Interviewing autistic adults: Adaptations to support recall in police, employment, and healthcare interviews.

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During many types of interviews (e.g. in employment, with the police, and in healthcare), we need to recall detailed memories of specific events, which can be difficult for autistic people in response to commonly used questions. This is especially because these tend to be open questions (i.e. very broad). Autistic people have disproportionately high rates of physical and mental health conditions, are more likely to interact with police, and are the most underemployed disability group. However, interviewers are often unsure about how to adapt their communication for autistic people.Our research tested whether different types of prompts enabled autistic people to recall specific memories (memories of a single event within one day). Participants were asked about situation

SUBMITTER: Norris JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7376628 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature