Non-Electoral Representation and Promoting Welfare—Beyond Descriptive Representation

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Ethical Advocacy Across the Autism Spectrum: Beyond Partial Representation

Notes

1 Situations where an autistic person could not act as a representative due to capacity issues should be distinguished from those where an autistic person could act as a representative but someone else from outside that group has been chosen.

2 This issue is discussed in McCoy et al.’s article and they propose a form of surrogate representation to ensure that those who lack capacity have their interests taken into account.