Articles in Refereed Journals

1. McVey, A.J., Jones, D.R., Waisman, T.C., Raymaker, D.M., Nicolaidis, C., & Maddox, B.B. (In Press). Mindshift in autism: A call to professionals in research, clinical, and educational settings. Frontiers in Psychiatry.

2. Harrop, C., Bodfish, J., Lecavalier, L., Dallman, AR., Jones, D.R., Pritchett, J., Whitten, A., & Boyd, B.A. (2023). Refining our understanding of anxiety in autistic youth: Examining the role of behavioral inflexibility. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities.

3. Boyd, B.A., Howard, W., Bodfish, J.W., Lecavalier, L., Harrop, C., Jones, D.R., Dallman, A.R., Kalburgi, S., & Hollway, J. (2022). Examining sensitivity to developmental changes on the Behavioral Inflexibility Scale. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

4. Dallman, A.R., Harrop, C., Lecavalier, L., Bodfish, J., Kalburgi, S., Jones, D.R., Hollway, J., & Boyd, B.A. (2022). Brief report: replication of the psychometric characteristics of the behavioral inflexibility scale in an independent sample. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

5. Jones, D.R., Dallman, A., Harrop, C., Whitten, A., Pritchett, J., Lecavalier, L., Bodfish, J.W., & Boyd, B.A. (2022). Evaluating the feasibility of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery for autistic children and adolescents. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(2), 689-699.

6. Kaku, S.M., McVey, A.J., Gerber, A.H., Pretzsch, C.M., Jones, D.R., Kodakkadan, F.M., Lei, J., Singer, L., Chitehwe, L., Poulsen, R.E., & Coffman, M. (2022). Experiences of student and trainee autism researchers during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Autism Research, 15(3), 413–420.

7. Jones, D.R., DeBrabander, K.M., & Sasson, N.J. (2021). Effects of autism acceptance training on explicit and implicit biases toward autism. Autism, 25(5), 1246–1261.

8. Jones, D.R., Morrison, K.E., DeBrabander, K.M., Ackerman, R.A., Pinkham, A.E., & Sasson, N.J. (2021). Greater social interest between autistic and non-autistic conversation partners following autism acceptance training for non-autistic people. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 4026.

9. Den Houting, J., Botha, M., Cage, E., Jones, D.R., Kim, S.Y. (2021). Shifting stigma about autistic young people. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 5(12), 839-841.

10. Fletcher-Watson, S., Bölte, S., Crompton, C. J., Jones, D., Lai, M.C., Mandy, W., Pellicano, L., Stahmer, A., Taylor, J., & Mandell, D. (2021). Publishing standards for promoting excellence in autism research. Autism, 25(6), 1501–1504.

11. Jones, D.R., Nicolaidis, C., Ellwood, L.J., Garcia, A., Johnson, K.R., Lopez, K., & Waisman, T.C. (2020). An expert discussion on structural racism in autism research and practice. Autism in Adulthood, 2(4), 1-9.

12. Jones, D.R., & Mandell, D.S. (2020). To address racial disparities in autism research, we must think globally, act locally. Autism, 24(7), 1587–1589.

13. DeBrabander K.M., Pinkham A.E., Ackerman R.A., Jones D.R., Sasson N.J. (2020). Cognitive and social cognitive self-assessment in autistic adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(7), 2354-2368.

14. Lecavalier, L., Bodfish, J., Harrop, C., Whitten, A., Jones, D., Pritchett, J., Faldowski, R., Boyd, B. (2020). Development of the Behavioral Inflexibility Scale for children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. Autism Research, 13(3), 489-499.

15. Morrison, K. E., DeBrabander, K. M., Jones, D. R., Ackerman, R. A., & Sasson, N. J. (2020). Social cognition, social skill, and social motivation minimally predict social interaction outcomes for autistic and non-autistic adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 11.

16. Morrison, K.E., DeBrabander, K.M., Jones, D.R., Faso, D.J., Ackerman, R.A., Sasson, N.J. (2020). Outcomes of real-world social interaction for autistic adults paired with autistic compared to typically developing partners. Autism, 24(5), 1067–1080.

