“We couldn’t think in the box if we tried. We can’t even find the damn box”: A qualitative study of the lived experiences of autistic adults and relatives of autistic adults

• Tracy L. Finch ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tracy.finch@northumbria.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8647-735X

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• Joan Mackintosh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Newcastle University, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Alex Petrou,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Newcastle University, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Helen McConachie,

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

  Affiliation Newcastle University, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0713-3987

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• Ann Le Couteur,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Newcastle University, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Deborah Garland,

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

  Affiliation National Autistic Society, London, United Kingdom

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• Jeremy R. Parr

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Newcastle University, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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