Kędra, Agnieszka2024-01-092024-01-092023-12-28ETHICS IN PROGRESS, 14(2), 24–37.https://hdl.handle.net/10593/27578The assumption that autistic individuals do not have the theory of mind – the social-cognitive ability to understand other people by attributing mental states to them – has been widespread in the psychological literature. However, the empirical evidence from the original research and its replications failed to prove and support autistic mind-blindness. Yet, it is still present in literature on autism spectrum. Meanwhile, convincing research, that has been conducted among autistic researchers and their allies, is often overlooked by non-autistic specialists. This paper focuses on how autistic autism researchers have been influencing their field of study and how academy can benefit from their work.enAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalAutismautistic researchersautism researchtheory of mindneurodiversitydouble empathyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://doi.org/10.14746/eip.2023.2.2