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How would you describe autism? - Language Research released

Avi Moderator
Hi all,
We don’t often post like this but we’d like to let you know about an important piece of research we have released today regarding (THIS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE) autism. It is based on a survey of 3,470 people including people on the spectrum, their families, friends and professionals.
We are keen to know what you think about this so let us know in this thread.
Take care,

Avi
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  • You need to look at the paper now published on SAGE, for which there is a link on the link given by Sofie Mod.

    There were actually 4662 respondents, but they eliminated 19 who didn't indicate a connection with autism, 453 who didn't answer all the questions (that is an unusual move, people can chose not to answer a question on surveys without being disqualified; did they make it clear that failure to answer all the questions meant disqualification? - I cannot recall), 254 were under 18 or didn't give their age (was an age factor made clear?), and 396 were not in the UK (was that made clear?).  If these conditions were not made clear disqualifying in this way amounts to "doctoring" the results.

    Of the 4662 respondents, adults with autism were less than 11 (ELEVEN) %.

    Another peculiarity was that the majority of respondents were female.

    The way the survey went out was first to an initial mailing list from which word spread. This tactic by NAS always tends to hit parents groups rather than people with autism.

    Of the parents and carers 1664 were parents or carers of children, YET RESPONSES FROM UNDER 18s WERE DISQUALIFIED!!  Only 614 were parents or carers of adults with autism, and 380 were friends or relatives. There were 967 professional responses, plus 58 researchers, and 85 students.

    And NAS supposes this survey to be at all meaningful................??

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  • You need to look at the paper now published on SAGE, for which there is a link on the link given by Sofie Mod.

    There were actually 4662 respondents, but they eliminated 19 who didn't indicate a connection with autism, 453 who didn't answer all the questions (that is an unusual move, people can chose not to answer a question on surveys without being disqualified; did they make it clear that failure to answer all the questions meant disqualification? - I cannot recall), 254 were under 18 or didn't give their age (was an age factor made clear?), and 396 were not in the UK (was that made clear?).  If these conditions were not made clear disqualifying in this way amounts to "doctoring" the results.

    Of the 4662 respondents, adults with autism were less than 11 (ELEVEN) %.

    Another peculiarity was that the majority of respondents were female.

    The way the survey went out was first to an initial mailing list from which word spread. This tactic by NAS always tends to hit parents groups rather than people with autism.

    Of the parents and carers 1664 were parents or carers of children, YET RESPONSES FROM UNDER 18s WERE DISQUALIFIED!!  Only 614 were parents or carers of adults with autism, and 380 were friends or relatives. There were 967 professional responses, plus 58 researchers, and 85 students.

    And NAS supposes this survey to be at all meaningful................??

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