Patrick Dwyer, PhD

Patrick is an autistic graduate student in developmental psychology. His main research interest is using various methods (including electrophysiology, questionnaires, psychophysics, etc.) to explore sensory processing and attention in autism, as well as heterogeneity in sensory processing. Patrick also has strong side-interests in topics such as education, behaviour intervention, and neurodiversity theory; broadly, Patrick is interested in anything relevant to the well-being of autistic people. Along with TC, Patrick is a co-founder and co-chair of the Autistic Researchers Committee at the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) and is also part of the online postsecondary training author board at the Sinneave Family Foundation. At a local level, Patrick facilitates peer-support communities for autistic students. He maintains a blog, autisticscholar.com.