Autistic people need a greater say in where NZ's autism research funding is spent – here’s a way forward
- Written by Lisa Marie Emerson, Senior Lecturer in Child and Family Psychology, University of Canterbury
Research has tremendous potential to help the estimated 93,000 autistic New Zealanders live the lives they want to live. The trouble is, funding for autism research is currently skewed away from the areas autistic people themselves say would be most useful.
When asked what future autism research should be prioritised, autistic people...