Get paid £25 Gift Card. Understanding the views of service users on a new, collaborative autism assessment tool - Study Information Sheet.
UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
Researcher and contact details: Olivia McGowan (Trainee Clinical Psychologist) olivia.mcgowan.20@ucl.ac.uk
Research Supervisors: Professor Liz Pellicano (l.pellicano@ucl.ac.uk) and Dr Kate Cooper (k.r.cooper@ucl.ac.uk)
Name and Contact Details of the UCL Data Protection Officer: Alexandra Potts (data-protection@ucl.ac.uk)
This study has been approved by the UCL Research Ethics Committee: Project ID number: 1911
Data Protection ID number: Z6364106/2025/10/68
Researcher and contact details: Olivia McGowan (Trainee Clinical Psychologist) olivia.mcgowan.20@ucl.ac.uk
Research Supervisors: Professor Liz Pellicano (l.pellicano@ucl.ac.uk) and Dr Kate Cooper (k.r.cooper@ucl.ac.uk)
Name and Contact Details of the UCL Data Protection Officer: Alexandra Potts (data-protection@ucl.ac.uk)
This study has been approved by the UCL Research Ethics Committee: Project ID number: 1911
Data Protection ID number: Z6364106/2025/10/68
You are being invited to take part in a research project. It is your decision if you would like to participate, so please read over the following information to help you understand what the research is and what your participation will involve. You can ask me – Olivia – if you have any questions or if you would like any more information. Thank you.
What is the aim of this project?
Having an autism assessment can help people understand themselves better. Yet, the lack of transparency in the autism assessment process can make the experience confusing and disempowering - and service users often report feeling dissatisfied with the experience. This needs to change.
In this project, we want to know what people who have been through the autism assessment process think and feel about a new, collaborative assessment tool developed by clinicians and autistic community collaborators in the UCL Autism Clinic.
We would love to hear your views.
Who is conducting this project?
This project is being run by a team of neurotypical and neurodivergent researchers, including those who are autistic.
The researchers involved in this project are:
What is the aim of this project?
Having an autism assessment can help people understand themselves better. Yet, the lack of transparency in the autism assessment process can make the experience confusing and disempowering - and service users often report feeling dissatisfied with the experience. This needs to change.
In this project, we want to know what people who have been through the autism assessment process think and feel about a new, collaborative assessment tool developed by clinicians and autistic community collaborators in the UCL Autism Clinic.
We would love to hear your views.
Who is conducting this project?
This project is being run by a team of neurotypical and neurodivergent researchers, including those who are autistic.
The researchers involved in this project are:
- Olivia McGowan, UCL Trainee Clinical Psychologist
- Professor Liz Pellicano, UCL
- Dr Kate Cooper, UCL
- Jon Adams, Autistic community member
- Sophie Longley, Autistic community member