Staff profile

• Neurodivergence, mental health, quality of life, dehumanization, masking, burnout, the double empathy problem, LGBTQ health, wellbeing, and relationships, participatory research, action research.

Chapter in book

• Community psychology as reparations for violence in the construction of autism knowledge
  
  Botha, M. (2022). Community psychology as reparations for violence in the construction of autism knowledge. In D. Milton & S. Ryan (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003056577-8

Journal Article

• Using Q Methodology, a group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Scholars ask, What is the Neurodiversity Movement, and What Should It Do?
  
  Stenner, P., Pearson, A., Kapp, S., Watson, C., Pressler, R., Williams, G., Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist, H., Hultman, L., Semmens-Wheeler, R., & Botha, M. (in press). Using Q Methodology, a group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Scholars ask, What is the Neurodiversity Movement, and What Should It Do?. Neurodiversity.
• Using Q Methodology, a Group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Researchers Ask: What is the Neurodiversity Movement and what should it do?
  
  Stenner, P., Pearson, A., Kapp, S., Watson, C., Pressler, R., Williams, G., Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist, H., Hultman, L., Semmens-Wheeler, R., & Botha, M. (2025). Using Q Methodology, a Group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Researchers Ask: What is the Neurodiversity Movement and what should it do?. Neurodiversity, 3. https://doi.org/10.1177/27546330251329625
• Autism and Thriving: A Critical Review of the Academic Literature
  
  Dantas, S., Jasper, C., Botha, M., Strachan, K., & Grainger, C. (2025). Autism and Thriving: A Critical Review of the Academic Literature. Autism in Adulthood. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0228
• Critical realism, community psychology, and the curious case of autism: A philosophy and practice of science with social justice in mind
  
  Botha, M. (2025). Critical realism, community psychology, and the curious case of autism: A philosophy and practice of science with social justice in mind. Journal of Community Psychology, 53(1), Article e22764. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22764
• “It's a long process, and it's a long journey”: Autistic adult’s experiences of support and recovery after experiencing intimate violence and abuse
  
  Pearson, A., Botha, M., Rose, K., Mitchell, A., Joseph, W., Douglas, S., & Sedgewick, F. (2024). “It’s a long process, and it’s a long journey”: Autistic adult’s experiences of support and recovery after experiencing intimate violence and abuse. Autism in Adulthood. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0146
• “It's not a physical prison but you can't get out”. How autistic adults make sense of the experience of intimate violence and abuse
  
  Pearson, A., Rose, K., Mitchell, A., Joseph, W., Douglas, S., Sedgewick, F., & Botha, M. (2024). “It’s not a physical prison but you can’t get out”. How autistic adults make sense of the experience of intimate violence and abuse. Autism in Adulthood. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0145
• What are the autism research priorities of autistic adults in Scotland?
  
  Cage, E., Crompton, C. J., Dantas, S., Strachan, K., Birch, R., Robinson, M., Morgan-Appel, S., MacKenzie-Nash, C., Gallagher, A., & Botha, M. (2024). What are the autism research priorities of autistic adults in Scotland?. Autism, 28(9), 2179–2190. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231222656
• Non-autistic observers both detect and demonstrate the double empathy problem when evaluating interactions between autistic and non-autistic adults
  
  Jones, D. R., Botha, M., Ackerman, R. A., King, K., & Sasson, N. J. (2024). Non-autistic observers both detect and demonstrate the double empathy problem when evaluating interactions between autistic and non-autistic adults. Autism, 28(8), 2053-2065. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231219743
• ‘A certain magic’ – autistic adults’ experiences of interacting with other autistic people and its relation to Quality of Life: A systematic review and thematic meta-synthesis
  
  Watts, G., Crompton, C., Grainger, C., Long, J., Botha, M., Somerville, M., & Cage, E. (2024). ‘A certain magic’ – autistic adults’ experiences of interacting with other autistic people and its relation to Quality of Life: A systematic review and thematic meta-synthesis. Autism. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241255811
• The neurodiversity concept was developed collectively: An overdue correction on the origins of neurodiversity theory.
  
  Botha, M., Chapman, R., Giwa Onaiwu, M., Kapp, S. K., Stannard Ashley, A., & Walker, N. (2024). The neurodiversity concept was developed collectively: An overdue correction on the origins of neurodiversity theory. Autism, 28(6), 1591-1594. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241237871
• Language Matters in British Newspapers: A Participatory Analysis of the Autism UK Press Corpus
  
  Karaminis, T., Botha, M., Longley, S., Waldock, K. E., Storey, S., Strachan, K., Ransom, N., & Pellicano, E. (2024). Language Matters in British Newspapers: A Participatory Analysis of the Autism UK Press Corpus. Autism in Adulthood. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2023.0105
• An Experience Sensitive Approach to Care With and for Autistic Children and Young People in Clinical Services
  
  McGreevy, E., Quinn, A., Law, R., Botha, M., Evans, M., Rose, K., Moyse, R., Boyens, T., Matejko, M., & Pavlopoulou, G. (2024). An Experience Sensitive Approach to Care With and for Autistic Children and Young People in Clinical Services. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678241232442
• Letter to the Editor: A possible threat to data integrity for online qualitative autism research
  
