"1. Consent: I have read the information about the study, understand I can withdraw at any time, how my data will be used and that it will be deleted or destroyed by 31 August 2024 if I do not give permission for it to be stored in a data stores. I agree to participate in the study.","2. Please rate your level of experience and skill with the following technologies.","2.1. Smartphone","2.2. Tablet","2.3. Laptop computer","2.4. Desktop computer","2.5. Connecting to the Internet (e.g., wifi, mobile data, broadband)","2.6. Apps","2.7. Websites","2.8. Email","2.9. Messaging","2.10. Social networks","3. Please comment on your willingness to learn new technologies and how easy you find this.","4. Which of the following formats would you prefer?","4.1. Apps on smartphones","4.2. Websites on smartphones","4.3. Apps on tablets","4.4. Websites on tablets","4.5. Apps on laptops or desktop computers","4.6. Websites on laptops or desktop computers","4.a. Please describe all aspects of these different formats you like.","4.b. Please describe all aspect of these different formats that you dislike or could cause you difficulties.","5. Which of the following tools and support are of interest to you?","5.1. Strategies to overcome barriers to participation or access","5.2. Signposting to several sources of advice for dealing with new or difficult situations","5.3. Tools for structuring problems and prioritising actions","5.4. Confidence and assertiveness tools","5.5. Peer mentoring","5.6. Support network of Autistic people","5.7. Guide to Autistic-friendly spaces","6. What types of information would you like signposting to?","6.1. Autistics and organisations of Autistic people","6.2. Counselling services suitable for Autistic people","6.3. Counselling and support for family, friends and relationship issues","6.4. Local advocates for guidance and support","6.5. Local sport and leisure activities","6.6. Online leisure activities","6.7. Health information","6.8. Support and training for independent living","6.9. Support and training for improving your qualifications and getting a more interesting job","6.10. Help in using technology","6.11. Help with online security","6.12. Help with personal finance","6.13. Sources of informal help with daily activities","7. Please provide any additional comments on the tools, support and types of information you would find useful and how you would use them.","8. Please provide any additional comments on your experiences of technology and any suggestions for technologies you might find useful.","9. Please identify any tasks or activities you do or want to do that might benefit from some form of support or help.","10. What would you like an app or website to do to help provide the support you identified in the previous question?","11. If a website or app helped you to do the tasks or activities you identified in question 9, how do you think this would improve your quality of life?","12. What customisations would help make the app or website more accessible to you?","12.1. Choice of screen layout","12.2. Choice of text size and colour","12.3. Audible feedback","12.4. Visual feedback","12.5. Option to turn any feedback on and off","12.6. Choice of text menus or icons to initiate actions","12.7. Speech input option","12.8. Speech output option","12.9. Changing the order of menus","13. What makes particular technologies easy or difficult to use by you?","14. Please provide any additional comments and suggestions that would help us make an app or website most useful to you.","15. Which of the following payment models would enable you to use the system?","15.a. If you selected Other, please specify:","16. Which advertising and sponsorship technologies are acceptable to you?","16.1. Text ads","16.2. Still image ads","16.3. Pop ups","16.4. Moving images","16.5. Background music","16.6. Colourful screens","16.a. Are there any other advertising and sponsorship technologies which you find particularly good?","16.b. Are there any other advertising and sponsorship technologies which you find particularly difficult?","16.c. Would the use of any of these technologies stop you from being able to use the app or website?","17. What types of organisations or individuals would you find advertising or sponsorship from acceptable?","18. What types of organisations or individuals would you find advertising or sponsorship from unacceptable?","19. Please add any comments about what makes sponsorship or advertising acceptable or unacceptable to you and how much you would be willing to pay, if at all, for an app or website with some of the features and functions you identified in the previous sections.","20. Are you Autistic?","21. How old are you (in years)?","22. What is your gender identity?","22.a. If you selected Other, please specify:","23. How would you describe your ethnicity?","24. What are your living arrangements? Indicate all that apply.","24.a. If you selected Other, please specify:","25. Please provide more details about your living situation and any changes you would like to make in it.","26. Where do you live?","26.a. If you selected Other, please specify:","27. What country do you live in?","27.a. If you selected Other, please specify:","28. What is your employment status?","28.a. If you selected Other, please specify:","29. Please comment on your employment situation and any changes you would like to make to it.","31. Do you consent to having your anonymised responses stored in the Glasgow store of research data? As explained in the Information and Consent page, if you answer Yes, your anonymous responses will be stored in the Glasgow store of research data and accessible to other researchers even after we finish all publishing activities related to this project. This may help other projects. Otherwise, if you answer No, only the three researchers will see the responses, they will not be shared with anyone else and we will delete or destroy all copies by two years from the end of this one-year project, by 31 August 2024. This will give us time to write up paper(s) for academic journals."
