Meaningful research for autistic people? Ask autistics!

Published January 2022

Abstract

The last decade has witnessed the emergence of a powerful call from autistic people to have real input into the decisions that shape their lives. This editorial outlines the work of the Australian Autism Research Council (AARC), a group of community members from different stakeholder groups, including autistic people, parents and carers and researchers, which sits under the auspices of Autism CRC. The AARC seeks to understand the research priorities of the autistic and autism communities. It has derived its answers in the most straightforward way: by directly asking autistics and related community members to reflect on the kind of research that they wanted to see prioritised.
Citation
Poulsen, R., Brownlow, C., Lawson, W. & Pellicano, E. (2022). Meaningful research for autistic people? Ask autistics! Autism. 26(1):3-5. doi:10.1177/13623613211064421

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