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Autism and suicide: an interview with Dr Sarah Cassidy

Published on 04 May 2015

Author: Dr Sarah Cassidy

Dr Sarah Cassidy is Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham, and created the Mental Health in Autism research group to explore the difficulties autistic adults face in relation to mental health problems, self-injury, and thoughts about ending life.

Sarah kindly agreed to be interviewed when she attended the NAS Autism and Mental Health Conference in 2015.

In this interview Sarah discusses risk factors, prevention and support for autistic people who may experience suicidality.

You can view clips of the individual questions below.

Individual question clips

  1. Can you tell us how you became interested in autism and a little about your current work?
  2. What are the main factors leading to autistic people becoming at risk of suicide?
  3. From your research, what would you say are the key elements in prevention of suicide for autistic people?
  4. What in your opinion needs to change to support autistic people who may be at risk of suicide? 

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