Improving Student Attitudes Toward Autistic Individuals: A Systematic Review

E Settanni, L Kern, AM Blasko - Journal of Autism and Developmental …, 2023 - Springer
There is an increasing number of autistic students being educated alongside their
neurotypical peers. However, placing a student in the general education setting is not …

Perspectives of autistic adolescent girls and women on the determinants of their mental health and social and emotional well-being: A systematic review and thematic …

RAG O'Connor, M Doherty, T Ryan-Enright… - Autism, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Autistic girls and women experience more mental health difficulties and poorer well-being
than their non-autistic peers. Little emphasis has been placed on the perspectives of the …

Evaluation of wider community support for a neurodiversity teaching programme designed using participatory methods

R Zahir, AM Alcorn, S McGeown, W Mandy… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Children with neurodevelopmental diagnoses often experience discrimination from their
peers at school. This may result from a lack of understanding, and intolerance of differences …

[HTML][HTML] Bullying Victimization is Associated with Heightened Rates of Anxiety and Depression Among Autistic and ADHD Youth: National Survey of Children's Health …

AL Accardo, LC Neely, NMH Pontes… - Journal of autism and …, 2024 - Springer
Autistic youth and youth with ADHD have heightened rates of bullying victimization, anxiety,
and depression. The purpose of this research is to use nationally representative US data to …

A Systematic Review: Which psycho-social-environmental factors do autistic students identify as being important for positive experiences in mainstream secondary …

M McKinlay, D Thorpe, E Cage, C Grainger… - …, 2024 - researchportal.hw.ac.uk
Mainstream secondary school can be a challenging environment for autistic students, in part
due to social and sensory factors. Research to date has focused on identifying the negative …

Learning About Neurodiversity at School (LEANS): Evaluation of the LEANS resource pack in mainstream primary schools

AM Alcorn, S McGeown, W Mandy, D Aitken… - 2023 - osf.io
Background: Neurodivergent children educated in mainstream classrooms too often face
poor outcomes in their attainment, wellbeing and relationships, compared to neurotypical …

Towards a neurodiversity-affirmative conceptualisation of psycho-education in the context of autism

L Van Den Plas, GJ Vanaken, J Steyaert, K Hens… - Research in Autism …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Psycho-education is a practice often used in autism care, bridging between
diagnosis and clinical counselling. In the autism literature, there is a shift towards defining …

Neurodiversity and double empathy: can empathy disconnects be mitigated to support autistic belonging?

EH Finke, DH Dunn - Disability & Society, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Within disability studies in general, and autism research in particular, a neurodiverse
perspective has been gaining traction. Since the 1990s, and with increasing intensity …

Learning About Neurodiversity at School: A feasibility study of a new classroom programme for mainstream primary schools

AM Alcorn, S McGeown, W Mandy, D Aitken… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Neurodivergent children educated in mainstream classrooms too often face poor outcomes
compared to neurotypical peers. These may be caused, or exacerbated, by the negative …

Investigating the implicit and explicit attitudes of primary school educators in Scotland towards autistic children

E Cage, T Doyle - International Journal of Disability, Development …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Autistic children are frequently taught in mainstream schools, and in Scotland, policy aims
for inclusion. This study investigated Scottish educators' implicit and explicit attitudes …