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Neurodivergence and LGBTQIA+

A comprehensive study involving more than 600,000 individuals revealed that people who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth are three to six times more likely to be autistic than cisgender people. Gender-diverse individuals are also more likely to exhibit traits of autism and suspect they have undiagnosed autism. Researchers define …
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Flow Unlocked: an interim reflection

Dr Georgia Pavloopoulou is an autism researcher specialising in family research and autistic mental health. She uses community based participatory methodologies[1] guided by the lifeworld of the participant [2]. Her recent study on the impact of COVID19 on family members of autistic people[3], showed how lacking society’s understanding is of #autistic lives and the wider autistic community. We have co-established FlowUnlocked to address this urgent issue.