'Does that mean you will be violent?': A qualitative exploration into Autistic women's experiences of relationships with lecturers at university.

This was an exploratory qualitative study of 11 women, so it describes accounts rather than evidence that a treatment works. Participants were recruited through X and had to identify as women, so men, non-binary people and people not using that platform were not included. Ethnicity and other disability labels were not fully collected, so intersectional experiences such as race or additional disabilities could not be examined. Only the researcher coded the data, although participants could comment on the coding. The paper reports experiences with lecturers at UK universities, so it does not provide tested recommendations for clinical therapy settings.

The author declared no conflicts of interest. The study was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council through the White Rose DTP 1+3 Pathway Award.

Do not read these accounts as proof that university training will improve support or that all Autistic women have negative lecturer experiences. They are qualitative reports from 11 women, not a tested intervention or a population estimate.