Review 1: Greater autism knowledge and contact with autistic people are independently associated with favourable attitudes towards autistic people

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Moseley, R. (2020). Review 1: Greater autism knowledge and contact with autistic people are independently associated with favourable attitudes towards autistic people. https://doi.org/10.1017/exp.2020.46.pr1

Publication date: 5 Jul 2020 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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Abstract

Understanding individual differences in attitudes to autism is crucial for improving attitudes and reducing stigma towards autistic people, yet there is limited and inconsistent research on this topic. This is compounded by a lack of appropriate measures and multivariate analyses. Addressing these issues, using up-to-date measures and multiple linear regression, we examined the relative contributions of participant age, sex, autism knowledge, level of contact with autistic people, and autistic traits to attitudes towards autistic people. We found that greater autism knowledge and higher levels of contact, but no other variables, were uniquely predictive of attitudes towards autistic people. We conclude that, in addition to public awareness campaigns to raise knowledge of autism, it may be important to increase contact between autistic and non-autistic people to improve public attitudes towards autistic people.

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