{"id":13282,"date":"2021-07-19T12:42:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/last-drum.flywheelsites.com\/?p=13282"},"modified":"2024-09-23T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:42:09","slug":"autism-research-nothing-about-me-without-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism.org\/autism-research-nothing-about-me-without-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism Research: Nothing About Me Without Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:40px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"619\" alt=\"World Autism Org Collab image\" title=\"World Autism Org Collab_Horizontal\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Autism-Org-Collab_Horizontal-1.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Autism-Org-Collab_Horizontal-1.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-19541\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%27619%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%20619%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%27619%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Autism-Org-Collab_Horizontal-1-200x48.png 200w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Autism-Org-Collab_Horizontal-1-400x97.png 400w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Autism-Org-Collab_Horizontal-1-600x145.png 600w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Autism-Org-Collab_Horizontal-1-800x193.png 800w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Autism-Org-Collab_Horizontal-1-1200x290.png 1200w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Autism-Org-Collab_Horizontal-1.png 2560w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This is a joint presentation by the World Autism Organisation and ARI.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"#jump\">Dr. Wenn Lawson<\/a> discusses \u201cnothing about us without us\u201d and capacity building to enable the benefits of participatory research co-production. He differentiates traditional, participatory, and co-production research methodologies and recounts his experiences in conventional autism research studies. Lawson shares videos about co-production within research and society and considers the necessary steps to creating a collaborative and inclusive atmosphere. The presenter underscores that, as with any team, co-production projects require diverse communication pathways and a safe and comfortable environment for each person. Lawson asserts that researchers must evolve into co-facilitators as investigation methods move away from classical hierarchical structures. He provides necessary considerations for creating a co-production project before the Q&amp;A.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Take the knowledge quiz for this presentation <a href=\"#jump\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:700px;--awb-max-height:394px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.29%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GIecp6blA0E?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;\"><h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>In this webinar:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>0:00 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Autism Organization Introduction<br \/>\n<\/span><b>3:25 &#8211; <\/b>ARI Introduction<br \/>\n<b>5:10 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australian Autism Cooperative Research Center (CRC)<br \/>\n<\/span><b>6:08 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing about us without us<br \/>\n<\/span><b>7:01 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditional methodology<br \/>\n<\/span><b>9:02 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participatory methodology<br \/>\n<\/span><b>10:20 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-researching together<br \/>\n<\/span><b>11:30 &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Informative video<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is co-production?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>14:44 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Co-production <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">isn\u2019t<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>16:20 &#8211; <\/b>Partnerships<br \/>\n<b>18:05 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CRC co-production studies<br \/>\n<\/span><b>21:31 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Process of autistic and non-autistic researchers coming together<br \/>\n<\/span><b>25:15 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who are autistic researchers?<br \/>\n<\/span><b>26:56 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication<br \/>\n<\/span><b>30:23 &#8211; <\/b>Questions for researchers and institutions<br \/>\n<b>32:11 &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Informative video: Participatory vs. Co-production<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>35:03 &#8211; <\/b>How to make co-produced researcher<br \/>\n<b>37:20 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remaining questions and classical hierarchies<br \/>\n<\/span><b>40:10 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q &amp; A<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What is co-researching\/co-production?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Lawson introduces co-production as the absolute foundation of autism research <\/span><b>(5:10)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Co-production, he continues, exemplifies the saying &#8220;nothing about us without us&#8221; as it seeks to bring together autistic people and researchers in an equal exchange of ideas and investigative thought <\/span><b>(6:08)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The speaker defines traditional research methods where one researcher or team collects data from multiple subjects, analyzes said data, and informs the literature discussion on that topic <\/span><b>(7:01)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He recalls his own experiences as a subject in autism research studies, highlighting that results were rarely shared with him <\/span><b>(8:04)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and how he was paid in flowers instead of dollars, unlike non-autistic researchers <\/span><b>(28:25)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Participatory research methods, Lawson continues, include focus groups, participatory inquiry, and multi-stakeholder engagement <\/span><b>(9:02)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While this ensures that autistic voices are recorded and analyzed, such methods do not account for disparities in points of view or defined measurements between autistic individuals and researchers <\/span><b>(9:50)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-production\/co-researching is a specific kind of participatory research where participants have control over a project&#8217;s agenda, process, questions, and actions. Any one person or group does not dominate such projects. Instead, every aspect of the investigation, including research topics, methodologies, data collection and analysis, and action item implementation, are done together &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s all a joint affair where no one person has power over any other&#8221;<\/span> <b>(10:20)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Lawson provides a short video\/pictorial explanation of co-production in the context of public services <\/span><b>(11:30)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The &#8220;principle that services should be co-owned by the state and citizens and that all people have something of value to contribute&#8221; is the foundation of this idea <\/span><b>(12:40)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These concepts apply to the co-production of public services as well as holistic and inclusive research methods. Within this mindset, the first question an organization (research or otherwise) must ask is no longer, &#8220;What do they (citizens\/public) need from us?