Tensions Between Autistic Sociality, Communication, and Social Skills Research: A Response to Bambara (2022) and Camarata (2022)

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Keates, N., Waldock, K. E., & Dewar, E. F. A. (2022). Tensions Between Autistic Sociality, Communication, and Social Skills Research: A Response to Bambara (2022) and Camarata (2022). Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(11), 4346-4350. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_jslhr-22-00331

Journal or book title
Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
Publisher
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Volume
65
Issue
11
Pages
4346-4350
Publication date: 18 Oct 2022 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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Publication authors
3
Publication authors identified as autistic
2 / 3 (66.7%)
  1. Nathan Keates
  2. Krysia Emily Waldock *
  3. Eleanor F. A. Dewar *

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this letter to the editor is to further elucidate the arguments Keates (2022) and Beechey (2022) stated in their letters to the editor. Both Bambara (2022) and Camarata (2022) pose comments that require clarifying the original arguments, particularly regarding power and autistic sociality, which we feel will provide further clarity to this highly significant and growing topic within autism research. CONCLUSION: We recommend teaching not autistic people but rather non-autistic individuals about autistic sociality, in order to lower the burden on autistic interlocutors in cross-neurotype interactions and socialization (as per previous literature, Bottema-Beutel et al., 2018). We provide recommendations to address difficulties in cross-neurotype interactions-for example, bridging the neurotype gap through practice or psychosocial interventions for acceptance of autistic people and their system of interpretation, as per Jones et al. (2021).

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Cited references
51
With a DOI
40
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
10
13 / 51 (25.5%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
0 / 51 (0.0%)
References with detected author names
51 / 51 (100.0%)
Without detected author names
0
Without a structured title
0
Without a stable identifier
5
References with raw author names still to review
0
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
These indicators apply to cited references displayed on this page, after technical duplicates have been merged. A reference without a DOI can still support author statistics when a title and author names are available.
Author names detected in the cited bibliography
132
From DOI or external metadata
132
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
0
70 / 132 (53.0%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 62 / 132 (47.0%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
16 / 132 (12.1%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 16 / 70 (22.9%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 13 / 119 (10.9%).
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