‘Transforming the lives of young people with autism with inclusive research’ Prof. Liz Pellicano

In this podcast we talk to Developmental Cognitive Scientist Professor Liz Pellicano (https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/liz-pellicano) , Professor in the Macquarie School of Education at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Liz raises concerns that too much research done in the name of society fails to be of direct use to society. She talks about her committed to transforming autism science to more accurately reflect autistic people’s day to day lives, and how this in turn might transform the lives of young people with autism. Liz looks at the opportunities is there are for autistic people to play an active role in research, and why this is it so important that autistic people are partners are involved in the research process.