AutINSAR is a conversation between autistic people and/or autism researchers about needed autism research directions, priorities, oversights, course corrections, and goals.
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What do autistic people need from autism research? What is current autism research doing right? How does research let autistic people and their families down, and why? And how can we convey these concerns to autism researchers? That is what #AutINSAR is all about: a conversation between autism researchers and autistic community members, both in person and on Twitter. We had fantastic conversations at IMFAR 2017 in San Francisco, and again at INSAR 2018 in Rotterdam, and are hoping for another fruitful discussion this year during INSAR 2019 in Montreal, Canada. AutINSAR will once again be a partnership between us and The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), NOS Magazine, Autism Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN Network), AutChat, and We Are Like Your Child. We welcome new 2019 partners Flow Observatorium and Autistics 4 Autistics Ontario. #AutINSAR Partner Orgs: ASAN, AWN Network, NOS Magazine, TPGA, autchat, Flow Observatorium, and Autistic 4 Autistics…
Some of the onsite #AutINSAR participants, left to right: Jon Adams, Sara Luterman, Donna Bish, Andrew Colombo-Dougovito, Lily Levy, Laura Crane, Mel Bovis, Carol Greenburg, Georgina Perez Liz, and Shannon Rosa. Not pictured: Jelle van Dijk Photo by Josie Blagrave. [Image description: Neurodiverse adults smiling and posing together] The #AutINSAR chat was an in-person and online Twitter discussion about autism research priorities, with the conversation taking place directly between autistic and/or autism researchers on May 11, 2018, at #INSAR2018, the International Society for Autism Research conference in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Many thanks to participants, and partners NOS Magazine, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, autchat, and We Are Like Your Child. We discussed the following questions: Q1: What should be the top three priorities for autism research? Q2: Which topics do #ActuallyAutistic people discuss that are missing from research conversations? Q3: What kind of technology research do you think would most improve #ActuallyAutistic…