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","I am a Web designer, previously I worked in IT at all levels, mostly as infrastructure PM",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","I find it easy to work with all formats    I currently host a few Progressive Web Apps ","Ease of us  The idea of Web apps appeals to me as they are simple to deploy and manage, simple to install and to use from a user perspective. Scalable, responsive, easy to develop ",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Maybe a crisis section, pointers to help dealing with urgent problems that arise. ","Sounds like a worthwhile project, best of luck, give me a shout if you want any additional info ","Navigating life  Stress reduction ","Many of the items I ticked on the previous page, support in the shape of information or links to other sources of help would be useful ","Yes, for sure",,"Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","I personally don't have problems with sites and apps, fonts or colours, but I know many people do.    On my websites and apps I include accessibility plugin to handle that requirement. I also looked at using dyslexic friendly font in the past, but didn't find what I needed ",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"No opinion","No opinion","No opinion","No opinion","No opinion","No opinion","I hate all advertising, I block it all","Can't stand them","No, I block them, if the site or app tracking me stops me accessing their content because I have blocked their ads and tracking, I move on, find something else ","None ","All","Makes me angry ","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","55","Male",,"Scottish, white ","Alone",,"I would prefer to live in a quieter place ","Large city",,"Scotland",,"Self-employed",,"I am happy with my employment ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Rarely use it","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Willing and able",,"Like","Like","Unsure","Like","Unsure","Like",,,,"Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested",,,"Staying organised and focused without feeling so anxious","Tools and structures which can be personalised. Real life examples and stories. ","Yes",,"Unsure","Unsure","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Cluttered layout  Pop ups  Distracting sidebar ",,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"No opinion","No opinion","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,,"Junk food and fast food  Fashion and beauty  Cars and luxury goods including holidays    ","Unacceptable —Making things desirable that are unnecessary and harmful to the environment and wellbeing.   Acceptable — Genuine health and wellbeing, environmental projects, things which enhance experience eg maps, books, outdoors, art, activities, science, theatres, home, independent retailers and makers.   ","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","62","Female",,"White British ","Alone",,"I would like to feel able to not live alone","Small town or city",,"England",,"Self-employed",,"I have expertise in two careers and work both concurrently, plus some part time additional work but am now feeling exhausted and wish I could afford to retire from some of my work. I’ve never been able to do just one job full time as I get bored but I do all jobs thoroughly though am learning to let go of unnecessary detail and improve on taking an overview. ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Don't use it","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","I prefer using systems I am familiar with, but will learn to use new tech if needed. I hate when software I am familiar with changes the interface.",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","I use the different devices for different situations, the current apps and websites are generally adapted to the device, so achieve my purpose.","Ads on websites preventing them loading correctly.",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","I am learning to use Alexa to help organise my life, so I am prepared for later life when I will be less able to do things. Technology that helps solve dealing with life's difficulties is worth investing time and effort.",,"I socialise a lot online, but many of the sites do not have clear instructions on how to use them. The Terms and conditions do help, but are usually in far too small a print and never clear. We are expected to instinctivly learn what the rules are, which I find difficult.","Clear user indtructions, with examples and possibly tuition modes.","It would help me intergrate into the social groups much easier and quickly, rather than having to stay in the background until I learned the rules, if I ever do.",,"Unsure","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Lack of clear rules.",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","No opinion","Acceptable","Quick loading ads that do not cover the screen.","Flashing images taking a long time to load and cover most of the website.",,,,"Advertising is very subjective to the person, what I find acceptable or not is different from other people.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","59","Male",,"British, sort of pinkish","With partner(s)",,"I live in a house myself and my partner are purchasing. I have adapted the place to be more friendly to my living requirements.","Small town or city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"My employment is not high level, but suits my situation. Some adaptions have been made, though for helth and safety reasons I did have to make some compromises.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Rarely use it","Expert user","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","fine, btw re: previous question - rarely use it and expert user aren't mutually exclusive",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like",,,,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable",,,,"Relevant stuff","Irrelevant stuff, autism speaks stuff, right wing stuff! ","a huge percentage of us are unemployed and therefore not able to pay but that shouldn't mean we have to put up with insulting adverts","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","45","Female",,"white","Alone",,,"Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Other","full time student/in receipt of sickness benefits","I worked full time for over 20 yrs and hope to go back to work in a better environment soon","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it occasionally","I am already in the Tech industry (Microsoft Engineer).  Aren't most autistic people?  LOL",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Unsure","Dislike","Like","I like the bigger screens of laptops/PCs.  Or at a pinch on a (large) iPad.      But websites on smartphones are very hard work(!), as are apps on smartphones to a degree (unless they're designed for the smaller screen sizes and interfaces kept simple)","see previous answer",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","None","I believe that the computing tech world (or industry) was either     1) designed BY autistic people in their own (autistic brain's) image, OR   2. the tech world, by happenchance, happened to fit very nicely with the autistic mindset    Either way: tech and autistic people go together like the proverbial ""horse and cart"" or ""bacon and eggs"", etc etc (!)","App: Be intuitive.  No hunting for the ""continue button"" at bottom of page!","N/A","My mind's always faster then the tech.  Don't make me wait for things - make it responsive.      Or nag me to do things like ""verify my contact info"" after just 4 weeks have gone by etc.      