louisa (she/her)

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Takeaways:

Qualitative research with autistic adults identify that too much of program evaluation looks at "improvement in symptoms", sometimes terribly surrounding "reducing autistic traits", when autistic adults want programs that support in building wellbeing, AND, not having arbitrary goal posts as measurement. Some people will want more social connection in a neurodivergent friendly way, and some people have no interest in social connection. Using scales like the Goal Attainment Scale is important to be able to tailor to specific needs when looking at effectiveness of a group.

Imane Kostet shared a qualitative study asking about BIPOC autistic adults' experiences, finding patterns that often BIPOC autistic people are told they can't really be autistic because people will attribute their neurodivergent traits entirely to cultural differences.

Takeaways:

Qualitative research with autistic adults identify that too much of program evaluation looks at "improvement in symptoms", sometimes terribly surrounding "reducing autistic traits", when autistic adults want programs that support in building wellbeing, AND, not having arbitrary goal posts as measurement. Some people will want more social connection in a neurodivergent friendly way, and some people have no interest in social connection. Using scales like the Goal Attainment Scale is important to be able to tailor to specific needs when looking at effectiveness of a group.

Imane Kostet shared a qualitative study asking about BIPOC autistic adults' experiences, finding patterns that often BIPOC autistic people are told they can't really be autistic because people will attribute their neurodivergent traits entirely to cultural differences.

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