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September 25, 2025

Autistic and Non-Autistic Undergraduates' Perceptions of a Textbook Depiction of Autism

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KSKayden M StockwellTSTalyn SteinmannVJVikram K. Jaswal

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Overview

Study compares autistic and non-autistic students' evaluations of autism in a textbook, highlighting stigma and identity effects.

Key Points

  • Autistic participants found the textbook vignette more stigmatizing and less useful than non-autistic peers, indicating differing perspectives.
  • 39.5% of autistic students felt worse about themselves after reading the vignette, suggesting a negative impact on self-esteem.
  • Higher autistic identity strength made the vignette appear more offensive to autistic students, highlighting the importance of representation.
  • Greater autism knowledge among participants correlated with lower usefulness ratings for the vignette, pointing to complexities in understanding.

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Stockwell et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d5bd5ddc445aa9033afca2https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/akxrs_v1
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