ALT Poster seeking participants for research. Asking for autistic parents of autistic children to do interviews. Yellow background with black text. The bottom of the poster shows raised hands in multiple colours.

ALT A poster advertising a research study asking for participants to sign up. The research is for autistic parents of autistic children and participants will need to take part in an interview. The poster has a yellow background with black and text and at the bottom there is a row of multicoloured hands raised.

ALT Poster advertising a research project which needs participants. The researcher is looking for biological autistic parents of autistic children. There is a scannable QR code which links to where you can register as a participant. The poster is yellow and blue with black text. There are multi coloured raised hands at the bottom. There is a University of Portsmouth logo in the top left corner.

ALT Infographic: A large accessible survey was designed by a neurodiverse group of researchers to find out about focus and distraction. It was shared with autistic adults, adults with ADHD, autistic adults with ADHD and a group from the predominant neurotype (PNT). Five main themes were identified through a thematic analysis by a neurodivergent team: • a constantly busy mind • a barrage of information • workarounds • intense focus • working without reflection (a PNT theme) Findings give ecological validity to the suggestion that autistic people experience increased perceptual capacity. It's not just seen in labs. All participants also shared workarounds they had developed to overcome challenges. These included ways to find motivation, navigate others impose order and modulate input. Timers, music, headphones, finding calm, bribing oneself and movement all have their parts to play... and neurodivergent groups excel in developing workarounds for different situations.

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