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Linking knowledge and attitudes: Determining neurotypical knowledge about and attitudes towards autism

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  • Rebecca Kuzminski
  • Julie Netto
  • Joel Wilson
  • Torbjorn Falkmer
  • Angela Chamberlain
  • Marita Falkmer

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“Why are neurotypicals so pig-ignorant about autism?” an autistic person wrote on the Curtin Autism Research Group’s on-line portal as a response to a call for research questions. Co-produced with an autistic researcher, knowledge about and attitudes towards autism were analysed from 1,054 completed surveys, representing the Australian neurotypical adult population. The majority, 81.5% of participants had a high level of knowledge and 81.3% of participants had a strong positive attitude towards autism. Neither age, nor education level had an impact on attitudes. However, attitudes were influenced by knowledge about ‘Societal Views and Ideas’; ‘What it Could be Like to Have Autism’; and the demographic variables ‘Knowing and having spent time around someone with autism’; and gender (women having more positive attitudes than men). Thus, targeted interventions, geared more towards men than women, to increase knowledge about autism could further improve attitudes and increase acceptance of the autistic community.

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  • Rebecca Kuzminski & Julie Netto & Joel Wilson & Torbjorn Falkmer & Angela Chamberlain & Marita Falkmer, 2019. "Linking knowledge and attitudes: Determining neurotypical knowledge about and attitudes towards autism," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(7), pages 1-15, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0220197
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220197
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    1. Amal Khaleel Abualhommos & Abdullah Hamad Aldoukhi & Ammar Ali Abdullah Alyaseen & Fatima Ali AlQanbar & Naimah Alshawarib & Zainab Abbas Almuhanna, 2022. "Community Knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(6), pages 1-12, March.

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