And don't even get me started on Cookie pop-up messages !!!!!",,"Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Call Centre phone systems ... ""press 99 more buttons"" to continue.  Don't make me wait!    Systems that are so dumbed down that they're useless and featureless    Endless deep levels of menus to find how to change something (eg update yr email addr)","Get an autistic person to design it.       In my experience in industry (I'm a Microsoft engineer) you can spot an interface designed by an AS person - elegant and no spelling mistakes or broken links (etc)..      Interfaces/software designed by Neurotypicals are all fancy graphics over functionality.  Unintuitive designs and buried options in the wrong places...  As my old dad used to say: ""that's style over substance""","One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"No opinion","No opinion","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No opinion","Donations as per Wikipedia.  GoFundMe perhaps as an option?","hate:    pop-ups (particularly ones you have to click away) - eg cookie msgs is an example  nagging messages","not sure","major companies, retailers, online retailers  ","no-one in particular","up to £10 maybe as a one off","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","62","Male",,"white","With partner(s)",,"married (I know that's rare in Aspergers people)","Large city",,"England",,"Retired",,"n/a","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Rarely use it","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Rarely use it","I have learnt form experience that it is a waste of time to learn a new technology unless I need it.",,"Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Like","I have poor eysight and need large font characters, so  I prefer a larger screen eg on a Macbook so more text can fit on the screen. Also to type text into a smartphone or tablet is painfully slow as I keep missing the onscreen buttons, I need a full-size keyboard with my stubby fingers.","I have poor eyesight and cannot read small text or icons on a smartphone. Even when I can enlarge text inside apps, this means not much text cna be displayed at a time, and icons and buttons are often fixed-size and too small to read, eg smartphone operatng system icons. Also to type text into a smartphone or tablet is painfully slow as I keep missing the onscreen buttons, I need a full-size keyboard with my stubby fingers.",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Likd many autistic adults, find it hard to use online forms and spreadsheets, see https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/autism-form-filling-harriet-cannon/   - I need ot use these for work as a university academic, and I guess online forms and spreadsheets are common in other computer-based work, but there is no support for autistic academics at my university.","I would like an intelligent personal assistant to help with admin and form-filling. My employer does not have funds to provide a human personal assistant, but an Artificial Intelligence chatbot could provide a cheaper solution. ","I need help filling in online forms, and understanding spreadsheets eg for financial planning or  staff workload allocation planning. I want an app whcih can understand the information systems that university academics are required to use, and complete the forms for me. ","I want an app whcih can understand the information systems that university academics are required to use, and complete the forms and data-input for me. For example, we have a Sympecic system to store staff publications data, so when I pulbish a paper I need to type in all required metadata; I want an intelligent app to do this for me so I dont have to type it all in myself. ","If I had an intelligent personal assistant to help with administrative tasks, I could spend more time on teaching and research, and feel more productive and satisfied with my job.",,"No","No","No","No","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Unsure","I prefer technologies which can understand spoken or written English and reply in English; or where an English interface is augnebted with visual interface if appropriate, e.g. Google Maps gives directions in spoken English but accepts some input as text or screen-wipes.","I want a website or app whcih uses plain English speech or text instead of onscreen forms or icons.","Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship,Other","if it is good, get JISC to pay for it as an online IT service for all university academic users, see https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/ai-in-tertiary-education   https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/national-ai-centre",,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Acceptable","JISC sponsors IT for use in UK universities","I ","I do not understnd this question.","any","none","If an app can help in ym work, then I am confident that my employer will pay for it.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","61","Male",,"cosmopolitan. (i.e. mixed ethnictiy)","With partner(s),With your children,House-share",,"I alive with disable dwife and disabled adult son, and I would like my adult son to have more independence such as seaprate kitchen and bathroom.","Large city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"I am employed as a full-time permanent academic, and would like a lower workload and better life-work balance, but not a part-time salary.  I hupe UCU can acheive this aim.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","I reckon that I'm very willing to learn new technologies and find it easy, but perhaps it's been a long time since I was confronted with anything truly new.",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","I like websites and apps on desktop computers best, I am most comfortable with my own computer with a keyboard, a mouse and two decently-sized monitors. Whether I prefer websites or apps depends on the activity. I like apps and websites on smartphones because they give me the freedom to go out and about and stay connected.I would like apps and websites on tablets for sitting in the sofa in the evening if I had a better tablet, as it is I use my phone.","Apps on smartphones - I find these usually fairly well designed and only frustrating if I have to enter text. If their purpose is too involved however they can suffer from being too limited, particularly if they're an implementation of something available with more functionality on other platforms.  Websites on smartphones - these are generally a compromise, personally I mostly prefer them to be as fully-featured as the desktop site even at the expense of suitability for relatively small touchscreens (within reason).  Apps and websites on tablets - hard to pick holes in because they're the best of both worlds to an extent. There's the typing thing again, and they can be less comfortable to hold for extended periods than a phone. Apps, even if they're identical to those on the smartphone, are more comfortable to read, and websites are less compromised than they are on the phone.  