Research Summary
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No differences between remote and laboratory-based testing of cardiac interoceptive accuracy using the Phase Adjustment Task
Interoception – how we feel what our body is doing – has been linked to wellbeing. A team, with Geoff Bird, looked at a new app that might how accurate someone is at feeling signals form their body.
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Examining the Support Experiences of Autistic Young People with Multiple Marginalised Identities in the United Kingdom.
Some groups are pushed towards the edges of society where they have fewer opportunities and less power. These are people with marginalised identities, which can come from being part of a minority ethnic group, facing cultural and linguistic barriers, or being autistic. When people belong to more than one of these groups, they have…
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The Enduring Importance of the ‘Fine Cuts’ Approach to Psychology
In this paper Geoff gives his thanks to those who have taken him through the steps of ‘fine cuts’ research that seeks to get past the superficials to what is really going on.
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Choice blindness in autistic and non-autistic people
A strange phenomenon in the way people behave is ‘choice blindness’. When someone has made a choice that is sneakily swapped and shown back to us later, we often fail to notice – and even stick with the switched choice. Believing that we already made a choice, might make us justify it to ourselves. Our…
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Evaluating the impact of an online autism training on changing employers’ autism knowledge and commitment to inclusion in the workplace
This study addresses a really important issue – the gap in autism knowledge among employers, which often hinders employment opportunities for autistic individuals. The research evaluates the effectiveness of an online training programme developed by Ambitious about Autism, “Understanding Autism in the Workplace”, on changing employers’ autism knowledge and commitment to inclusion in the workplace.
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Higher levels of neurodivergent traits associated with lower levels of self-efficacy and wellbeing for performing arts students
This paper aimed to understand how autistic traits may impact student wellbeing and whether these effects are specific to performing arts courses. A total of 424 students, including 280 from performing arts courses and 144 studying other subjects, participated in an online survey. This survey assessed their educational self-efficacy – their belief and confidence that…
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“I Don’t Understand Their Sense of Belonging”: Exploring How Nonbinary Autistic Adults Experience Gender
The study was led by a non-binary autistic researcher. Interviewed participants shared perceptions of gender as an internal feeling, shaped in interaction with others, and reflected on society’s fixation with a binary system. This opens up conversations on the complexity of gender identity. Three themes were identified.
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Career progression for autistic people: A scoping review
A systematic review of exisiting literature. Relevant papers by theme in the 33 papers in the review: Adequate support (11) Desired career progression for many (7) Tailored opportunities (2) Unemployment and poor job matching (16) Stigma and discrimination 9) Organisational barriers (4) Gaps in eduation and employment (3) Differences in social communication (3) Health (2)…
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“Retirement Is One Hell of a Change”: Autistic People’s Experiences of Retiring.
“Retirement is one hell of a change isn’t it?” – “You know it’s a great big change of pace, of gear, of where you fit in the world, how the world sees you, how you see yourself” – “What I don’t have is an emotional plan for retirement I thought when I got to retirement,…
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‘A storm of post-it notes’: Experiences of perceptual capacity in autism and ADHD
A large accessible survey was designed by a neurodiverse group of researchers to find out about focus and distraction. It was shared with autistic adults, adults with ADHD, autistic adults with ADHD and a group from the predominant neurotype (PNT). Five main themes were identified through a thematic analysis by a neurodivergent team: