Willow Holloway

May 20, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Gemma Williams |Aimee Grant |Willow Holloway

When the term "social model of disability" was coined by British sociologist Mike Oliver in 1983, it helped form the basis of the disability rights movement. To mark the birth of that movement, as well as the 30th anniversary of the autistic rights movement, our new report reflects on why it is vital that autistic people are always at the center of autism research.

May 20, 2024 | theconversation.com | Gemma Williams |Aimee Grant |Willow Holloway

When the term “social model of disability” was coined by British sociologist Mike Oliver in 1983, it helped form the basis of the disability rights movement. To mark the birth of that movement, as well as the 30th anniversary of the autistic rights movement, our new report reflects on why it is vital that autistic people are always at the centre of autism research. During the 1980s, the term “social model of disability” challenged how society largely regarded disability as a personal tragedy.

May 17, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Gemma Williams |Rebecca Ellis |Willow Holloway |Selena Caemawr

Introduction: Autistic authority and autonomy in researchOver recent years, there has been an increasing call (albeit from a minority) for participatory autism research (see, e.g., Fletcher-Watson et al., 2019; Nicolaidis et al., 2019). Participatory methodologies aim to democratise research practices and redistribute power from the researcher to the researched community (Kara, 2017; Nicolaidis et al., 2019).

May 17, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Gemma Williams |Rebecca Ellis |Willow Holloway |Selena Caemawr

Introduction: Autistic authority and autonomy in researchOver recent years, there has been an increasing call (albeit from a minority) for participatory autism research (see, e.g., Fletcher-Watson et al., 2019; Nicolaidis et al., 2019). Participatory methodologies aim to democratise research practices and redistribute power from the researcher to the researched community (Kara, 2017; Nicolaidis et al., 2019).