Teaching higher education staff to understand and support autistic students: evaluation of a novel training program

BackgroundAutistic students are particularly vulnerable to stressors within a university environment and are more likely to experience poor mental health than their non-autistic peers. Students’ experiences of stigma from staff and peers, and the masking behaviors they deploy to minimize it, can als...

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Main Authors: Emma Jenks, Freya Selman, Miriam Harmens, Sarah Boon, Trang Tran, Hannah Hobson, Sarah Eagle, Felicity Sedgewick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1264895/full