The study showed that familiarizing non-autistic people with the challenges and strengths of autistic people helped to reduce stigma and misconceptions about autism, but implicit biases about autism were harder to overcome. We want to combat those ideas.”Promoting autism knowledge among non-autistic adults represents a shift in philosophy about how to improve the social experiences of autistic people. We believe the same principle applies to autism.”Testing BiasesThe study participants — 238 non-autistic adults — were split into three groups. One group viewed an autism acceptance video originally developed as a PowerPoint presentation by researchers at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia in collaboration with autistic adults. “Explicit biases are consciously held, evolve quickly and are constrained by social desirability,” Sasson explained.