…autistic people disrupt research agendas. @DrMBotha This new research investigates ableist framing and language in autism research, of which there is an abundance. While not all autism research is ableism, autism researchers can be ableist, including by talking about autistic people in sub-human terms (dehumanization), treating autistic people like objects (objectification), and making othering statements … Continue reading “Autism research is in crisis”: A Mixed Method Study of Researcher’s Constructions of Autistic People and Autism Research