Goldsmiths ASD Diagnosis Project

Hello,

I am Laura [edited by mod] - the lead researcher for this project. I wanted to post to update you on the situation with the project. 

The surveys have now closed. I apologise for the length of the survey. The estimates were based on piloting of the surveys, but several people did contact us saying that they took longer than we envisaged. We certainly did not aim to mislead anyone. Unfortunately, the more helpful and thoughtful that people were with their responses, the longer the survey seemed to take. The surveys closed earlier this year, so we are no longer in a position to amend the estimates, but we are very grateful to all those who gave their time to this project. 

The results of the project will be analysed over the coming weeks. Although the original plan was for the results to be available at the end of 2012, I have been on maternity leave for a year (Sep 2012-Sep 2013) so this was not possible. We hope that provisional results will be available for public viewing on our website by January 2014. The website is due to be updated imminently with revised estimates.

To clarify ethical issues, the study and associated information to participants was given ethical approval by the Psychology Department Research Ethics Committee at Goldsmiths. Information about publication plans and intended dates of publication will shortly be on the website. As stated in the information to participants, all data was provided anonymously to the researchers, with no information allowing answers to be traced back to the respondent. I hope this answers any questions in this regard.

Please do not hesitate to contact me [removed by mod] should you have any further questions or would like any further information.

Laura

Hello,

I am Laura [edited by mod] - the lead researcher for this project. I wanted to post to update you on the situation with the project. 

The surveys have now closed. I apologise for the length of the survey. The estimates were based on piloting of the surveys, but several people did contact us saying that they took longer than we envisaged. We certainly did not aim to mislead anyone. Unfortunately, the more helpful and thoughtful that people were with their responses, the longer the survey seemed to take. The surveys closed earlier this year, so we are no longer in a position to amend the estimates, but we are very grateful to all those who gave their time to this project. 

The results of the project will be analysed over the coming weeks. Although the original plan was for the results to be available at the end of 2012, I have been on maternity leave for a year (Sep 2012-Sep 2013) so this was not possible. We hope that provisional results will be available for public viewing on our website by January 2014. The website is due to be updated imminently with revised estimates.

To clarify ethical issues, the study and associated information to participants was given ethical approval by the Psychology Department Research Ethics Committee at Goldsmiths. Information about publication plans and intended dates of publication will shortly be on the website. As stated in the information to participants, all data was provided anonymously to the researchers, with no information allowing answers to be traced back to the respondent. I hope this answers any questions in this regard.

Please do not hesitate to contact me [removed by mod] should you have any further questions or would like any further information.

Laura