Rachel Moseley is principal academic in psychology at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom. Her research centers around issues that autistic adults face, including mental ill-health, suicidality, self-injury, aging and late diagnosis. She also investigates aspects of cognition and social communication in autistic people and how these differ depending on personal characteristics, such as sex.
Rachel Moseley
Principal academic
Bournemouth University
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Menopause poses significant challenges for autistic people, according to a small survey published in 2020 — the first to explore the transition among people with autism traits.
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7 April 2022 | 5 min read
Autism and eating disorders may have an emotional connection
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rates of any kinds of mental illness. They don’t discriminate, affecting people of all ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, ages and backgrounds.
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12 August 2020 | 5 min read
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