Rachel Moseley

Principal academic
Bournemouth University

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.

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Spectrum

By Shelby Grebbin

7 April 2022

5 min read

Autism and menopause: Q&A with Rachel Moseley and Julie Turner-Cobb

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.

Spectrum

Autism and menopause: Q&A with Rachel Moseley and Julie Turner-Cobb

By Shelby Grebbin

7 April 2022 | 5 min read

Spectrum

By Rachel Moseley, Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, The Conversation

12 August 2020

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.

Spectrum

Autism and eating disorders may have an emotional connection

By Rachel Moseley, Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, The Conversation

12 August 2020 | 5 min read

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