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Knowing autism: The place of experiential expertise

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2019

Elizabeth Pellicano Open the ORCID record for Elizabeth Pellicano [Opens in a new window] ,
Jacquiline den Houting ,
Lee du Plooy  and
Rozanna Lilley
Elizabeth Pellicano
Affiliation:
Department of Educational Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia. liz.pellicano@mq.edu.aujac.denhouting@mq.edu.aulee.duplooy@mq.edu.aurozanna.lilley@mq.edu.auhttps://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/liz-pellicanohttps://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/rozanna-lilley
Jacquiline den Houting
Affiliation:
Department of Educational Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia. liz.pellicano@mq.edu.aujac.denhouting@mq.edu.aulee.duplooy@mq.edu.aurozanna.lilley@mq.edu.auhttps://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/liz-pellicanohttps://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/rozanna-lilley
Lee du Plooy
Affiliation:
Department of Educational Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia. liz.pellicano@mq.edu.aujac.denhouting@mq.edu.aulee.duplooy@mq.edu.aurozanna.lilley@mq.edu.auhttps://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/liz-pellicanohttps://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/rozanna-lilley
Rozanna Lilley
Affiliation:
Department of Educational Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia. liz.pellicano@mq.edu.aujac.denhouting@mq.edu.aulee.duplooy@mq.edu.aurozanna.lilley@mq.edu.auhttps://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/liz-pellicanohttps://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/rozanna-lilley
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Abstract

Jaswal & Akhtar challenge the notion that autistic people have diminished social motivation, prompted in part by a desire to take autistic testimony seriously. We applaud their analysis and go further to suggest that future research could be enhanced by involving autistic people directly in the research process.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e107
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Liz Pellicano is a psychological scientist who does not identify as autistic; Jacquiline den Houting is an autistic research psychologist; Lee du Plooy is an autistic researcher; and Rozanna Lilley is an anthropologist and education researcher who has a son on the autism spectrum. We comment in particular on the social and ethical issues raised by this target article.

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