  Pellicano, E., Adams, D., Crane, L., Hollingue, C., Allen, C., Almendinger, K., Botha, M., Haar, T., Kapp, S. K., & Wheeley, E. (2024). Letter to the Editor: A possible threat to data integrity for online qualitative autism research. Autism, 28, 786–792. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231174543
• Diagnosis as a new beginning not an end: A participatory photovoice study on navigating an autism diagnosis in adulthood
  
  Cage, E., Botha, M., McDevitt, L., King, K. N., Biscoe, L., Tucker, K., & Pearson, A. (2024). Diagnosis as a new beginning not an end: A participatory photovoice study on navigating an autism diagnosis in adulthood. Autism, 28(8). https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231220418
• Cutting our own keys: New possibilities of neurodivergent storying in research
  
  Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Botha, M., Hens, K., O’Donoghue, S., Pearson, A., & Stenning, A. (2023). Cutting our own keys: New possibilities of neurodivergent storying in research. Autism, 27(5), 1235-1244. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221132107
• Being, Knowing, and Doing: Importing Theoretical Toolboxes for Autism Studies
  
  Rosqvist, H. B., Botha, M., Hens, K., O’Donoghue, S., Pearson, A., & Stenning, A. (2023). Being, Knowing, and Doing: Importing Theoretical Toolboxes for Autism Studies. Autism in Adulthood, 5(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2022.0021
• Neurodivergence-informed therapy
  
  Chapman, R., & Botha, M. (2023). Neurodivergence-informed therapy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 65(3), 310-317. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15384
• Does Language Matter? Identity-First Versus Person-First Language Use in Autism Research: A Response to Vivanti
  
  Botha, M., Hanlon, J., & Williams, G. L. (2023). Does Language Matter? Identity-First Versus Person-First Language Use in Autism Research: A Response to Vivanti. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, 870-878. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04858-w
• Anti-ableism and scientific accuracy in autism research: a false dichotomy
  
  Bottema-Beutel, K., Kapp, S. K., Sasson, N., Gernsbacher, M. A., Natri, H., & Botha, M. (2023). Anti-ableism and scientific accuracy in autism research: a false dichotomy. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1244451
• Anti-ableist language is fully compatible with high-quality autism research: Response to Singer et al. (2023)
  
  Natri, H. M., Abubakare, O., Asasumasu, K., Basargekar, A., Beaud, F., Botha, M., Bottema-Beutel, K., Brea, M. R., Brown, L. X. Z., Burr, D. A., Cobbaert, L., Dabbs, C., Denome, D., Rosa, S. D. R., Doherty, M., Edwards, B., Edwards, C., Liszk, S. E., Elise, F., … Zisk, A. H. (2023). Anti-ableist language is fully compatible with high-quality autism research: Response to Singer et al. (2023). Autism Research, 16(4), 673-676. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2928
• Brief Report: Does Autistic Community Connectedness Moderate the Relationship Between Masking and Wellbeing?
  
  Cage, E., Cranney, R., & Botha, M. (2022). Brief Report: Does Autistic Community Connectedness Moderate the Relationship Between Masking and Wellbeing?. Autism in Adulthood, 4(3), 247-253. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2021.0096
• Come as You Are: Examining Autistic Identity Development and the Neurodiversity Movement through an Intersectional Lens
  
  Botha, M., & Gillespie-Lynch, K. (2022). Come as You Are: Examining Autistic Identity Development and the Neurodiversity Movement through an Intersectional Lens. Human Development, 66, 93–112. https://doi.org/10.1159/000524123
• “Autism research is in crisis”: A mixed method study of researcher’s constructions of autistic people and autism research
  
  Botha, M., & Cage, E. (2022). “Autism research is in crisis”: A mixed method study of researcher’s constructions of autistic people and autism research. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 1050897. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1050897
• ‘It’s being a part of a grand tradition, a grand counter-culture which involves communities’: A qualitative investigation of autistic community connectedness
  
  Botha, M., Dibb, B., & Frost, D. M. (2022). ‘It’s being a part of a grand tradition, a grand counter-culture which involves communities’: A qualitative investigation of autistic community connectedness. Autism, 26(8), 2151–2164. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221080248
• "Autism is me": an investigation of how autistic individuals make sense of autism and stigma
  
  Botha, M., Dibb, B., & Frost, D. M. (2022). "Autism is me": an investigation of how autistic individuals make sense of autism and stigma. Disability and Society, 37(3), 427–453. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2020.1822782
• Shifting stigma about autistic young people
  
  den Houting, J., Botha, M., Cage, E., Jones, D. R., & Kim, S. Y. (2021). Shifting stigma about autistic young people. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 5(12), 839-841. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642%2821%2900309-6
• Creating truly radical change in autism research: A response to Frith and Mottron
  
  Pearson, A., Woods, R., Morgan, H., & Botha, M. (2021). Creating truly radical change in autism research: A response to Frith and Mottron. Autism Research, 14(10), 2243-2244. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2605
• Academic, Activist, or Advocate? Angry, Entangled, and Emerging: A Critical Reflection on Autism Knowledge Production
  
  Botha, M. (2021). Academic, Activist, or Advocate? Angry, Entangled, and Emerging: A Critical Reflection on Autism Knowledge Production. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 727542. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727542
• Extending the Minority Stress Model to Understand Mental Health Problems Experienced by the Autistic Population
  
  Botha, M., & Frost, D. M. (2020). Extending the Minority Stress Model to Understand Mental Health Problems Experienced by the Autistic Population. Society and Mental Health, 10(1), 20-34. https://doi.org/10.1177/2156869318804297