Staff profile
Overview
Affiliation |
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology |
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor in Psychology, and part of the Centre for Neurodiversity and Development. My expertise is in the field of Autism and Neurodiversity, and my current research focusses on understanding factors which impact on positive outcomes among autistic people across the lifespan. I am particularly interested in interpersonal relationships, victimisation, social identity and stigma.
Research interests
- Autistic masking
- Interpersonal violence and victimisation
- Stigma
- Identity
Publications
Journal Article
- Pearson, A., & Hodgetts, S. (2024). Comforting, Reassuring, and…Hot: A Qualitative Exploration of Engaging in Bondage, Discipline, Domination, Submission, Sadism and (Sado)masochism and Kink from the Perspective of Autistic Adults. Autism in Adulthood, 6(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2022.0103
- Cage, E., Botha, M., McDevitt, L., King, K. N., Biscoe, L., Tucker, K., & Pearson, A. (2024). Diagnosis as a new beginning not an end: A participatory photovoice study on navigating an autism diagnosis in adulthood. Autism, https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231220418
- Alderson-Day, B., & Pearson, A. (2023). What can neurodiversity tell us about inner speech, and vice versa? A theoretical perspective. Cortex, 168, 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.08.008
- Glackin, A., Pearson, A., & Davis, R. (2023). “You Are the Expert of Your Own Experience”: A Thematic Analysis of Experiences of Autism and Gender Diversity in Adulthood. Autism in Adulthood, https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2022.0111
- Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Botha, M., Hens, K., O’Donoghue, S., Pearson, A., & Stenning, A. (2023). Cutting our own keys: New possibilities of neurodivergent storying in research. Autism, 27(5), 1235-1244. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221132107
- Rosqvist, H. B., Botha, M., Hens, K., O'Donoghue, S., Pearson, A., & Stenning, A. (2023). Being, Knowing, and Doing: Importing Theoretical Toolboxes for Autism Studies. Autism in Adulthood, 5(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2022.0021
- Pearson, A., Rose, K., & Rees, J. (2023). ‘I felt like I deserved it because I was autistic’: Understanding the impact of interpersonal victimisation in the lives of autistic people. Autism, 27(2), 500-511. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221104546
- Manalili, M. A. R., Pearson, A., Sulik, J., Creechan, L., Elsherif, M., Murkumbi, I., …Morstead, T. (2023). From Puzzle to Progress: How Engaging With Neurodiversity Can Improve Cognitive Science. Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 47(2), Article e13255. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13255
- Pavlopoulou, G., Usher, C., & Pearson, A. (2022). ‘I can actually do it without any help or someone watching over me all the time and giving me constant instruction’: Autistic adolescent boys' perspectives on engagement in online video gaming. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 40(4), 557-571. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12424
- Hobson, H., Poole, D., Pearson, A., & Fletcher-Watson, S. (2022). Opening up autism research: Bringing open research methods to our field. Autism, 26(5), 1011-1013. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221105385
- Pearson, A., Rees, J., & Forster, S. (2022). This Was Just How This Friendship Worked: Experiences of Interpersonal Victimization among Autistic Adults. Autism in Adulthood, 4(2), 141-150. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2021.0035
- Pearson, A., Surtees, A., Crompton, C. J., Goodall, C., Pillai, D., Sedgewick, F., & Au-Yeung, S. K. (2022). Editorial: Addressing community priorities in autism research. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 1040446. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1040446
- Pearson, A., Woods, R., Morgan, H., & Botha, M. (2021). Creating truly radical change in autism research: A response to Frith and Mottron. Autism Research, 14(10), 2243-2244. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2605
- Lonbay, S., Pearson, A., Hamilton, E., Higgins, P., Foulkes, E., & Glascott, M. (2021). Trauma Informed Participatory Research: Reflections on Co-Producing a Research Proposal. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 14(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5130/ijcre.v14i1.7728
- Pearson, A., & Hodgetts, S. (2020). Can cerebral lateralisation explain heterogeneity in language and increased non-right handedness in autism? A literature review. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 105, Article 103738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103738
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