Creating inclusive research recruitment: guidelines from lived experience

Abstract

Creating clear, inclusive, and accessible research recruitment processes is essential to ethical research. But too often, standard documents are long, hard to understand, overly formal, or exclude people who process information differently, such as people who are autistic. If recruitment materials and processes aren’t inclusive, research may miss valuable voices – meaning that its findings may not be generalisable or relevant to wider populations.

The guidelines are designed to be used by researchers inviting members of the public to take part in research. The aim is to make mainstream research more accessible to autistic people, who are often excluded even when the topic is directly relevant to their lives.

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ORCID for Sascha Miller: orcid.org/0000-0002-1949-5774

ORCID for Kate Henaghan-Sykes: orcid.org/0009-0002-7466-2624

ORCID for Jane Vennik: orcid.org/0000-0003-4602-9805

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