Extending Double Empathy: Effects of Neurotype-Matching on Communication Success in an Expository Context.

Purpose: Milton's theory of double empathy posits that the difference in communication styles between people of different neurotypes contributes to mutual misunderstandings. The current quasi-experimental study seeks to expand on research indicating that matched neurotype pairs tend to communicate more effectively than mixed neurotype pairs by examining communication across and within neurotypes in an expository language context.

Method: Thirty autistic adults and 28 nonautistic adults were paired in either a matched neurotype or mixed neurotype condition.

Exploring Online Communication in Self-Identified Autistic Adolescents.

Purpose: Social media sites provide autistic youth a familiar space to interact that is devoid of many of the challenges that accompany face-to-face interactions. As such, it is important to determine whether the linguistic profiles observed during online interactions are consistent with face-to-face interactions. This preliminary study took a step in this direction by examining gender differences observed in autistic adolescents in an online forum to determine whether they are consistent with the emerging body of research investigating linguistic gender differences in autistic adolescents.

Qualitative Analysis of the Experiences and Perspectives of Autistic Speech-Language Pathologists.

Purpose: Supporting autistic speech-language pathologists (SLPs) is critical to expanding diversity within the field of speech-language pathology. The purpose of this study is to better understand how autistic SLPs reconcile tensions between their personal and professional experiences and negotiate the intersection of these identities.

Method: Five certified SLPs, each of whom had a formal autism diagnosis or self-identified as autistic, engaged in a one-on-one semistructured conversation.

Intersecting effects of sex/gender and autism on structural language: A scoping review.

Research about autism is mostly about boys and men, even though many autistic people are girls, women, and transgender/nonbinary. We wanted to learn more about how gender interacts with language skills in autistic people, so we reviewed existing research articles on this topic. We also wanted to know how this previous research talked about gender.