About the Authors

Aimee Grant

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

aimee.grant@swansea.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Health and Social Care, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Sarah Turner

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg City, Canada

Sebastian C. K. Shaw

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Education, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

Kathryn Williams

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Autistic UK CIC, Polegate, United Kingdom, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Hayley Morgan

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Social Care, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Rebecca Ellis

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Social Care, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Amy Brown

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Social Care, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AG is a non-executive Director of Disability Wales. SS is the research lead for Autistic Doctors International, a peer support and advocacy group which is not a legal entity. KW is a non-executive director for Autistic UK a Community Interest Company. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. None of the three individuals receive a salary for these affiliations. The organisations did not have any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.