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"They Really Save Us From Ourselves": Autism Researchers’ Insights on Community Engagement and Ethics
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Forthcoming
19 May 2026
PMID: 42149405
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Abstract
Autism research depends on the participation of autistic children and adults as well as their families, but researchers have not routinely involved autistic people in the planning or execution of research. Community-engaged research practices, standard in other fields such as areas of public health, are gaining acceptance in autism research, although some researchers and other stakeholders remain concerned about their appropriateness, feasibility, or utility. This study, part of a larger project on stakeholder views on the ethics of community engagement practices in autism research, examines researchers’ ethical beliefs about community engagement. We find that the researchers with whom we spoke cite multiple specific ethical and epistemological benefits of these practices and relatively few risks. Barriers to community engagement are, in their view, often institutional and practical, including the longer timelines of community-engaged research, resistance or lack of comprehension on the part of funding organizations and grant reviewers, the need for additional resources to support appropriate compensation, and ensuring that community stakeholders and researchers have a shared understanding of terminology.
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- Title
- "They Really Save Us From Ourselves"
- Creators
- Chloe Silverman (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University, Center for Science, Technology, and SocietyMichael A Yudell - Arizona State UniversityAmy Carroll-Scott - Drexel University, Community Health and Prevention
- Publication Details
- Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Forthcoming
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- Division of Social and Economic Sciences: 1737149
This study was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Award # 1737149 (Chloe Silverman PI, Michael Yudell Co-PI). All three authors received funding support from this award.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Politics; Community Health and Prevention; Center for Science, Technology, and Society
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001768940200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105039427967
- Other Identifier
- 991022180203004721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Ethics
- Medical Ethics
- Social Issues
- Social Sciences, Biomedical