Preparing Autistic People for the Lives They Want to Live
with Dr. Monique Botha
02/07/2024
As professionals, we are always working towards something with our Autistic clients. But are we working on the things that will truly help them lead the lives they want to live? In this episode, Autistic researcher Dr. Monique Botha helps us dive into the nuance, meaning, and impact of this question. They also help us identify what research should guide our practice as professionals, and what research we can leave behind.
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- Learn more form/about Dr. Botha:
- Botha on Twitter/X
- Botha’s website: www.moniquebotha.com
- Research fellow at the University of Stirling
- Articles:
- Chapter 7: Community psychology as reparations for violence in construction of autism knowledge (Botha, 2023, in Milton & Ryan (eds.), 2023)
- “Autism research is in crisis”: A mixed method study of researcher’s constructions of autistic people and autism research (Botha & Cage, 2022)
- Come as You Are: Examining Autistic Identity Development and the Neurodiversity Movement through an Intersectional Lens (Botha & Gillespie-Lynch, 2022)
- Academic, Activist, or Advocate? Angry, Entangled, and Emerging: A Critical Reflection on Autism Knowledge Production (Botha, 2021)
- “Autism is me: an investigation of how autistic individuals make sense of autism and stigma” (Botha, Gibb, & Frost, 2020)
- Extending the Minority Stress Model to Understand Mental Health Problems Experienced by the Autistic Population (Botha & Frost, 2018)
- Also Referenced:
- Regarding Doctor Who & ambulant wheelchair user, Ruth Madeley (in the 60th Anniversary Specials)
- RJ Chapman (they/them)’s book ‘Empire of Normality’
- Mary Oliver’s poem, The Summer Day (which includes the line, “Your one wild and precious life.”)
- Episodes referenced by Meg:
- Collaborations referenced:
- Amy Pearson (on Twitter/X)
- Article with Dr. Eilidgh Cage & Dr. Amy Pearson, among others: Diagnosis as a new beginning not an end: A participatory photovoice study on navigating an autism diagnosis in adulthood (Cage, Botha, et al, 2024)
- With Dr. Eilidh Cage & Dr. Catherine Crompto: STARTS (Striving to Transform Autism Research Together Scotland), Participatory Autism Research Network in Scotland project STARTS Network website, which has an About page, along with research links, FAQ’s, etc. STARTS is also on X/Twitter
- Amy Pearson (on Twitter/X)