Studying Us to Death: The Lethal Cost of Autism Research Without Autistic Investigators

• By: Shannan Palma ITI Assistive Technologies Inc.
• July 9th, 2025
• adults, community, healthcare, mental health, neurodiversity, research, self-advocacy, stigma, Summer 2025 Issue
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I was formally diagnosed with autism and ADHD at the age of 44. I finally had an explanation for why so many things in my life seemed so much harder for me than for others. There was a reason I often felt like the people around me were having two conversations – one with words that I had full...