Dr Sophie Phillips is a research associate at the University of Sheffield, working on a project investigating anti-ableist research cultures funded by the Wellcome Trust. Her research interests centre around increasing access to higher education for autistic women and more broadly neurodivergent individuals, following her own diagnosis as a young adult. Sophie is involved with the Nottinghamshire Autism Police Partnership, based at the University of Nottingham, with the aim of changing the way in which neurodivergent people are treated within the police system.