&#8221; but, &#8220;What can everyone give, and how can we all work together?&#8221; <\/span><b>(14:44)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Co-production research and what it entails\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The speaker outlines what co-production <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is not<\/span><\/i> <b>(15:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and details recent co-research projects he has worked on, where individuals who shared their stories also participated in project design and carried out data collection and analysis <\/span><b>(17:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Lawson touches on the variety of needs and accommodation present in a group of autistic and non-autistic people and underscores the need for equity (vs. equality) <\/span><b>(18:05)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He introduces the Australian Autism Cooperative Research Center (CRC) and their academy which brings autistic adults together for three (3) days to learn the basic principles of research (i.e., terminology, methods, ideas, practice, dissemination, etc.). The speaker details the experiences of one cohort that attended the CRC Academy and created a visual dictionary of research terminology <\/span><b>(19:45)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. During the academy stay, autistic adults and researchers were brought together on neutral turf for one day. Although this brought up the damage done to autistic people in previous research, where they felt used and hurt, the group was able to debrief their histories and create a new sense of meaning and relief in collaborative research <\/span><b>(21:35)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Lawson recalls that some non-autistic researchers were also scared to meet autistic people (perhaps scared to meet them as equals).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those present were separated randomly into four (4) groups, each with one researcher. The researchers were then allowed to share their thoughts about autism on pieces of paper, and those were ranked by the group <\/span><b>(22:40)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This was a very telling exercise, Lawson continues, because <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">\u201cuntil you know how you see and feel about autism yourself, working in research with autistic people is going to be a challenge because you may not have those positive attitudes that we need to be bringing in.\u201d<\/span> <b>(23:15)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Following this exercise, autistic individuals discussed what they feared would negatively impact their research. This provided a practical understanding of what each individual needed to perform best (i.e., need to read ahead, no video, just audio, sensory support, thinking time, etc.). Given such open discussions, some non-autistic researchers could state that some of those things also happen to them. Still, they had never had an opportunity to share such preferences with a team <\/span><b>(23:30)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Lawson highlights that, in reality, all teams need to work these things out. Accommodation needs vary significantly from person to person, which is true for any team <\/span><b>(26:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Accommodations, communication, and inclusivity\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The speaker notes that autistic researchers come in all shapes and sizes and details how the academy considers individual needs to create the most comfortable circumstances for the whole team. This translates into built-in breaks and thinking time in meetings and various communication devices and options, among other things. The needs of autistic researchers must be accommodated as they bring enriching perspectives, authenticity, and credibility to research in ways not available if they are included <\/span><b>(25:15)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Lawson highlights communication as a primary avenue of inclusivity and asserts the need to double-check and put into practice various forms of communication to accommodate an entire team <\/span><b>(26:56)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He discusses his experiences with co-production <\/span><b>(28:25) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and provides questions for researchers and institutions to ask themselves as they move toward a more accepting and inclusive future. He states that actions speak louder than words and urges viewers to consider what meaningful and inclusive partnerships with autistic people mean to them <\/span><b>(30:23)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawson presents another video on the differences between co-production and participation <\/span><b>(32:11)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where participation only sometimes translates to shared power and collaboration. Co-production, the video states, takes participation further as it involves everyone concerned with the subject in an equal partnership from start to finish. This is a considerable shift from traditional research methods and is challenging to achieve. However, it can be done, and so is something that researchers and institutions should aspire to accomplish <\/span><b>(34:01)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To realize co-production research, Lawson says, researchers and institutions must consider the following <\/span><b>(35:03)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: name everyone involved in the project<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skills<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: who brings what to the table<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environment<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: safe and comfortable for each person<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: diverse communication devices and pathways for each need<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuity<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: everyone is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">always <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in this project <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">together<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: in such an inclusive and understanding environment, communities innately form<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Co-facilitators and the end of classical hierarchies<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawson asserts that collaborative co-production requires users (participants) to be experts in their own circumstances and capable of making decisions. Simultaneously, professionals must transition from being \u201cfixers\u201d to \u201cfacilitators\u201d <\/span><b>(36:36)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He touches on remaining questions about co-produced projects <\/span><b>(37:20)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and recounts classical hierarchical research methods where participants had no power and shared themselves and their stories without any sense of connection to the studies <\/span><b>(38:20)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the case of autism research, the speaker continues, it must be, \u201cnothing about me without me\u201d and autistic people need to be wholly involved from A to Z. Such inclusive and collaborative methodologies are already making an incredible difference in research in Australia and the UK. Lawson underscores the need to move away from classical hierarchical structures and reasserts that whatever conditions exist within a team must be accommodated <\/span><b>(39:12)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. During the question and answer session <\/span><b>(40:10), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the speaker discusses ways to support higher needs individuals in co-production studies, recommendations for participatory research designs, what a coordinator(s) looks like in such collaborative and equitable settings <\/span><b>(43:05)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, how to include non-verbal individuals in co-production <\/span><b>(47:20)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, alternative forms of communication <\/span><b>(50:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, informed consent <\/span><b>(55:58)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, diversity limitations innate to such studies <\/span><b>(58:05)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h3>About the speaker:<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div class=\"z-form-row\">\n<div class=\"form-group\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-3348 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/wenn-lawson.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/wenn-lawson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2796%27%20height%3D%2795%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2096%2095%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2796%27%20height%3D%2795%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/wenn-lawson-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/wenn-lawson.jpg 96w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"content col-md-offset-2\">Psychologist, lecturer and author, Wenn Lawson, Ph.D. has run his own business for 22 yrs. At 2 yrs, he was misdiagnosed as intellectually disabled, at school of being incapable of doing as he was told, at 17 yrs misdiagnosed with schizophrenia; in and out of Mental Health Institutions; eventually age 42yrs, diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition (ASC), ADHD, dyspraxia and learning difficulties.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-form-row\">\n<div class=\"form-group\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h4>Take the knowledge quiz<\/h4>\n<p>Can&#8217;t see the quiz below? 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srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271709%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%201709%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271709%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/paid-teens-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/paid-teens-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/paid-teens-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/melanie\/\" title=\"Posts by Melanie Glock\" rel=\"author\">Melanie Glock<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-09-11T12:52:59-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/understanding-and-supporting-puberty\/\">Understanding and Supporting Puberty in Autistic Girls and Boys<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/melanie\/\" title=\"Posts by Melanie Glock\" rel=\"author\">Melanie Glock<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-09-11T12:52:59-05:00<\/span><span>August 28th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/gender\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Gender<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/health\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Health<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/medical-care\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Medical Care<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/parenting-webinar\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Parenting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/research\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/research-webinar\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/self-care\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Self Care<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/sexuality\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sexuality<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/social-skills\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Social Skills<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/webinars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webinar<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>   Blythe A. Corbett, Ph.D., discusses her lab's research on puberty, adolescence, and mental health in autistic individuals. She emphasizes puberty as a period of significant biological maturation involving several physical, biological, hormonal,<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/live-qa-masking-deconstructing-the-myths\/\" aria-label=\"Live Q&#038;A\u2014Masking: Deconstructing the Myths\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/teens-2-700x441.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271583%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%201583%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271583%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/teens-2-700x441.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/teens-2-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/teens-2-700x441.jpeg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/melanie\/\" title=\"Posts by Melanie Glock\" rel=\"author\">Melanie Glock<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-10-23T13:56:31-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/live-qa-masking-deconstructing-the-myths\/\">Live Q&#038;A\u2014Masking: Deconstructing the Myths<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/melanie\/\" title=\"Posts by Melanie Glock\" rel=\"author\">Melanie Glock<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-10-23T13:56:31-05:00<\/span><span>August 5th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/adults-on-the-spectrum\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Adults on the Spectrum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/health\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Health<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/medical-care\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Medical Care<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/research\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/research-webinar\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/webinars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webinar<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>     This is a follow-up session to Dr. Dena Gassner's June 11th, 2025, presentation on the same subject. You can watch the live recording for more context and information. In the<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/sexuality-and-gender\/\" aria-label=\"Gender, Sexuality, and Autism\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdobeStock_238082786-700x441.