Kieran Rose

Autistic author and researcher Kieran Rose has a career background in SEND education and public sector service delivery for Autistic adults. He is the parent of three Autistic children, all of whom have varying support needs.

Kieran has delivered his own specialist Autism trainings focused on deconstructing and reframing the autism narrative to thousands of Professionals across the UK and Internationally; provides private consultancy to organizations and services across the world; and is a faculty member for the US-based Occupational Therapy charity: The STAR Institute.

He has published a number of groundbreaking academic papers on Autistic Masking (in both adults and children and young people); Interpersonal Victimization; and Intimate Partner Violence; and has a deep interest in the relationship between stigma and identity development in Autistic people. He is producing more research in these areas and others, including Monotropism and Identity; and experiences of suicide.

Kieran has guest-lectured on Psychology, Social Care, and Education at Undergraduate and Masters level, alongside Autism and Learning Disability specific courses at Universities across the UK; and is peer reviewer for leading autism journals: ‘Autism’, and Autism in Adulthood’. He holds the title Honourary Research Associate with the University of Sunderland and is an associate researcher of GRRAND University College London. He was a lead trainer and content creator for the NHS England-funded National Autism Trainer Programme, focused on training inpatient and community based clinical settings and services.

With leading autism researcher and Developmental Psychologist Dr Amy Pearson, he is the co-Author of the highly acclaimed book: ‘Autistic Masking: Understanding identity management and the role of stigma.’