Neurodiversity

Participatory Experiences in Autism Research

Active, NeurodiversityBy Sue Fletcher-Watson June 16, 2020 Leave a comment

Participatory Autism Research: A Pilot Study Exploring Autistic People's Experiences This study aims to learn about the experiences and perspectives of autistic people of participatory autism research, an approach to research that involves autistic people as more than subjects. This may help identify new or better ways to engage with autistic people in research. If…

Learning About Neurodiversity at School (LEANS)

Active, NeurodiversityBy Alyssa Alcorn March 9, 2020

The Learning About Neurodiversity at School, or LEANS project began on March 1, 2020 and will continue for 20 months. Its full title is Learning about learning difficulties for primary school pupils and their teachers: co-designing and evaluating an evidence-based open access resource in a neurodiversity framework. Working together with educators, community members, and schools,…

Post-diagnostic peer support

Active, NeurodiversityBy Sue Fletcher-Watson December 30, 2019

Learning About Research: a course for autistic people

Active, NeurodiversityBy Sue Fletcher-Watson September 13, 2019

Learning About Research: A course for autistic people This course was intended to educate autistic people who are not researchers about what research is like so that they can be: Informed Consumers of research. This means having a better understanding of research that is reported in the media, academic journals, and elsewhere, so people can…

Ageing & Residential Care

Active, NeurodiversityBy Catherine Crompton September 27, 2018

We are coming to the end of a project designed to explore the suitability of existing residential care for older autistic adults, and to develop tools and guidance for future research in this area. Why did we do this project? In 2018, Autistica held a summit to establish priority research areas to improve the…

Learning about your autistic child

Active, NeurodiversityBy Sue Fletcher-Watson September 13, 2018

This page is all about a new, registered multi-site clinical trial. We are going to be working with parents of children with autism to help them understand their children, and hopefully support them better. The project is focused on a range of behaviours often observed in autistic children that are currently not well understood or…

Family in residence

Archive, NeurodiversityBy Sue Fletcher-Watson August 15, 2017

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TUKS

Archive, NeurodiversityBy Sue Fletcher-Watson August 13, 2017

The TUKS project aimed to understand the experience of siblings having a brother or sister with autism and how siblings cope with challenges in their life. The project adopted a cross-cultural viewpoint, exploring whether young people in the UK and in Taiwan have different experiences and responses to have a sibling with autism. What did…

Employers’ survey

Archive, NeurodiversityBy Sue Fletcher-Watson August 13, 2017

This recently-completed study was a response to the career prospects of adults with autism, which are currently very poor. This is the subject of a major National Autistic Society campaign at the moment. It is obvious that employers play an essential role in offering a job. However, employers’ attitudes to people with autism may not always be…

EAR project: Engaging in Autism Research

Archive, NeurodiversityBy Sue Fletcher-Watson August 13, 2017

This project aimed to gather information from the autism community about their attitude to research exploring early signs of autism in so-called “at-risk” infant populations. We hope this information will provide a strong ethical foundation for the field and help academics more deeply understand how to meet this community’s expectations, including responsible communication and dissemination…

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