Apps on PC - someone may be less likely to make the commitment of installing an app then they would be to simply visit a website  Websites on PC - compared to an app, it may be harder for someone to maintain a regime they wish to maintain of using a website regularly when it is competing with all the other things they do with their browser which may distract them (this is just a guess, conversely it may be that they're more likely to visit a website in a browser they are using already than to remember to open a separate app daily or whatever).",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","I find it hard to imagine what I would use, I think there's a good chance that personally I would use none of it, but I would like to know they they were there. Personally, if I did use any of them, I think that how it would happen would be that I would look at them because I was interested and then find that I found some of them helpful to me, rather than having sought them out in a more targetted way.","My experience of technology has been hugely positive, it has enabled me to build networks with people I like and get on with unhindered by physical proximity. I can converse freely with little bother about keeping the conversation going or trying to find a gap in the conversation to get in. It is also great for most special interests. Some people however use technology in a way which isn't good for them, for instance getting sucked in to being angry about things, sometimes things which aren't even true. Some people can find that their autism makes them particularly prone to this. At its most extreme is the tiny number of people with autism who have been groomed to commit acts of terrorism, but much more common is people being radicalised in more of a 'culture war' way. None of these things are unique to people with autism, but some people's autism makes them more vulnerable to it. If anything could be done to help such people be more on their guard, more sceptical about some of the things they hear, that would be great, because such beliefs don't improve people's quality of life, but it's easier said than done.","online shopping","signposting to vendors that provide a relatively stress-free transaction, e.g. good customer service, not using notoriously bad delivery services","as an example, I bought something online last week, and the delivery service said it would be delivered on Monday between 4 and 6, then shortly after 6 it changed to between 7 and 9, and then it said sorry we'll deliver it tomorrow, then on Tuesday the same pattern repeated. Who knows what will happen on Wednesday. This hasn't affected my that badly compared to how it would affect some people with autism but I have a strong feeling that it's considerably more of a drag for me than it would be if I was an NT. If I knew that if I'd used a certain vendor I could have avoided all that, even if I had to wait a bit longer, even if I had to pay a little more, that would have improved my quality of life.",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Obtuse wording that's difficult to parse makes things difficult for me","I think that the thing that would help the most is if it's possible for it to be done in such a way that it can be improved (within reason) in response to feedback post-launch, rather than it being a case of ""we'd better get it right during testing because once it's done, that's it"". (I know it's technically possible, what I don't know is if it's possible within the bounds of the project). Personally the sort of thing I tend to notice is one sentence that could be improved, and I expect that it's like that for others too, and a lot of that sort of thing over time will make quite a bit of a difference to how pleasant it is to use, which will make it easier to use.","Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship,Other","I have no ideas here, I clicked 'other' because I'm not rejecting a payment model whereby I don't know what it is.    This is me from the future, I was further down the page and thought that there might be grants for this sort of thing (for an app at least, they seem to be sexier than websites when it comes to getting grants, from what I can tell) which could help, and I thought that this box was probably where I should put that thought.",,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable","I think two tiers would be best - a free version and a paid version. It's not desirable for something aimed at people with autism to have intrusive advertising, and for me advertising is always intrusive, but it's also not desirable if people who would benefit from the app/website are put off by the cost.    Perhaps the simplest model would be an app/website with ads, but the option to pay to see no ads for a month, for a year or forever.","(This thought isn't a great fit for this question but I'll put it here - I've never seen the price of such things with the 'based on what you can afford' modifier before, and I don't know how practical that is, but it's not my problem)    Historically I've found I preferred one-off payments to subscriptions, but ""pay £20 for use of this service forever"" is a bit of a delusion, it's really ""pay £20 for us of this service until we no longer have enough money coming in to maintain this service"", and I'm more willing to make subscription-type payments nowadays, if they don't auto-renew.","I don't know if they'd ""stop me from being able to use the app or website"" but they'd certainly make it less pleasant for me, and perhaps make me less likely to use it (perhaps not, I put up with ads in games all the time, as annoying as they are).","I'd say all types not deemed unacceptable, by default.","There's two strands to this - which are unacceptable to us as a community and which are unacceptable to us as individuals. I'm not that well informed on the first matter, but I'm sure it's not hard to find out. Obviously the problematic autism-focussed organisations of the ""Cure Autism Now"" kind. On the second matter, I think it's a case of avoiding anything too divisive. As an example, I would personally be offended by right-wing newspapers, other people might be offended by any newspaper that wasn't right-wing so perhaps best to just avoid newpapers.    This is more important for sponsorship than for advertising, I would hope that generally people would understand that you're less directly responsible for what advertising you carry.","What makes sponsorship and advertising acceptable to me is that they make the app/website accessible to more people with autism who would benefit from it.     I have no idea what I would be willing to pay - again, I think the best model is probably 'free with ads, if I like it I can pay to not see the ads'.