The University of Kent Partners
Playing A/Part: Autistic Girls, Identities and Creativity
Inside Out Conference 2019
InterACT – Project Members Area
Publications by the Project Team on Autism, Gender and Creative Practices
Katherine May (2018), The Electricity of Every Living Thing, Trapeze
Sedgewick, F., et al (2016). Gender differences in the social motivation and friendship experiences of autistic and non-autistic adolescents. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 46(4), 1297-1306.
Autism Gender and Sexuality Conference 2018 – recordings from the conference livestream
Limpsfield Grange School Books
M is for Autism: The students of Limpsfield Grange and Vicky Martin
M in the Middle: The students of Limpsfield Grange and Vicky Martin
Imagining Autism Journal Articles
Beadle-Brown, J. et al (2017), 'Imagining Autism:  Feasibility of a Drama-Based Intervention on the Social, Communicative and Imaginative behaviour of Children with Autism.' Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice.
Trimingham, M & Shaughnessy N. (2016) 'Material Voices: Intermediality and Autism, 'Research in Drama Education: the Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 21.3, 2016,
Shaughnessy, N. 'Imagining Otherwise: Autism, Neuroaesthetics and Contemporary Performance' eds Bartleet, C and K Shepherd-Barr, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews Special Edition: Experiments in Theatre:  New Directions in Science and Performance (December 2013), 321-334
Imagining Autism Chapters in Books
Trimingham, M & N.Shaughnessy (2018), 'Imagining the Ecologies of Autism' in Kemp, R and B.McConachie (eds)The Routledge Companion to Theatre, Performance and Cognitive Science. London: Routledge
Shaughnessy, N (2017), "Do you See what I see? Arts, Science and Evidence in Autism Research', in M Reason and N Rowe (eds), Elusive Evidence: Documenting, Measuring and Evaluating Arts Practice in Social Contexts. London: Bloomsbury Methuen
Shaughnessy, N. and M. Trimingham (2016). 'Autism in the Wild: Bridging the Gap between Experiment and Experience', in P. Garrett (ed.), The Cognitive Humanities: Embodied Mind in Literature and Culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Shaughnessy, N. (2016) 'Curious Incidents? Pretend Play, Presence and Performance Pedagogies in Encounters with Autism', in P. Smagorinsky (ed.), Creating Positive Social Updrafts through Play and Performance: Fostering Creativity and Community among Autism-Spectrum Youth, New York: Palgrave Macmillan
Trimingham, M (2017) 'The ecology of Autism: vibrant space in Imagining Autism' in Scenography expanded: contemporary perspectives on performance design ed. by Joslin McKinney and Scott Palmer
Trimingham, ( 2017) 'Surprised by Beauty: Imagining Autism' in Anthropology and Beauty: From Aesthetics to Creativity ed by Stephanie Bunn, Informa Ltd., London
Trimingham (2013) 'Touched by Meaning: Haptic Affect in Autism' in Affective Performance and Cognitive Science, Body, Brain and Being ed. Nicola Shaughnessy London: Bloomsbury, pp.229-240
Key & Recent Books and Articles on Autism and Gender
Carpenter, B., & Happe, F (2019) Girls and Autism: Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives, London: Routledge
Cook, B., & Garnett, M. (2018) Spectrum Women: walking to the Beat of Autism, Jessica Kingsley
Kim, C. (201) Nerdy, Shy and Socially inappropriate: a user Guide to an Asperger Life, Jessica Kingsley
Eaton, J. (2017) A Guide to Mental Health Issues in Girls and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum: Diagnosis, Intervention and Family Support, Jessica Kingsley
Hendrickx, S (2015) Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jessica Kingsley
Mendes, E., & Maroney, M. (2019) Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices from across the Spectrum: London: Jessica Kingsley
Moyse, R., & Porter, J. (2015). The experience of the hidden curriculum for autistic girls at mainstream primary schools. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 30(2), 187-201.
Simone, R. (2010) AsperGirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome, Jessica Kingsley
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