Subject: Fw: Autism Research Info and Recruitment. request for help


Hello everyone,

A request to help with research into autism. Please read below for details.
Thank you.

Caroline Farnes
Director

National Family Carer Network

Tel: 01883 722311
Mob:077474 60727

http://www.familycarers.org.uk

From: Abigail Coleman abigail.coleman@dphpc.ox.ac.uk
Sent: 19 July 2010 09:17
To: Abigail Coleman
Subject: Autism Research Info and Recruitment

Hi,

I'm a research assistant for Dr Sara Ryan at the University of Oxford in the Health Experiences Research Group. Three years ago Sara worked on a study funded by the Wellcome Trust exploring the experiences of people diagnosed with autism and parents of children/adults with autism. The findings were published at;


http://www.healthtalkonline.org/disability/LifeontheAutismspectrumAdults


http://www.healthtalkonline.org/disability/LifeontheAutismspectrum_Parents


The Department of Health have funded us to extend these two projects to create a larger, more comprehensive resource including the experiences of more people with autism (aged 16+), siblings (aged 16+) and grandparents.  We would like to include the experiences of people at the more severe end of the spectrum too.

This work is part of the Department of Health's work coming out of the Autism Strategy and will be completed in March 2011. I wondered if you would be able to distribute details about the study to your members. The project is covered by MREC approval and I will be recruiting participants until the end of November 2010. For further details please contact Sara by phone on 01865 289374 or e-mail sara.ryan@dphpc.ox.ac.uk  

With best wishes,
Abi

Abi Coleman
Research Assistant
Health Experiences Research Unit
Department of Primary Health Care
University of Oxford
Old Road Campus
Headington
Oxford OX3 7LF