Claire Chapman

Email: c.chapman.3@research.gla.ac.uk

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0002-2008-6318

Research title: Supporting victimised autistic women in Scotland: Using inclusive approaches to understanding their experiences

Research Summary

My PhD research aims to provide a qualitative understanding of experiences of support services following victimisation for autistic women in Scotland. It will look to understand their distinctive and complex needs, placing this in the context of poly-victimisation, acknowledging the multiple and varied harm faced throughout their life course.

The research will offer insight into their experiences of emotional and practical support services and incorporate the perspectives of support providers within this. It will explore the barriers and challenges in accessing and receiving support and identify good practice and areas for improvement so support provision reflects the interests of autistic women who have been victimised. It will achieve this using constructivist grounded theory and autism-inclusive research methods, taking a flexible and individualised approach to interviewing and offering both written and verbal interviews.

Publications

Chapman, C. (2024). Using Email Interviews to Understand Autistic Experiences. In: Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Jackson-Perry, D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methods and Ethics in Neurodiversity Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66127-3_21

Supervisors

Grants

SGSSS ESRC-Funded Studentship 2023-2026

Additional Information

Education

  • MRes Criminology (Distinction), University of Glasgow, 2021 to 2022
  • MA (Hons) Geography (First Class), University of Dundee, 2015 to 2019

Recent Work Experience

  • Senior Administrator, Ethical Engineering, 2023 to present
  • Genecon Ltd, Consultant, 2022 to 2023
  • UoG College of Social Sciences, Repeat Violent Victimisation Intern, 2022
  • ekosgen Ltd, Research Consultant, 2020 to 2021

 


Claire Chapman