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"puzzle pieces with male and female gender symbols on the pink and blue background. concept equality\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%201707%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdobeStock_238082786-700x441.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdobeStock_238082786-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdobeStock_238082786-700x441.jpeg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-08-07T10:38:10-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/sexuality-and-gender\/\">Gender, Sexuality, and Autism<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-08-07T10:38:10-05:00<\/span><span>July 12th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/adults-on-the-spectrum\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Adults on the Spectrum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/autism-spectrum-disorders\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Autism Spectrum Disorders<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/gender\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Gender<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/health\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Health<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/self-care\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Self Care<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/seniors\/\" rel=\"category tag\">seniors<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/sensory\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sensory<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/sexuality\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sexuality<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/social-skills\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Social Skills<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/autism-spectrum-disorders\/ways-to-help\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ways to Help<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/webinars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webinar<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>    Dr. Wenn Lawson, Ph.D., delves into the intersection of autism, sexuality, and gender. He describes monotropism as a theory of attention and addresses common sex differences in autism. The presenter discusses<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/gender-discomfort-and-autism\/\" aria-label=\"Gender Discomfort and Autism\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AdobeStock_557444134-700x441.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Person made of colorful data in the virtual reality\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%201707%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AdobeStock_557444134-700x441.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AdobeStock_557444134-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AdobeStock_557444134-700x441.jpeg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-11-22T08:34:54-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/gender-discomfort-and-autism\/\">Gender Discomfort and Autism<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-11-22T08:34:54-05:00<\/span><span>June 16th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>   \"I think society has an expectation where you have to be male or female, or you can be somewhere in between [...]. But they don't get that, actually, there are many genders<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/gender-differences-in-diagnoses\/\" aria-label=\"Delayed and Missed Diagnoses of Autistic Women\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/preteen-girl-700x441.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Upset young girl sitting on the floor of her bedroom, feeling down\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%201707%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/preteen-girl-700x441.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/preteen-girl-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/preteen-girl-700x441.jpeg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-10-17T17:01:33-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/gender-differences-in-diagnoses\/\">Delayed and Missed Diagnoses of Autistic Women<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-10-17T17:01:33-05:00<\/span><span>November 8th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/adults-on-the-spectrum\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Adults on the Spectrum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/assessment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/genetics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Genetics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/neurological\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Neurological<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/research-webinar\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/webinars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webinar<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>  Hannah Belcher, Ph.D., Autistic researcher, speaker, and author, discusses the often late and missed diagnosis of autistic females. She dives into the gender gap inherent in autism research, assessments, and clinical understanding, demonstrating<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/gender-brain-differences-autism\/\" aria-label=\"Behavioral and Brain Signatures of Autism in Females\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdobeStock_238082786-700x441.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"puzzle pieces with male and female gender symbols on the pink and blue background. concept equality\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%201707%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdobeStock_238082786-700x441.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdobeStock_238082786-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdobeStock_238082786-700x441.jpeg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-03-07T15:37:58-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/gender-brain-differences-autism\/\">Behavioral and Brain Signatures of Autism in Females<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-03-07T15:37:58-05:00<\/span><span>July 26th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/genetics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Genetics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/neurological\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Neurological<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/research-webinar\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/webinars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webinar<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>  Kaustubh Supekar, Ph.D., examines recent findings about gender\/sex differences in autism phenotypes and brain organization. He highlights the underrepresentation of females in autism and underscores the need for a large-scale science approach. 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