Autism

Questions on autism were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2012.
Questions on autism were asked in the Young Life and Times Survey in 2014.
Questions on autism were asked in the Kids' Life and Times Survey in 2014.
Questions on attitudes towards disability were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2003 and 2009.

Links to questions and resources focusing on disability are available here.

 

ARK Resources

• Children's and young people's awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards autism in Northern Ireland (Research Update 97), by Karola Dillenburger, Lynne McKerr and Julie-Ann Jordan
• Autism Spectrum Disorder: Public awareness and attitudes (Research Update 84) by Karola Dillenburger, Julie-Ann Jordan and Lyn McKerr uses data from the 2012 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
• Public Attitudes towards Disability in Northern Ireland (Research Update 35) by Nick Acheson.

 

Links

• Autism Act (Northern-Ireland) 2011 is the keynote legislation which sets out the requirements for the Autism Strategy and the amendment to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
• Centre for Behaviour Analysis is a research and teaching centre , directed by Professor Karola Dillenburger, based in the School of Education, Queen's University Belfast.

Maintained by Paula Devine