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Contributors

May 14, 2020 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

A full list of the contributors to Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism, with short biographies.

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Talking with Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai About Autism and Mental Health

April 30, 2025 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

We talked with researcher Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai about the overlap of mental health and autism, the evidence-backed tendency of autistic people to be LGBT+, and much more.

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Starting Points for Understanding Autism
Why I Do Not Hate Autism
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