Our colleagues Brigid Livingston and Meg Gibson have co-developed a survey with a team of Autistic people they would like Autistic perspectives on. Your responses will help them suggest better responses to others.

Are you Autistic? Have you sometimes left places suddenly, wandered off, run away, gotten lost, or been reported missing – at any age? Take an online research survey to help people understand and respond better! 

https://uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cIvM1R3GszaTidM

The research team wants to hear from Autistic people about your experiences with leaving places! Other research on Autistic people’s departures has often left out the perspectives and knowledge of Autistic people themselves. The team wants to hear from you if you have ever left places in ways that other people might not understand: if you have wandered, taken off, run away, fled, gotten lost, or been reported missing, at any age. We want to hear from Autistic people about what sort of things are happening before and during their departures, and what other people have done that was helpful, not helpful, or harmful. These survey results will address an important gap in research and help suggest better responses to others.