Learning From Autistic Teachers

A strikingly honest anthology of autistic teachers sharing the challenges and successes of their careers. With topics including identity, inclusion, intersectionality and more, it highlights the strengths of employing a neurodiverse workforce and the ways the needs of autistic teachers can be accommodated.

Dr Rebecca Wood is a former teacher and autism education practitioner who is a Senior Lecturer in Special Education at the University of East London and a visiting researcher at King's College London.Dr Laura Crane is an Associate Professor at UCL Institute of Education, where she is Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE).Professor Francesca Happé is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London.Alan Morrison is an autistic consultant to the Autistic School Staff Project (ASSP) and educator.Dr Ruth Moyse is autistic and trained initially as a primary school teacher, and now works as a Research Assistant for the ASSP.