Inês Morais holds a PhD in Communication Studies from NOVA University Lisbon (2020). Her doctoral research focused on the communication of memory and trauma. She subsequently worked as a researcher on the project African European Narratives and has collaborated with the University of Lisbon and the University of Huambo, Angola on projects related to memory, representation, and cultural narratives. Her research interests include communication, memory, trauma, representation, neurodiversity, and autistic women’s experiences. She is currently developing research on communication, identity, and the representation of autistic women across different cultural contexts, with the aim of pursuing postdoctoral research in this field.