pp. 217-236). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-18034-6_9 · ISBN : 9783032180339 · Place of publication : Cham

Publication date: 1 Jan 2026 Added to AutiHub: 13 Oct 2026 Type: Book chapter Article language: English
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10
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 10 (10.0%)
  1. Lesley Deacon *
  2. Lucy Mortimer
  3. Chantahl Rodwell
  4. Kate Aspray
  5. Lindsey Salkeld
  1. Louise Colley
  2. Colette Rankin
  3. Natalie Bell
  4. Andrew Robson
  5. Anna Yoxall

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32
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22
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10
9 / 32 (28.1%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
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5 / 32 (15.6%)
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30 / 32 (93.8%)
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2
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5
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10
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2
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0
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0
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11
36 / 69 (52.2%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 33 / 69 (47.8%) names are not yet linked.
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22 / 69 (31.9%)
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