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Rachel Calderon
@rachelcalderon.bsky.social
PhD student/researcher interested in autism, stigma, intersectionality, and communication
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Firstly, an editorial from our special issue editors (including @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social and @dramypearson.bsky.social) introducing the social model in autism research

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The social model in autism research - Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Amy Pearson, Georgia Pavlopoulou, Kristen Bottema-Beutel, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This resonates deeply lol
August 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Cannot wait to do this with mine
May 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Reposted by Rachel Calderon
We found

- Non-autistic people preferred interacting with non-autistic people

- Autistic people preferred learning from autistic people

- Mixed pairs had lower rapport

- People who knew their interaction partners diagnostic status had better rapport than those who didn’t
May 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reposted by Rachel Calderon
What did we find?

1: Autistic and non-autistic groups shared the same amount of information as one another. Mixed groups also performed similarly.

2: People shared the same amount of information whether or not they knew they were in an autistic, non-autistic, or mixed group.
May 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
❤️
May 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Reposted by Rachel Calderon
pavpub.com/health-and-s... may be helpful for example. By Amy Pearson & Kieran Rose. "Autistic Masking". Research-based but very readable, and very important for any team working to 'normalise' autistic children.
It is a very dangerous pursuit.
Autistic Masking: Understanding Identity Management and the Role of Stigma
This book aims to define the process of autistic masking & the underlying reasons for its existence. It considers the social context, including an individual’s response to stigma.
pavpub.com
May 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM