Doing it differently: emancipatory autism studies within a neurodiverse academic space |
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| Authors: | Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist David Jackson-Perry Charlotte Brownlow Kirsty Fletcher Daniel Bendelman |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Social Sciences, S?dert?rn University, Sweden;2. Social Sciences, Education, and Social Work, Queen's University, Belfast, UK;3. School of Psychology and Counselling, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia;4. Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK;5. School of Arts, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK |
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| Abstract: | AbstractIn the current research climate, in which many autistic and autism communities are increasingly calling for a move towards collaborative forms of research, we consider how a loosely formed epistemological community may serve to challenge ‘business as usual’ in the academy. Mindful of the need to move beyond theory, we use this experience to concretely consider how knowledge about autism and neurotypicality can be meaningfully (co)-produced, and made available both to the research community and also to autistic and autism communities. Here, we use our own co-production of this article to explore how autistic experience may trouble normative meanings of academic knowledge production. We also consider the limits and possibilities of a neurodiverse research collaboration to reflect on ways in which a loose epistemological space may serve to contribute to knowledge about both autism and neurotypicality, adding to debate around collaborative research. |
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| Keywords: | Autism emancipatory research participatory research advocacy neurodiversity co-production |
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