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","50","Male",,"white mixed","With partner(s)",,"I'm happily married, I live in a nice council flat with my wife, I'd like to be more together when it comes to doing the housework but that is improving.","Large city",,"Scotland",,"Unemployed",,"My wife works, I don't, but I don't sign on because years ago my wife felt that it wasn't worth it, for how stressful it would be for me (I agree) if we could get by financially with out me signing on. I do get PIP though. At times I have felt that I could do a suitable job if I had enough support but mostly I feel that I'm just not suitable for employment and look forward to being officially retired. The only change I'd like would be universal basic income, not because I feel we need more money but because I'd like the money I get not to have to be justified on a personal basis.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Very willing. Often get tripped up by simple things such as not being able to remember a password when downloading a new App. I tend to learn by trial and error as instructions are often illogical or incomplete or ambiguous and hard to follow.",,"Like","Dislike","Dislike","Like","Dislike","Like","Not sure what to say here. A lot has to do with familiarity. I never think of using Apps except on my smartphone.   I do use websites on my smartphone but the small screen can be a limiting factor. ","Visibility of content. Ageing has led to a deterioration in sight. Things like white lettering on a coloured or pale grey background can be very challenging to read.",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","I am very interested in preparing for death and dying. This is because it’s the next and last life event I expect to go through. Based on distressing experiences of childbirth I am concerned that I won’t be properly understood or supported. If I need palliative care and pain management I have real concerns about the suitability of the service. I’d love to have some kind of interactive tool I could use to help staff understand me if my ability to communicate becomes impaired. ","I love using Twitter. Text based, concise and interactive, with visual images and links to more in-depth information. Something similar, but with an autism specific focus, would work well for me.","Keep information in one place and organise it. Passwords, NHS number, contact details. I have this scattered all over the place and can’t always access it.  I’d like the equivalent of a tech support help desk I used to have when I worked in universities. If I get stuck installing new software or using it, it can be very frustrating. ","Either / both.","Less anxiety. Less time wasted. A sense of being in control. Employment opportunities. I have tried to set up a blog and website but I keep getting stuck. ",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Lack of clear instructions.   Takes too long to load.  Requires memory space I don’t have.  ","I need an incentive to use it. The more attractive and rewarding it is the more likely I am to do so.","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship,Other","Crowdfunding and pay it forward for those who can afford it. ",,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Acceptable",,"Pop ups that get in the way of the content you are trying to read.","It would act as a deterrent.","Autistic led or approved organisations. ","Anyone involved in trying to cure autism or modify autistic behaviour. ","Sponsorship must be transparent. No hidden agendas. The app or website would have to be very useful to justify payment from budget that will get tighter as I age. Govt should fund it as part of pre and post DX support for autistic people.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","61","Female",,"White British ","With partner(s)",,"I would like office space and equipment at home or nearby. COVID means my partner is wfh preventing me from accessing the pc and printer during the day.","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Part time employment",,"I have multiple part time jobs. I am not using much of the skills knowledge and experience I have. I hope that if autism hubs develop I’ll be able to be employed in one of them.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","I do not like changes.  I use all from Apple to have as many in common as it’s possible",,"Unsure","Like","Unsure","Like","Unsure","Like","I know how to use it","I have never known when and how to click. It’s not intuitive for me.  I have problems to find the right buttom.",,"Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","The organisation of the screen in repeatable way=> to know where I could find informations about different aspects.","?",,,,,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","If it easy to find options",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.",,,"Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,,,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","42","Female",,,"With partner(s),With your children",,"Good","Medium sized town or city",,"Other","Poland","Self-employed",,"It is good","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","I am pretty quick to learn and adapt to new technologies",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","They all have their merits and drawbacks.  Using apps on a smaller screen can be useful if they are intended to be portable and used throughout the day, but an app or website on a computer is good as it is a more substantial screen, you can concentate on the task at hand more and it is not as intrusive as on a mobile phone.  ","Mobile phone apps can be very distracting and intrusive when they send you pointless notifications.  Using websites on a smaller screen is more fiddly than on a desktop.  With desktops, you have to remember to go to the site and app to use them.",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Technology can be very useful and productive, providing it does not become distracting, intrusive and actually creates work rather than helps you finish.    To minimise the level of distraction that my phone causes me, I have switched off at least 95% of the push notifications and only kept the ones that are really necessary.  I have also bought a sportswatch and synced all of my notifications to my watch, which means that when I receieve a text, I can check my watch and decide whether I really want to deal with the matter then and there or leave it until later.    While buying a piece of technology to remove the distraction of another piece of technology may seem like fighting fire with fire, it does work.  