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Researchers at King’s College London are conducting the first national survey exploring neurorehabilitation professionals’ experiences and perspectives of working with autistic people following acquired brain injury. If you work in neurorehabilitation and have experience of working with autistic patients in neurorehabilitation or other clinical settings, please consider completing this 10min survey. Participants can enter a prize draw to win one of ten £50 vouchers.
To access the survey, visit https://qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_8AFdKckZRQoeF2m
About the researcher/study
I am a neurorehabilitation junior Dr, and a PhD researcher at King’s College London, investigating the intersection between autism and acquired brain injury, including risk factors for injury, lived experiences following injury and longer-term outcomes in the autistic population.
Autism is genetic, not acquired from injury, but autistic people experience ABI too, and emerging evidence (Liu et al 2023, The Lancet; Bishop et al 2026, Autism) suggests that autistic people may be at increased risk of factors associated with TBI, including falls, assault, epilepsy and self-injurious behaviour. However, very little research has examined how autistic people experience neurorehabilitation services, and there are currently no published studies exploring rehabilitation professionals’ experiences of supporting autistic people following ABI.
To address this gap, we have developed the first international survey of rehabilitation professionals across disciplines exploring experiences of working with autistic people with ABI and other neurological injuries. The survey was co-designed with autistic people with lived experience of ABI, alongside neuropsychology and physiotherapy clinicians, and has received ethical approval from King’s (LRS/RGO-25/26-53734). It takes approximately 10 mins to complete and participants can opt into a prize draw for one of ten £50 vouchers.
To find out more, contact Lead Researcher Dr Richard Cole at richard.1.cole@kcl.ac.uk.