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Sarah Parsons is Professor of Autism and Inclusion in Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton. Sarah has longstanding research interests in the educational experiences of autistic children, young people and adults and their families. Sarah’s work is participatory and inclusive with an emphasis on knowledge co-construction between research and practice. Sarah co-directs the Autism Community Research Network @ Southampton [ACoRNS] with Professor Hanna Kovshoff, which is a research-practice partnership between the University and local and national education providers. At the heart of this work is a commitment to social and epistemic justice through the development and application of creative methodologies for enabling the voices and participation of autistic children and young people. Our research is values-led and takes strengths-based, participatory, and co-constructed approaches to knowledge production and building the evidence base.

• UoS personal webpages: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5x85v5/professor-sarah-parsons

• About ACoRNS: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/autism-community-research-network-southampton

• Email address: s.j.parsons@soton.ac.uk