Although it will never entirely remove the distraction because I still look at my watch, it significantly mitigates it, because I can immediately see the push notification on a relatively plain looking screen and not be further distracted by the manouver of taking out my phone, unlocking it and being caught into whatever the nature of the notification is","Managing my finances, remembering to do chores and errands","A combination of both","Probably not improve the quality of life but will hopefully make more more productive but less distracted",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Not sure.  It varies",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Not really.  Advertising is always intrusive.","Yes all of them.","Yes if they are too intrusive and frequent","None really but if I have to choose, any autism advocacy organisations, mental health organisations and also as I am an artist, anything around improving my creativity.","All apart from those specified in Q17","Advertising is very intrusive and distracting.  Including advertising in an app designed to support someone would be extremely counter intutitive.  I am not sure how much I would be willing to pay but it would be useful to have the option of either monthly or annual payments","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","31","Male",,,"Alone",,"I live in social housing which is provided by a housing association.  The flat is alright but I would prefer to be somewhere with better transport links.","Small town or city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"I currently work from home by default and have done so since covid.  I go into the office on occasions.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","I don't seem to have trouble embracing new technologies. ",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","I just use apps or websites because they are there and are required to achieve access.","I'm fairly ambivalent about them, they aren't something I dislike or struggle with.",,"Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested",,"Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","I am very independent and have found support or help not very useful.","If I'm not sure how to do something I Google how to.","I'm not sure what to say.","I'm not sure what to write.","I don't know.",,"Unsure","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","No","No","Some websites are not well organised and I find that frustrating. ","I don't know, I'm not a web designer.","One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising",,,"Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","No opinion","Difficult","No opinion","The shorter the better.","Adds that last more than 10 seconds ","I guess it's something I have to live with.","I'd prefer no adds ever. ","Gambling ","Sometimes games have so many adds I delete the game.","Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","62","Male",,"White european","With partner(s)",,"I am married to a very autistic wife and have a grown up autistic daughter.  It was because the their diagnosis that I understood I am autistic as well.","Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"I have found my niche in work and enjoy what I do.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Don't use it","Don't use it","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Rarely use it","Use it occasionally","I find technology easy to learn. I am autodidactic with most technology, BUT I do not want to be beholden to it. I do not agree with technology being used to alienate people. The world is is disconnected and technology is part of this. As an older autistic person, I am social and hate being locked away and will never use mobile phones, mainly because I can't afford to run one and I do not want to be at the beck and call of others. I use a land line.",,"Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Unsure","Like","I like my laptop and I use websites regularly. I do a lot of research with Google. I can choose to turn it off when I wish. I enjoy learning from Youtube and various sites and use email. I order shopping because I have to, but would prefer to go to a shop if I could.    Facebook video and Zoom have been useful for accessing live events via Eventbrite. My background is performing arts, so seeing online performances has been lovely. This has to be streamed through the TV though as a 17"" laptop is too small to view adequately.    I believe my laptop uses some apps for games which I find entertaining and relaxing to wind down and distract my busy mind.","I don't like the other formats because I do not want technology to intrude on life, so I limit how I use it. Also, given I can't work, I cannot afford to be using other gadgets, not that I even want them. Life's too complicated as it is without adding more layers.",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","I am 61 and live alone in my own home, so I feel I have independent living, that said I have Ehlers-Danlos (EDS) which is more of a problem to me so I am living on benefits which is not ideal. I do struggle with overwhelm when bureauracy gets too much and like to have support when dealing with workmen etc. Usually because my bluntness upsets them!    I'm ok with technology except my laptop is breaking down and I have no money to buy another which is a huge worry especially as I use it for my artistic special interests and shopping (note which comes first, lol.)","A new laptop!","I would find some kind of alarm system on the computer that alerts me to change tasks or of events. I use outlook calendar, but it doesn't make a noise to warn me so I forget.    This is executive function difference whereby I can't keep up with the world. I use a battery timer for short periods, but something that tells me, several times day, if I need to do something, go somewhere, cook tea or just go to bed.    I've tried various things i.e. egg timers etc. but unless there are a lot of alarms with a sound, nothing shifts me from one task to another.","Have several different alarms with different sounds for the day. I guess some use mobile phones for this which I don't have, but I do believe there would be a market for this, given how much it is discussed in online FB groups. Autistics looking for this kind of thing.    In fact I would prefer this as a stand alone gadget as I turn my computer off and would still need the alarm.","I believe I would get more done in the day and go to bed earlier. Inertia is an issues for us autistics and different sounds for each alarm would help with this.",,"Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Yes","No","No","Unsure","For my laptop, a proper sized keyboard so my fingers don't hurt from being squashed together. They're making keyboard more compact and it really hurts my hands.    I'm an old fashioned touch typist and need a proper qwerty keyboard. But that probably isn't what is meant by this.","I don't like touch screen websites because they keep moving and menus drop down. I get really aggitated by these, so a fixed menu is best.","Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable","Don't know.","I hate advertising on websites generally, but accept that it makes it possible to run. As I cannot afford to pay for anything, it would need to be this way. As long as it's not intrusive and certainly never pop ups that invade the screen.    