Research
New research about neurodivergent people's lives, explained in plain English. Each day we look for new papers on things like diagnosis, services, education, work, mental health and rights, and write up the ones that matter most.
The summaries are AI-written and AI fact-checked against the paper, and every one links to the paper itself by its DOI. Papers marked "Preprint, not yet peer-reviewed" have not yet been checked by other researchers, so treat their findings with extra care. One study is never the final word.
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Masking may make video meetings more draining for neurodivergent workers, preprint suggests
Research Square · Survey · 332 participants
- Preprint, not yet peer-reviewed
A survey of 332 neurodivergent adults found that people who camouflage more also report more ‘Zoom fatigue’, and the link was stronger for women. The study is a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
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‘I am a person before my label’: dyslexic adults prefer ‘dyslexic’ to deficit terms, UK study finds
Dyslexia · Mixed-methods study · 166 participants
- Peer-reviewed
- Open access
A UK survey of 166 dyslexic adults found strong support for identity-based terms like ‘dyslexic’ and rejection of labels such as ‘learning difficulty’. People who were also Autistic or ADHD were more likely to call themselves neurodivergent.
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Most ‘participatory’ autism research still leaves the power with academics, review finds
Research Involvement and Engagement · Review
- Peer-reviewed
- Open access
A review of 382 autism studies that reported community involvement found genuine power-sharing is rare: a third of studies described as ‘participatory’ didn’t involve Autistic people at all.