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4Q4: The experiences of Autistic adults on inpatient mental health wards
In this latest article in our ‘Four Questions For’ series exploring new research projects, we talk to Rhiannon Williams, a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at Coventry University. Her doctoral research project asks ‘What are the Experiences of Autistic Adults who have Spent Time on Inpatient Mental Health Wards in England?’
Autistic Trauma and Identity: Insights from Narrative Research
Katrine Callander shares Autistic-led PhD research into the traumatic impact that grooming and coercive control has on Autistic people, rooting her work in the complexities of late-identification, the pursuit of agency and authentic Autistic selfhood,.
Autism Research - What’s New in September 2023
This research roundup picks out some of the current big debates on autistic lives, and showcases some of the research from teams making an impact on improving the quality of life for autistic individuals.
Autism Research - What’s New in August 2023
This research roundup picks out some of the current big debates on autistic lives, and showcases some of the research from teams making an impact on improving the quality of life for autistic individuals.
Monotropism and The Monotropism Questionnaire
The theory of monotropism was developed by Dr Dinah Murray, Dr Wenn Lawson and Mike Lesser (2005) in their article, Attention, monotropism and the diagnostic criteria for autism.
Monotropic people focus more attention and energy resources on a more limited number of channels of interest than non-monotropic (polytropic) people, who may be able to attend to a broader range of channels and find it easier to switch between channels of interest and tasks.
Autism Research - What’s New in July 2023
This research roundup picks out some of the current big debates on autistic lives, and showcases some of the research from teams making an impact on improving the quality of life for autistic individuals.
“Nothing about us without us”
I first came across the above slogan and the ethos of co-producing research roughly two years ago, at the start of my PhD on sleep and mental health in autistic people. My first thought was, “why isn’t everyone in research already doing this?”.
Autism Research - What’s New in June 2023?
This research roundup picks out some of the current big debates on autistic lives, and showcases some of the research from teams making an impact on improving the quality of life for autistic individuals.
Autism Research - What’s New in May 2023?
This research roundup picks out some of the current big debates on autistic lives, and showcases some of the research from teams making an impact on improving the quality of life for autistic individuals.
Autism Research—What’s New in April 2023?
This research roundup picks out some of the current papers on autistic lives. This particular group has some important focus on autistic adults and their quality of life, and on intersectionality & healthcare outcomes. There is also interesting research news on diagnosis for children.
- AAC
- ABA
- abuse
- accessible
- ADHD
- adults
- advocacy
- affirming
- assessment
- autism
- black autistic
- body image
- building design
- burnout
- childhood
- children
- co production
- coercive control
- communication
- community
- criminal justice system
- dentist
- depression
- diagnosis
- distress symptoms
- dyslexia
- eating disorders
- education
- empathy
- employment
- environment
- ethics
- fibromyalgia
- friendship
- GCC Summit 2023
- gender
- grooming
- health
- healthcare
- IBS
- identity
- illness
- inclusion
- inertia
- inpatient
- labels
- language
- late diagnosed
- LGBTQIA+
- lived experience
- long term admittance
- masking
- media
- medicalisation
- meltdown
- mental health
- monotropism
- mothers
- myths
- nervous system
- newly diagnosed
- NHS
- online
- pain
- parents
- partnership
- pathology
- peer support
- play
- PTSD
- race
- racism
- reasonable adjustments
- recruitment
- relationships
- research
- restraint
- retirement
- routine
- school
- self diagnosis
- self regulation
- sensory environment
- sensory overwhelm
- services
- sexism
- special interests
- speech and language
- spirituality
- stimming
- stress
- suicide
- support
- therapy
- training
- traits
- trauma
- women
- workplace
- young people
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