Calling Autistic Young Adults
Join Our Study!
We worked with autistic young people to create skill-building resources.
Our focus: relationships, employment, advocacy, and more.
Now we want to know if you find them helpful!
Who can join?
Autistic young adults between 18-28 years old.
What would I do?
Participants will:
• Have access to skill resource
• Complete online surveys
• Do roleplays
• Recieve up to $200
Take the eligibility screener:
The screener survey is currently closed, we have reached our maximum number of participants.
Who?
We are looking for autistic young adults to help us learn if the resource is helpful.
You might be eligible if you are between 18-28 years old, live in the United States, and are on the autism spectrum. Professional diagnosis is not required.
What?
Right now, there are not many supports for autistic young adults. That’s why we have created an online skill-building resource to help you feel confident and effective and succeed at meeting your own goals, whatever they are.
This resource was created with lots of input from autistic people.
When
The study will begin in March. Participants who want to join later are welcome.
Study activities will happen over a 4-month period of time.
How?
Frequently Asked Questions
What is this about?
We are creating an online resource for young adults on the autism spectrum. The resource is about healthy relationships and other important areas of life, like coping with stress, employment, and advocacy. We want to see if the resource helps people communicate.
If you take part in this study, you may be asked to use this online skill-building resource. You will be asked to complete three online surveys and do roleplays with a research team member of your choice. This will help us learn whether the resource was helpful for you.
Who is running the study?
We are from dfusion, a small business that makes products to improve health. dfusion has done many research studies with youth and adults. Learn more at dfusioninc.com.This project is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research grant #90BISB0022-02-00.
What would I be asked to do?
We will divide the participants into two groups. There is a fifty-fifty chance to be in either group. You will either be in the video library group or in the online flyer group. The video library group will watch videos right away. The online flyer group will wait four months to watch videos, if they so choose.
Regardless of group, all participants will be asked to:
- Do a role-play with a study team member of your choice. The role-plays are brief, happen over Zoom, and will be recorded. This will take about 20 minutes.
- Fill out the first online survey about yourself. This will take around 30 minutes.
- Use the study materials for a month.
- After the first month of the study, you will take a second online survey and do another roleplay.
- Four months into study, you will take the final online survey and role-play.
All of these study activities will take place over 4 months and will take 4–6 hours of time or less to complete. For the first two survey and roleplay events, you will receive a gift card for $50, and for the final you will receive a gift card for $100. You can earn up to a total of $200 by the end of the study.
Do I have to take part?
No. You can choose whether or not to take part. Participation is voluntary and you may choose to stop participating in the study at any time with no consequences. You do not have to answer any survey questions if you do not want to. If you feel uncomfortable or distressed during the roleplay scenes, you can stop at any time.
What are the benefits of taking part?
By taking part in this study, you will help us make sure that the online library is helpful and will help us improve this tool in order to support autistic people. You will have the opportunity to access new resources that may improve your relationship skills.
What if I have questions?
Here are two people you can email or call for more details about the project:
Lane Edwards, Project Director: 831-222-5091; lane.edwards@dfusioninc.com
Rachel Firpo, Research Assistant: rachel.firpo@dfusioninc.com