Research volunteers wanted for an MSc study

[laurabrougham]

Participants sought for research entitled: Giving Adults with Asperger’s Syndrome a Voice: Identifying with AS and what the proposed removal of AS in the DSM V means to me

 

I am Laura Brougham a student studying a Master’s degree in autism at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland), and in the context of my studies I am conducting a research project into how adults with AS identify with this diagnosis and their opinions of the proposed removal of AS from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 (DSM-5).

 

If you are an adult with an Asperger’s Syndrome (age 18 or over), I am interested in how you describe your identification with this diagnosis and what the proposed removal of this diagnosis from the DSM-5 means to you.

 

Your participation in this study will help to give a voice to people with AS with regard to what the diagnosis means and provide an insight into what the implications of the removal of AS might mean to the AS population.

 

If you wish to take part in this study you will be asked to answer an online questionnaire. Your consent will be deemed to be given when you submit the online questionnaire. It should take about 20 minutes to complete the questionnaire, but you may want to take longer by giving longer responses.

 

Information Sheet:

Before completing the questionnaire, I would ask you to read the participant information sheet which includes details of the study. This includes details and reassurance about how the study will use the information you provide in a confidential manner.

 

Taking part in the Study:

 

If you are interested in finding out more about the study and may wish to take part, please email me on Laura.Brougham@strath.ac.uk for the participant information sheet.

 

 

Thank you for considering this invitation to take part in this research project. Also thanks to Lufty for letting me post this on the site.

 

Kind regards, Laura

[laurabrougham]

Thanks for taking part those who have done the survery already, it's really appreciated.

 

I am still looking for more volunteers so if anyone else wants to take part, my email is Laura.Brougham@strath.ac.uk

 

Thank you, Laura.

[Shnoing]

I'm in two minds: I'm not British (is that compulsory for taking part?), and my autism dx doesn't say anywhere "Asperger", so I assume I'm more on the HFA side - on the other hand, the forums I hang around are Aspie-specific.

[trekster]

Entered into the research project, hope you get your MSc.

[laurabrougham]

You don't have to be British to take part, and if you identify with AS more then that's fine. Email me at LauraBrougham@strath.ac.uk and I can send you out more information and the link to take part.

 

Trekster if you to take part, please email me at the university email above and I can send you the info.

 

Thank you for your responses

[laurabrougham]

It's Laura.Brougham@strath.ac.uk sorry I missed out a full stop there.