Lisa Marie Emerson, 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.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://sciblogs.co.nz/guestwork/2021/12/07/autistic-people-need-a-greater-say-in-where-nzs-autism-research-funding-is-spent-heres-a-way-forward/