What are the autism research priorities of autistic adults in Scotland?

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Lay abstract

Although research has the potential to improve autistic people's lives, lots of funding goes towards research looking at topics which autistic people say has little impact in their everyday lives. Autistic people's lives can be different depending on where they live, and Scotland is a unique country in many ways. We wanted to find out which topics autistic people in Scotland want to see research on. Our team of autistic and non-autistic researchers (including university-based and community researchers) created a survey where 225 autistic adults rated and ranked the importance of possible research topics and shared their thoughts on what topics mattered to them. The five most important topics were mental health and well-being, identifying and diagnosing autistic people,

SUBMITTER: Cage E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11401337 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature