Daily Junction.mobi portal<p>But safer online spaces cannot be considered separately from the offline world. Many autistic young people use online communities because local groups do not always accommodate different communication and sensory needs. If policy aims to encourage more in-person activity, those environments must also be designed so neurodivergent people can participate.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/286874/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" /><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. More info: https://theconversation.com/republishing-guidelines --></p>
<p><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/nelya-koteyko-1525531">Nelya Koteyko</a>, Professor of Language and Communication, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/queen-mary-university-of-london-1745">Queen Mary University of London</a></em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/flo-bremner-963666">Flo Bremner</a>, Research Assistant in Linguistics, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/queen-mary-university-of-london-1745">Queen Mary University of London</a></em>, and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/jessica-aiston-2713355">Jessica Aiston</a>, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Applied Linguistics, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/queen-mary-university-of-london-1745">Queen Mary University of London</a></em></span></p>
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