While there has been a significant increase in the amount of research funded and published internationally on autism over time, the vast majority of autism research reports on individuals without intellectual disabilities or complex support/communication needs.

The voices of autistic people with complex support and/or communication needs (defined as autistic people with co-occurring conditions e.g. physical, intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, neurological, language or learning disability) is largely absent from research that is focused on them.

This research looked to understand the methods used for autistic people with complex support and communication needs, to address this issue: How can we proactively design research and consultations that are accessible and inclusive for autistic individuals with complex support/communication needs?

This report includes the white paper: Designing research studies to be inclusive for autistic people with complex support and/or communication needs.

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