I am currently the Research Director for Autistic UK CIC, an autistic-led organisation working to advance the rights of autistic people within the UK in policy and practice. Alongside this role, I am undertaking a PhD in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University studying communication and healthcare access for autistic adults. Using an emancipatory qualitative approach, through stories of the experiences of autistic patients, and health professionals who treat autistic patients, I am critically examining how normative communication and healthcare are constructed and upheld in participants’ accounts. I further use the lens of epistemic injustice to trouble the notions of who is considered a ‘valid knower’ within healthcare settings, and what this might mean for autistic patients.