About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of involving studied populations in psychological research, particularly in autism research.

In years gone by, the norm for psychological research was to design studies from the outside looking in. Acting as observers of particular populations, there was generally an expected separation between the researcher and the researched. More recently, however, there's been a shift. For decades, the rallying cry "nothing about us without us" has been used by the disability rights movement to communicate the idea that no policy should come to pass without their full and direct participation. This important approach has made its way to psychological research, and as it gathers momentum, we're seeing more and more lived experiences and expert insights from studied populations enrich our scientific landscape. This episode, Emma Palmer-Cooper meets James Cusak (Chief Executive, Autistica) and Dr Amy Pearson to look at the benefit of involving studied populations in research design — specifically, in autism research. This is Episode 3 8 of PsychCrunch, the podcast of the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology. Episode Credits: Hosted by Emma Palmer-Cooper. Audio wizardry by Jeff Knowler. Edited by Emma Barratt. Missed previous episodes? Get…

People in this episode

Host: Emma Palmer-Cooper

Guests: James Cusak, Dr Amy Pearson

Topics covered

• disability rights
• psychological research
• autism research
• community involvement
• lived experiences

Keywords

• disability rights
• autism
• psychological research
• community involvement
• lived experiences

Sponsors

Routledge Psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Autistica, British Psychological Society

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