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Learning how to read autistic behavior from interactions between autistic people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2019

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Alex Gillespie
Brett Heasman
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Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE), University College London, London WC1H 0NU, United Kingdom. b.heasman@ucl.ac.ukhttps://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=BHEAS97
Alex Gillespie
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Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom. a.t.gillespie@lse.ac.ukhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/People/Dr-Alex-Gillespie
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Abstract

Do autistic people read autistic behavior in the same way as neurotypical observers? We consider evidence that suggests autistic-to-autistic interactions demonstrate enabling norms and question the possibilities for neurotypical researchers to learn from autistic social appraisal.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e93
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