And will not stay on any website that has advertising with sound. AOL did that for a while and it was awful. As an autistic person with hypersensitivity, it is horrible.","I think I covered that above.","I generally do not look at any advertising. I don't have money so am not interested.","Certainly don't want sex sites popping up!!! And not any autism charity that uses the negative rhetoric using language that stereotypes autistic people such as 'with autism', 'no empathy', Aspergers etc and the likes of Autism Speaks.","I'm afraid I'm not willing to pay anything. I'm an older autistic person who is struggling financially and has no future and my career was ruined, so no money to fall back on.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","61","Female",,"White English","Alone",,"The only change I would like is within society itself. I want the medical profession to stop stereotyping autistic people","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"I'm very qualified yet cannot work due to exhaustion from decades of masking and living with undiagnosed autism and EDS. I had a short community dance career in London teaching and performing, but autistic burnout and EDS destroyed it all. I tried to retrain, but being completely ignorant of autism meant I was fighting a losing battle with hypersensitivity as I did not know what was happening to me. I experienced judgement and bullying in school and early life which left damage.    Later in life I ended up caring for elderly parents who have now gone and I'm unable to work, close to retirement and feel life and my creative potential has been wasted. So any changes would be for younger people within the education system. It's huge really and unless the medical world change their rhetoric then nothing will change.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Don't use it","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","If there is an interest in what the app is for then I would spend time to learn it for my basic needs. ",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","I have bluestacks to use with android app on a Windows laptop.  Spend most time games on phone, work on Windows laptop. Tablet for church stuff. Each has its own area of use. ","Not into apple products because of strange way of working, lack of apps and silly prices to buy.  There are so many options for Windows and Android always a solution. It annoys me when people use PdF instead of word. Use alot of zoom, teams, would never of used Skype before C. 19 or any other video chat. I am doing this on my phone as I received it by phone, I think a mistake by me. Due to poor eyesight. ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested",,"Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Whatsapp group has 15 people in good for problem solving, and reminders","When I stop using a website or machine I need to relearn the process","Learn programmes like Prezi, mailchimpmake it like a game","Make it like a game so I would learn quickquicker use of the programmes ","Quicker use of the program ",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Reason for using them, I learn games really quick word processing takes longer, and with a game you can message other players","Needs to be free, useful, fun, pleasent graphics. ","Advertising",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable","I don't mind the 30 sec advert distraction when a game is free and worth playing. Would not like the distraction if I was working","No","Depends on the importance to me of the website","Any as long as the volume is turn off able. And it does not make my screen smaller,Remember I am ignoring the advert anyway. ","None must be suitable for 12years of age though","My interest, I am not paying anything it is not what Diversity and inclusivity is about. ","Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","63","Male",,"White British","Other","Married","None","Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Retired",,"Not at this time, am caring for wife. ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Find hard ",,"Like","Like","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Like","Don't use tablets","Laptop or phone is easy",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Support for mental health - not counselling but coping ",,"Day to day coping  Isolation  Managing my flat","Making friends  Mental health ",,,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","39","Female",,"White","Alone",,"Support workers come daily ","Large city",,"Scotland",,"Unemployed",,"Disabled, studying part time ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it occasionally","Rarely use it","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","I'm happy to learn and get my daughter to teach me!",,"Unsure","Like","Dislike","Dislike","Unsure","Like","I don't like doing things on the small screen, far more comfortable using desktop.","Small screen, get frustrated.",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","I would like help to go out and meet people/ socialise as extremely socially anxious.","I like technology, it lets me find out things.    I'm good at researching and feel comfortable using desktop.","Going out.  Managing daily living.  Poor executive function.","Hook up with autism friendly people/ places.  SOme kind of app for daily living.","I am isolated and struggling with daily living so would feel better about myself.",,"No","No","Yes","Unsure","Yes","No","No","Unsure","Unsure","Don't like small screens.  Don't like complicated menus.",,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Advertising",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable",,"Pop up videos that play without warning.","Nope, I'd just get my daughter to download an ad blocker for me.","don't care","gambling, alcohol","I don't know what I would be prepapred to pay, it depends on how good it is. A lot of the type of things you mention can be found elsewhere for free.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","46","Female",,"white scottish","With your children",,"Adult daughter lives with me.    Quite happy right now but will struggle when she leaves home.","Rural area or village",,"Scotland",,"Unemployed",,"I would like to work part time or do some voluntary work to be less isolated.