DrAlison Stapleton

Dr Alison Stapleton is a Chartered Psychologist of the Psychological Society of Ireland, Assistant Professor at University College Dublin (UCD), and an executive member of the UCD Centre for Disability Studies. As co-director of the UCD MSc in Disability, she introduced the program's first mandatory module focused on neurodiversity studies. Alison champions neurodiversity-affirming approaches globally through her leadership and research, having co-founded the ACBS Neurodiversity-Affirming Research and Practice Special Interest Group and served on the ACBS Board of Directors as a basic science Member at Large. Currently an Editorial Board member for the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, Alison has published eight book chapters and 21 scientific articles. Her most recent publications include a systematic review of adults' experiences of late-in-life autism identification and a contribution to the Guilford Press Handbook of Third Wave Therapies.