I’m at my first ever Scottish Autism Research Group conference – a hybrid conference, but I’m attending on-line
Relieved to discover that I need neither an app nor an account to use Microsoft Teams – it just didn’t work on my phone
Looking forward to the talks today, which I’ll try to live-post about if I can
Will post further about the conference posters after today’s sessions
We have sound …
Welcome underway
The majority of researchers presenting today are Autistic
#SARG2023 #ActuallyAutistic #AllAutistics #ParticipatoryResearch
Catherine Grainger is about to introduce the first keynote speaker, but just mentioned the hashtag ‘if you’re going to be tweeting about the event’ *sigh*
Hilde Geurts is talking (from Amsterdam) sharing research insights into ‘Autism and wellbeing across adulthood’
Where we live has an impact on our happiness, with reported happiness on a scale from 0 (or 1?) to 10 ranging from 3.8 (Tanzania) to Denmark (8.2), with the UK sitting at 7.4
As well as happiness, though, it’s good to look more broadly at psychological wellbeing and quality of life (QoL)
Terminology matters
Method matters
Across studies, important factors influencing wellbeing in Autistic adults:
• Perceived stress
• Social support
• Employment
• Age of diagnosis
e.g., Atherton et al., 2021; Mason et al.,
2018; McQuaid et al., 2022)
Anna Nicholson