Jude Merit

Jude Merit is a disabled transgender autistic American researcher at the University of Sunderland in England. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics in 2019 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Data Science in 2020. He then completed a Master of Science in Psychology from the University of Sunderland in 2023, where he is currently studying for his PhD. His research on the lived experiences of transgender autistic millennials is a continuation of his research from his Master’s in Psychology on the experiences of autistic adults with internalised ableism. He lives in Sunderland, England with his wife, Marissa.