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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2025

Autistic Women's Experience of Motherhood: A Qualitative Analysis of Reddit.

Sandra Thom-Jones, Imogen Melgaard, Chloe S Gordon

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Autistic Burnout on Reddit: A Sisyphean Struggle with Daily Tasks.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sandra Thom-JonesAustralian Catholic University Limited, Melbourne, VIC, 3777, Australia. autisticprofessor@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0258-3348
Imogen MelgaardSchool of Behavioural & Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.
Chloe S GordonInstitute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autistic mothers remain under-represented in parental and autism research despite the associated physical and psychosocial challenges that accompany the transition to motherhood. Extant literature suggests autistic mothers experience sensory difficulties, communication challenges, stigma, and comorbidities as difficulties, but these studies have focused on autistic women in the perinatal period. The aim of this study was to examine reflections on motherhood from a Reddit community for autistic parents. Identified themes were Autistic Mothering is Different, Autistic Mothers Need Autistic Mothers, Autistic Mothers Experience Stigma, and Learnings from Lockdown. Findings extend existing research by offering insight into the ways autism impacts mothers beyond the perinatal period and have important implications for the future design and delivery of support services for autistic mothers.

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Autistic DisorderMothersAdultFemaleHumansQualitative ResearchSocial StigmaYoung AdultAutismAutistic womenMotherhoodPeer supportReddit

Identifiers

PMID38668893
PMCPMC12167272

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