Beyond the Autistic Strengths Narrative: How Autonomy, Anxiety, and Attention Constrain Participation and Recognition in Neurodiverse Teams
Strengths-based narratives of autism often presume that autistic individuals’ expertise will naturally translate into better outcomes for the teams they work with. However, such perspectives overlook the fundamentally relational nature of collaborative work, in which teams infer, evaluate, and recognize members’ kn...