Emily Rothman, ScD
@EmRothman
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BU Professor and Chair, Occupational Therapy and Public Health. I study sex, violence, autism. https://t.co/n7qtSewXiE…
Boston University
Joined January 2015
Thank you to @WSJ for this interview, I enjoyed having the opportunity to talk about why people perpetrate sexual assault.
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As revelations and allegations of sexual assault and harassment mount, The Wall Street Journal spoke with Boston University’s Emily Rothman about what causes the behavior and whether it is treatable.
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Congratulations to our colleagues at UCLA PEERS for important and on-going work. Full article here:
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When U.C.L.A. psychologists first proposed teaching adults with autism how to date, funders wouldn’t go near it. Now we are in a new world.
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Also of note, our Boston University Sargent College research about sexual, physical and emotional abuse experienced by autistic college students is referenced:
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Karen Lean, a HEARTS facilitator, speaks to why it's important to our team to use a neurodiversity-embracing approach. The HEARTS class is available from AANE.
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So proud that the HEARTS healthy relationships class for autistic adults got a shout out in the New York Times today, thanks to the excellent reporting from @EllenBarryNYT
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Have you created adult content for OnlyFans, the Hub, or another site? I'm particularly interested in interviewing those 18-24 years old in USA, but open to all ages for now. Well compensated Zoom interview, 1 hr, confidential. Please DM me. Hoping no fraudsters or bots. Thanks!
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Have you created adult content for OnlyFans, the Hub, or another site? I'm particularly interested in interviewing those 18-24 years old in USA, but open to all ages for now. Well compensated Zoom interview, 1 hr, confidential. Please DM me. Hoping no fraudsters or bots. Thanks!
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To read The Ethicist, see “A Bonus Question” at this link: https://t.co/s5zkd1HejC To read my book: https://t.co/OJ6xkXp7vy
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Pornography, also known as sexually explicit material intended to cause sexual arousal, has been hailed by many as a growing public health crisis. Multiple states have now passed resolutions declar...
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My book Pornography and Public Health got some love in the The New York Times magazine yesterday from The Ethicist, aka Kwame Anthony Appiah. I am so glad that the book, and the way I think about pornography, sex, and relationships, has landed helpfully with some people.
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controlling for gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, and household income. Want to talk about neurodiversity and IPV or SV at the national, state, or local level? My DMs are open!
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Our paper uses a nationally representative US sample and demonstrates that youth with mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions had substantially elevated odds of more frequent physical, sexual, psychological and cyber dating abuse victimization
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) prevention and response needs to be intentional about neurodivergent inclusion, and that means for staff, leadership, and clients.
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Why are we celebrating this paper in particular? For too long neurodivergent people have been systematically excluded from healthy relationships and sexual health education and under-served by programs.
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Rothman, E.F., Cusano, J., Graham Holmes, L., Taylor, B., Cuevas, C.A., Mumford, E.A. (in press). Elevated odds of dating violence among U.S. youth with mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions: Estimates from a nationally representative cross-sectional study.
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Our team was VERY excited to learn that this paper was accepted and is now in press in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence:
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Autistic men: Are you in the US age 50+? I have a new project but too few autistic men! This project is about being autistic and having had a colonoscopy. It is paid. You have to be in the USA. I interview you (fraudsters, bots you will not succeed). Please DM me by Dec 1. TY!
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Routledge is offering free reprints of this article to the first 50 people:
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Little is known about the prevalence of neurodevelopmental, mental, or behavioral disorders among CSEC survivors, and the experiences of CSEC survivors with these disorders with health care. We con...
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(i.e. schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder), a mood disorder (i.e. PTSD, depression, or anxiety), or a behavioral disorder (substance use, eating, or conduct disorder). Approximately 26% reported seeking healthcare while being exploited.
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The vast majority, 82%, reported that they had ever been diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder or neurological impairment (i.e. ADHD, autism, intellectual disability, or learning disorder), a serious mental illness
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Our team collected survey data from 269 youth ages 13-24 years old who had been commercially sexually exploited (i.e., experienced sex trafficking).
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With Julia Cusano Carlos Cuevas Amy Farrell Sarah Lockwood Amelia Wagner and with funding from U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice.
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