{"id":1177,"date":"2025-06-24T07:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T07:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2025-06-24T07:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T07:41:09","slug":"autistic-adults-as-critical-autism-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/autistic-adults-as-critical-autism-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Autistic Adults As Critical Autism Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These articles discuss how autistic adults understand autism and how their views compare to those of non-autistic adults. These studies suggests that autistic adults should be seen as experts on autism and should be included in research and discussions about it as well as any decisions surrounding their care. Click on the links below to visit the articles and read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/psychology\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2017.00438\/full\">Whose Expertise Is It? Evidence for Autistic Adults as Critical Autism Experts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/psychiatryonline.org\/doi\/10.1176\/appi.focus.20240004\">Autism Self-Advocacy: Engaging Neurodiverse Patients in Their Care<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These articles discuss how autistic adults understand autism and how their views compare to those of non-autistic adults. These studies suggests that autistic adults should be seen as experts on autism and should be included in research and discussions about it as well as any decisions surrounding their care. Click on the links below to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/autistic-adults-as-critical-autism-experts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Autistic Adults As Critical Autism Experts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1180,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/1180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}