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Chapter 11 - Advice (for Academia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2025

Sandra Thom-Jones
Sandra Thom-Jones
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University of Wollongong, New South Wales
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In this chapter participants reflect on the steps that senior academics and academic institutions could do to better support early career autistic academics. They also reflect candidly on the things that non-autistic colleagues and friends could do to make them feel more comfortable in both work and social settings.

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Autistics in Academia
Narratives of Work, Adversity, and Achievement from Around the World
 , pp. 152 - 171
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Advice (for Academia)
  • Sandra Thom-Jones, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book: Autistics in Academia
  • Online publication: 06 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009374057.012
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  • Advice (for Academia)
  • Sandra Thom-Jones, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book: Autistics in Academia
  • Online publication: 06 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009374057.012
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  • Advice (for Academia)
  • Sandra Thom-Jones, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book: Autistics in Academia
  • Online publication: 06 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009374057.012
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