Autism Reading Club: Are Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asexuality connected? – (Attanasio et al, 2021)
Our first club event was very successful, with a good turnout of students, lots of reading, highlighting and discussion!
We gave time for the students to read a section with guiding questions and highlight parts that interested them. Then we discussed the section with a rehashing of the questions. Our conclusions on the paper as a whole were that there could be a link but there needs to be more research in total, and especially in social aspects and an in-depth breakdown of asexuality. It was a very intriguing paper bringing together lots of research that sparked interesting discussions and analysis of the research methods.
Link to paper : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02177-4
“The choice of article was both engaging and entertaining. The discussions around the topic of asexuality were thought-provoking, highlighting the urgent need for further, scientifically backed research rather than assumptions. Esme summarised the article in an easy-to-understand way and provided interesting prompts that encouraged audience engagement.”
“Very engaging reading group on a very under-studied group of people! Esme managed to present the merits and limitations of the study as well as giving an understanding of the state of research around Asexuality.”
