Advancing Autism Research
Inclusive, collaborative, and practice-focused research that informs services and leads to meaningful change.
Research at Scottish Autism
Scottish Autism has our own programme of research, which has the following aims:
- Conducting research that meaningfully includes autistic people, families, and practitioners in order to improve support
- Using research evidence to improve services for autistic people and to campaign for societal change
- Advocating for inclusive and practice-relevant research in the wider field of autism research
Our research team leads collaborative projects with university and third-sector partners as well a number of internal projects and evaluations. We provide stakeholder input into wider research networks and facilitate external research projects where there is a direct benefit to the community that we support.
Over the past decade we have worked to build an approach that is participatory, practice-focused, and nurtures a culture of critical reflection within our services. In particular we have sought to develop a co-production ethos that facilitates inclusion of autistic people who may have additional learning disabilities and a range of communication styles. Read a journal article about our approach to research here.
For information on advertising or recruiting for research, please see our Research Facilitation Page
Current Research Collaborations
Collaborative PhD Studentships
We currently support three PhD studentships which are co-supervised and hosted by Scottish Autism alongside university-based researchers:
