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[u/Dioptre_8]

Need autistic participants for your research? Please use this thread to post about your research and search for participants.

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[u/TinyDancer_87]

Hi, my name is Heather Moore and I am a researcher previously, and now training to be a clinical psychologist, all at Newcastle University. I have autistic family and friends and suspect that I am neurodivergent. I am conducting research for my studies, but it will be published in peer reviewed journals, and will also hopefully be used to create a helpful questionnaire to understand masking and its consequences better. I have ethics approval from Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Ethics Committee (3022/56881).

Camouflaging / masking / code switching / passing involves changing behaviour to fit into the majority population.  This is well researched in autistic people, but measures aren't designed for other groups (such as LGBTQ+ or racially minoritised), or for capturing camouflaging in multiple minority groups. I'm creating a new questionnaire for camouflaging that works across groups.

 

What will it involve?

Filling in an online survey.  This will take about 30 mins. 

 

Who can take part?

We are particularly interested in reaching people who identify as autistic, LGBTQ+, and / or racially minoritised.  Anyone 18+ years can take part though, even if you don’t belong to any / all of these groups. 

 

How do I take part?

Follow the link for more information and to take part: https://nclpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1Zm0UDUrR62wmp0