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Negative and Positive Experiences During the COVID ‐19 Pandemic in Canadians With Developmental Disabilities: A One‐Year Ontario‐Based Survey (2024)
Journal Article
Kassee, C., Jachyra, P., Mahalingam, V., Tint, A., Lin, H., Ameis, S., Di Martino, A., Lunsky, Y., & Lai, M. (2024). Negative and Positive Experiences During the COVID ‐19 Pandemic in Canadians With Developmental Disabilities: A One‐Year Ontario‐Based Survey. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 37(6), Article e13300. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.13300

Purpose: Understanding the experiences of people with developmental disabilities during the initial period of COVID‐19 pandemic. Methods: Individuals with developmental disabilities and their caregivers completed baseline and up to five follow‐up onl... Read More about Negative and Positive Experiences During the COVID ‐19 Pandemic in Canadians With Developmental Disabilities: A One‐Year Ontario‐Based Survey.

Understanding the Use of the Term “Weaponized Autism” in An Alt-Right Social Media Platform (2022)
Journal Article
Welch, C., Senman, L., Loftin, R., Picciolini, C., Robison, J., Westphal, A., …Penner, M. (2023). Understanding the Use of the Term “Weaponized Autism” in An Alt-Right Social Media Platform. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, 4035–4046. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05701-0

Background: The term “weaponized autism” is frequently used on extremist platforms. To better understand this, we conducted a discourse analysis of posts on Gab, an alt-right social media platform. Methods: We analyzed 711 posts spanning 2018–2019 an... Read More about Understanding the Use of the Term “Weaponized Autism” in An Alt-Right Social Media Platform.

Premature mortality in a population‐based cohort of autistic adults in Canada (2022)
Journal Article
Lunsky, Y., Lai, M., Balogh, R., Chung, H., Durbin, A., Jachyra, P., Tint, A., Weiss, J., & Lin, E. (online). Premature mortality in a population‐based cohort of autistic adults in Canada. Autism Research, https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2741

Research from different countries suggests that autistic adults are more likely to die prematurely than non-autistic adults, but these studies do not always investigate male and female individuals separately and do not consider whether this pattern i... Read More about Premature mortality in a population‐based cohort of autistic adults in Canada.

Understanding disability in healthcare: exploring the perceptions of parents of young people with autism spectrum disorder (2021)
Journal Article
Wright Stein, S., Alexander, R., Mann, J., Schneider, C., Zhang, S., Gibson, B. E., …Mosleh, D. (2022). Understanding disability in healthcare: exploring the perceptions of parents of young people with autism spectrum disorder. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(19), 5623-5630. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1948114

Purpose: How autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is understood (i.e., as a medical problem or natural human variation) has profound implications for how healthcare services are designed and delivered. As the recipients of these services, children and fami... Read More about Understanding disability in healthcare: exploring the perceptions of parents of young people with autism spectrum disorder.

Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours Among Autistic Adults Presenting to the Psychiatric Emergency Department: An Exploratory Chart Review (2021)
Journal Article
Jachyra, P., Lai, M.-C., Zaheer, J., Fernandes, N., Dale, M., Sawyer, A., & Lunsky, Y. (online). Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours Among Autistic Adults Presenting to the Psychiatric Emergency Department: An Exploratory Chart Review. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05102-9

Despite increasing attention on suicidality in autistic people, we know little about suicidal presentations when autistic individuals present to hospital emergency departments (ED). We conducted an exploratory retrospective chart review of suicidal t... Read More about Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours Among Autistic Adults Presenting to the Psychiatric Emergency Department: An Exploratory Chart Review.

Weighty Conversations: Caregivers', Children's, and Clinicians' Perspectives and Experiences of Discussing Weight-Related Topics in Healthcare Consultations (2018)
Journal Article
Jachyra, P., Anagnostou, E., Knibbe, T. J., Petta, C., Cosgrove, S., Chen, L., …McPherson, A. C. (2018). Weighty Conversations: Caregivers', Children's, and Clinicians' Perspectives and Experiences of Discussing Weight-Related Topics in Healthcare Consultations. Autism Research, 11(11), https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2017