Possible Dissertations
an occasional series

These are research questions I would like to spend three years answering. I write them as invitations rather than conclusions. If one of them is already being studied properly, or if you are the person who should be studying it, I would like to hear from you.

21 min read ProposalsAutism,ADHD

The Second Person in the Room: Late Diagnosis and Relationship Outcomes

The question Autism and ADHD are now routinely diagnosed in adults in their thirties, forties and fifties. At those ages most people are partnered, and have been for some time. A late diagnosis therefore does not arrive into a life. It arrives...

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13 min read ProposalsAutism

The Hunger Signal: GLP-1 Drugs and Autistic Interoception

The question Weight-loss drugs like semaglutide (a.k.a., GLP-1’s) work by changing how the body senses hunger and fullness. Many autistic people sense hunger and fullness differently. Does the drug therefore work differently for us - better, worse, or simply strangely? As far...

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