Outputs (5)

“It has shown me how much I am capable of”: An Exploration of Autistic Burnout Experiences in Motherhood (2024)
Journal Article
Pearson, A., Ferguson, A., & Martin, D. (online). “It has shown me how much I am capable of”: An Exploration of Autistic Burnout Experiences in Motherhood. Autism in Adulthood, https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0282

Background: Research has highlighted a relationship between autistic motherhood and autistic burnout, though autistic mothers’ experiences of autistic burnout have not been explored in depth.

Method: To address this research gap, we used a partic... Read More about “It has shown me how much I am capable of”: An Exploration of Autistic Burnout Experiences in Motherhood.

“It's a long process, and it's a long journey”: Autistic adult’s experiences of support and recovery after experiencing intimate violence and abuse (2024)
Journal Article
Pearson, A., Botha, M., Rose, K., Mitchell, A., Joseph, W., Douglas, S., & Sedgewick, F. (online). “It's a long process, and it's a long journey”: Autistic adult’s experiences of support and recovery after experiencing intimate violence and abuse. Autism in Adulthood, https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0146

Background: Many services designed to support victim/survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) do not have a specific focus on, or understanding of neurodivergence, which may impact autistic access to meaningful support. The aim of this project wa... Read More about “It's a long process, and it's a long journey”: Autistic adult’s experiences of support and recovery after experiencing intimate violence and abuse.

“It's not a physical prison but you can't get out”. How autistic adults make sense of the experience of intimate violence and abuse (2024)
Journal Article
Pearson, A., Rose, K., Mitchell, A., Joseph, W., Douglas, S., Sedgewick, F., & Botha, M. (online). “It's not a physical prison but you can't get out”. How autistic adults make sense of the experience of intimate violence and abuse. Autism in Adulthood, https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0145

Background: Autistic people are more likely to experience intimate partner violence (IPV) than non-autistic peers, but our knowledge about how they recognise abuse and make sense of what has happened to them is sparse. The aim of this study was to ex... Read More about “It's not a physical prison but you can't get out”. How autistic adults make sense of the experience of intimate violence and abuse.

The experiences of children with Williams syndrome and their nondisabled siblings of their relationship (2024)
Journal Article
Cebula, K., Gillooly, A., Coulthard, L. K. B., Riby, D. M., & Hastings, R. P. (online). The experiences of children with Williams syndrome and their nondisabled siblings of their relationship. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13102

Objective: This study explored sibling relationships from the perspective of children with Williams syndrome (WS) and their nondisabled (ND) siblings. Background: WS, a genetic condition with a profile that can include intellectual disabilities, hype... Read More about The experiences of children with Williams syndrome and their nondisabled siblings of their relationship.

Associations between autistic traits, depression, social anxiety and social rejection in autistic and non-autistic adults (2024)
Journal Article
Gurbuz, E., Riby, D. M., South, M., & Hanley, M. (2024). Associations between autistic traits, depression, social anxiety and social rejection in autistic and non-autistic adults. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 9065. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59532-3

Autistic people frequently experience negative judgements from non-autistic people, often fuelled by misconceptions that autistic people lack empathy. Understanding responses to negative social judgement among autistic people is crucial because of th... Read More about Associations between autistic traits, depression, social anxiety and social rejection in autistic and non-autistic adults.