17. Harrop, C., Jones, D.R., Sasson, N.J., Zheng, S., Nowell, S.W., Parish‐Morris, J. (2020). Social and object attention is influenced by biological sex and toy gender‐congruence in children with and without autism. Autism Research, 13(5), 763-776.

18. DeBrabander, K.M., Morrison, K.E., Jones, D.R., Faso, D.J., Chmielewski, M., Sasson, N.J. (2019). Do first impressions of autistic adults differ between autistic and nonautistic observers? Autism in Adulthood, 1(4), 250-257.

19. Harrop, C., Jones, D., Zheng, S., Nowell, S., Schultz, R., Parish-Morris, J. (2019). Visual attention to faces in children with autism spectrum disorder: are there sex differences? Molecular Autism, 10(1), 1-10.

20. Nowell, S.W., Jones, D.R., Harrop, C. (2019). Circumscribed interests in autism: are there sex differences? Advances in Autism, 5(3), 187-198.

21. Harrop, C., Jones, D., Zheng, S., Nowell, S., Boyd, B., & Sasson, N. (2018). Circumscribed interests and attention in autism: The role of biological sex. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(10), 3449-3459.

22. Harrop, C., Jones, D., Zheng, S., Nowell, S., Boyd, B., & Sasson, N. (2018). Sex differences in social attention in autism. Autism Research, 11(9), 1264-1275.

Articles Under Review or In Preparation

1. Jones, D.R., Botha, M., & Sasson, N.J. (In Prep). Intersectional experiences of stigma Among Black and White autistic adults.

2. Jones, D.R. & Sasson, N.J. (Under Review). A mixed method comparison of stigma towards autism and schizophrenia.

3. Jones, D.R., Botha, M., Ackerman, R., & Sasson, N. (Under Review). Non-autistic observers both detect and demonstrate the Double Empathy Problem when evaluating interactions between autistic and non-autistic adults.

4. Dunn, D.D., de la Garza, J., Jones, D.R., & Sasson, N.J. (Under Review). Awkward but so what: Differences in social trait preferences between autistic and non-autistic adults.

Invited Workshops and Talks

1. How Do Prejudice and Stigma Impact the Experiences of Black Autistic Adults? (November 2022). Therapist Neurodiversity Collective Virtual Lecture Series.

2. Intersectionality & Stigma: Understanding the Impact of Racial and Disability Biases on Black Autistic People. (October 2022). Black Scholars on Black Lives Virtual Lecture Series, California State University Channel Islands.

3. Supporting Neurodiversity Inside and Outside of the Classroom. (April 2022). Center for Teaching and Learning, The University of Texas at Dallas.

4. Racial Disparities in Autism & The Role of Anti-Black Biases. (April 2022). Speaker Series to Promote Anti-Racism in ASD Research, Stony Brook University.

5. Neurodiversity Panel (April 2022). Graduate Student Assembly Diversity Lunch Series, The University of Texas at Dallas.

6. Effects of Autism Acceptance Training on Explicit and Implicit Biases Towards Autism (April 2021). STAR Journal Club, Stirling University.

7. An Introduction to Neurodiversity. (April 2021). Graduate Student Assembly Diversity Lunch Series, The University of Texas at Dallas.

8. Diversity and Inclusion in Autism Research. (March 2021). Let’s Talk about Autism: Diversity and Inclusion, U21 Autism Research Group Virtual Panel.

9. Effects of Autism Acceptance Training on Explicit and Implicit Biases Towards Autism. (November 2020). Psychology Lecture Series, University of Texas at Dallas.

10. Promoting Social Relationships in Autistic Adults. (March 2020). Sensory Aware Saturday, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Refereed Conference Panels and Symposium

1. Jones, D.R., DeBrabander, K., Sasson, N.J. (April 2022). The Effects of Biases Toward Autism on Social Interaction and the Perception of Autistic Abilities. Panel presentation presented at the INSAR Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.

2. Jones, D.R., Morrison, K., DeBrabander, K., Sasson, N.J. (April 2021). Effects of Autism Acceptance Training on Explicit and Implicit Biases Towards Autism. Panel presentation presented at the INSAR 2021 Virtual Meeting.