ReviewJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2022
Annual Research Review: Shifting from 'normal science' to neurodiversity in autism science.
Review in Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 232 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
232 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 576 citations in OpenAlex.
- Predicting early intervention outcomes in autism via individual participant data mega-analysis.Molecular autism · 2026Pooled it
- Social functioning in autism: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nature human behaviour · 2026Pooled it
- Priorities and Perspectives Regarding Goals and Outcomes of Support for Autistic Children Under 12 Years: A Systematic Review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Pooled it
- The role of artificial intelligence interventions to improve eye contact for children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analytic review of quantification methods for camouflaging behaviors in autistic and neurotypical individuals.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Potential gut-brain axis-targeted therapies for autism spectrum disorder in children: opportunities and challenges.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2025Pooled it
- Identifying autistic children: Priorities for research arising from a systematic review of parents' experiences of the assessment process.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Social Skills Training for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum: a Randomized Controlled Trial of the Polish Adaptation of the PEERS® Intervention via Hybrid and In-Person Delivery.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Trial
- "Who I am": understanding the self-identity process of autism in adults in the UK.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
- The Impact of "Harmful Behaviours" on Parents of Autistic Children.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Generative Constraint: How Baroque Musical Structures Scaffold Creativity in Neurodiverse Learners.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Review
- The Transition to Mental Health Services From the Perspectives of Neurodivergent Young People, Caregivers and Mental Health Professionals: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Association of cumulative early medical events and neurodevelopmental conditions through a common latent factor-A population-based twin study.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- What Factors Have Been the Most Helpful and Harmful and When? Identifying Key Impacts on Psychosocial Development According to Autistic Adults and Caregivers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- "They Really Save Us From Ourselves" : Autism Researchers' Insights on Community Engagement and Ethics.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2026Article
- Patient and public involvement and engagement in co-designing guidance for mental health professionals supporting neurodivergent children and young people in child and adolescent mental health services.Research involvement and engagement · 2026Article
- "It is Just Too Overwhelming and Constant": Environmental Influences on Anxiety and Depression in Autistic Young People.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Unheard Voices: A Systematic Literature Review of Studies Using Self-Report Methods to Gather the Perspectives of Autistic Adults with Intellectual Disability.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Using Photovoice to Capture the Quality of Life of the Australian Autistic Community.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Sharing an Example of Neurodiversity Affirmative Hiring.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
172 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Since its initial description, the concept of autism has been firmly rooted within the conventional medical paradigm of child psychiatry. Increasingly, there have been calls from the autistic community and, more recently, nonautistic researchers, to rethink the way in which autism science is framed and conducted. Neurodiversity, where autism is seen as one form of variation within a diversity of minds, has been proposed as a potential alternative paradigm. In this review, we concentrate on three major challenges to the conventional medical paradigm - an overfocus on deficits, an emphasis on the individual as opposed to their broader context and a narrowness of perspective - each of which necessarily constrains what we can know about autism and how we are able to know it. We then outline the ways in which fundamental elements of the neurodiversity paradigm can potentially help researchers respond to the medical model's limitations. We conclude by considering the implications of a shift towards the neurodiversity paradigm for autism science.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.