Anti-ableist language is fully compatible with high-quality autism research: Response to Singer et al. (2023)
Autism Res
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2023 Apr;16(4):673-676.
doi: 10.1002/aur.2928.
Authors
Heini M Natri
1
,
Oluwatobi Abubakare
2
,
Kassiane Asasumasu
3
,
Abha Basargekar
4
,
Flavien Beaud
5
6
,
Monique Botha
7
,
Kristen Bottema-Beutel
8
,
Maria Rosa Brea
9
,
Lydia X Z Brown
10
,
Daisy A Burr
11
,
Laurence Cobbaert
12
,
Chris Dabbs
13
,
Donnie Denome
14
,
Shannon Des Roches Rosa
15
,
Mary Doherty
16
,
Beth Edwards
17
,
Chris Edwards
18
,
Síle Ekaterin Liszk
19
,
Freya Elise
20
,
Sue Fletcher-Watson
21
,
Rebecca L Flower
22
,
Stephanie Fuller
23
,
Dena Gassner
24
25
,
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu
26
,
Judith Good
27
,
Aimee Grant
28
,
Vicki L Haddix
29
,
Síofra Heraty
30
,
Andrew Hundt
31
,
Steven K Kapp
32
,
Nathan Keates
33
,
Trayle Kulshan
34
,
Andrew J Lampi
4
,
Oswin Latimer
3
,
Kathy Leadbitter
35
,
Jennifer Litton Tidd
36
,
Marie Manalili
20
30
,
Menelly Martin
3
,
Anna Millichamp
37
,
Hannah Morton
38
,
Vishnu Nair
39
,
Georgia Pavlopoulou
20
,
Amy Pearson
40
,
Liz Pellicano
20
,
Hattie Porter
41
,
Rebecca Poulsen
42
,
Zoe S Robertson
4
,
Kayla Rodriguez
43
,
Anne Roux
44
,
Mary Russell
45
,
Jackie Ryan
46
,
Noah Sasson
47
,
Holly Smith Grier
33
,
Mark Somerville
21
,
Cole Sorensen
48
,
Kayden M Stockwell
4
,
Tauna Szymanski
49
,
Sandy Thompson-Hodgetts
50
,
Martine van Driel
51
,
Victoria VanUitert
52
,
Krysia Waldock
33
,
Nick Walker
53
,
Courtney Watts
54
,
Zachary Williams
55
,
Richard Woods
56
,
Betty Yu
57
,
Meghan Zadow
58
,
Jordyn Zimmerman
49
59
,
Alyssa Hillary Zisk
23
60
Affiliations
1
The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
2
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
3
Foundations for Divergent Minds, Plano, Texas, USA.
4
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
5
University of Idaho Moscow, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
6
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
7
University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
8
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA.
9
New York University, New York, New York, USA.
10
Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.
11
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
12
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
13
Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, USA.
14
Self-Advocate, USA.
15
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, Redwood City, California, USA.
16
Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.
17
Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
18
Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice, Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Australia.
19
OK Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
20
University College London, London, UK.
21
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
22
La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
23
Ask Me I'm an AAC User!, USA.
24
Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA.
25
Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA.
26
Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.
27
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
28
Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
29
University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
30
University of London, London, UK.
31
Disabled in Higher Ed, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
32
University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
33
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
34
City University of Seattle, Seattle, Washington, USA.
35
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
36
Neurodivergent Liberation Coalition, Washington DC, USA.
37
Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
38
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
39
University of Reading, Reading, UK.
40
University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK.
41
Occupational Therapist, Bristol, UK.
42
Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia.
43
Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
44
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
45
Cabarrus Family Medicine, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
46
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
47
The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
48
Minnesota Disability Support Alternatives, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA.
49
CommunicationFIRST, Washington DC, USA.
50
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, USA.
51
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
52
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.
53
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California, USA.
54
University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
55
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
56
London South Bank University, London, UK.
57
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA.
58
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
59
The Nora Project, Highland Park, Illinois, USA.
60
AssistiveWare, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
PMID:
37087601
DOI:
10.1002/aur.2928
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder*
Autistic Disorder*
Humans
Language
Singing*