Valeria Khudiakova

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Valeria is a PhD student at City St George’s, University of London. Her doctoral research focuses on the potential for missed autism in those currently diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, especially in groups experiencing intersectional inequities in accessing mental health care. She is also interested in the social and intersectional aspects of autistic camouflaging, access to autism diagnosis, and meaningful lived experience involvement in autism research.

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When systems fail children: what coroners’ reports reveal about preventable factors in adolescent suicide

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Coroners have been raising concerns about child suicides for years. The first analysis to synthesise these reports reveals how governance failures, communication breakdowns, and a lack of autism-specific support have repeatedly contributed to preventable deaths.

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