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","I can struggle to learn to use new technologies, but once I've got into the way of something,  can keep using. Sometimes, if I stop for a while, it can be difficult to remember how it worked. I don't retain that kind of kind of knowledge for long. But I originally learned (went to classes!) to use a computer in the 90s to keep up with my children, and now am rafrely off one!",,"Like","Dislike","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","My smartphone is a useful back-up but I find it a bit small and fiddly to use re apps and websites on a regular basis. I do like my tablet, but don't use it that often as apps and websites use up a lot of memory. I mainly work on my desktop and laptop Macs.","As above, don't like to do too much other than make calls, text and WhatsApp on my phone. Would use an app for sure if it worked well on the phone.",,"Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","I run an Autistic-led organisation, network and peer mentoring service. I commission counselling services for autistic people delivered by autistic professionals. So I've tried to answer this in that context.",,,,,,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure",,,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,,,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","63","Female",,"caucasian, Scottish","Alone",,"I live on my own but have a partner; my children are adult and living independently. I would like to live nearer to my loved ones, but that's not currently possible.","Rural area or village",,"Scotland",,"Full time employment",,"I am doing 2 jobs; I run a small charity and I work as a member of the board of a public body. I would like to retire and to do only the work I like doing but can't afford to.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Rarely use it","Don't use it","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","I am willing to learn but find it difficult.",,"Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Like","Websites on desktop computers are the only format with which I am familiar.","I am unfamiliar with all of those formats and do not know how to use them.",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested",,,"I want to learn to use a smartphone for taking photos and videos, and to learn how to post them online, for example on social media.","Maybe a very clear step by step illustrated guide. ","I would feel much more free and capable of taking part in life.",,"Yes","Yes",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Smartphones are difficult because of the small screens, the way they seem to go wrong if you touch anything, the myriad icons which I don't understand, just for a start!",,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable",,,"I find pop ups, moving images and background music very intrusive and they would discourage me from using a website.","Disability and children's charities, animal and wildlife charities, trades unions, social justice organisations ","Arms companies, fossil fuel companies, banks, the current political parties","It's acceptable if it helps people and the natural world, but it's unacceptable if it harms and exploits them. I could pay maybe £10 per month.","Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","66","Female",,"White (i.e. beige!) British.","With partner(s)",,"I'm happy living with my husband and our youngest child, our 23-year-old daughter. Both of them are also autistic. Our daughter was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome as a child and I am her main carer. For the future I would like our daughter to have access to housing with care.","Medium sized town or city",,"Scotland",,"Other","I am my daughter's full-time carer.","I would like my daughter to have a safe place to live in the future, in case I can no longer care for her.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","I need time to get to know new technology but when I do I feel competent. My work requires me to be up to date . However my work doesn’t check the tech is working & I have to waste a lot of time contacting CGI to fix various issues . I don’t have full control & must get an administrator to sort things - time consuming and frustrating as it keeps me from getting my work done. I work in education for City of [deleted] Council. The tech / software is awful as it goes wrong regularly. Sometimes faster to work on paper & more time efficient. . ",,"Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","I like the immediacy of using my smartphone -‘can use anywhere ( except at work because firewall blocks my internet connection). Refuse to use my personal smartphone for my work anyway - [deleted] are cheap skates ! ","Sometimes things are too small to read on smartphones/ tablets. I prefer IOS as I think it is superior , but we use Microsoft at work . I refuse to use my mobile for work purposes- if they want that they can provide me with the equipment ( which they don’t). ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","A lot of the help I require is not tech based! Too much tech based support focuses on the autistic person being the issue & often it is the environment. Also an app is not a good replacement for being able to speak with a trained professional who knows autism and you. We are all too individual for an app to be helpful ( thinking of Brain in Hand - too expensive, uses PBS & ends up being a tick box exercise for employers instead of making proper adaptations and adjustments for autistic staff. ","At work , tech that works , fit for purpose and reliable .   Would like tech which would clean my home , make dinner and tidy up. Would like tech to get past the stupid procedures call centres use when I try to get help - a person with knowledge & authority would be much better. Tech to help complete PIP , DLA for daughter and blue badge for me would be useful as the system is stacked against being helpful or accessible for disabled people ( autism & ADHD- processing difficulties) ","PIP / Blue Badge / DLA applications - keeping a running record of difficulties to support applications and the inevitable appeal . Don’t know anyone who has managed to get an award without an appeal.   An app directly to get DWP Access to Work and the subsequent fulfilling of adaptations would also be of use as the process of awful, lengthy and frustrating. ","Make PIP/ DLA/ Blue Badge / Access to Work applications easier and faster . ","I would be able to get the support I need if I had PIP/ DLA/Blue Badge/ Access to Work grants in a timely manner . Instead I have to struggle with the paperwork and without the money / help . ",,"Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Loading time. Adverts distract .  Glitches . - all make life more difficult.  Sometimes tech is slower than using paper …","Link directly to government to allow access to PIP etc as explained before.   Please ensure PBS or ABA is not used. Rewards do not work either .  ","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford",,,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable","No","Videos . Pop ups .  Anything you can’t get rid of quickly. ","Yes ","? ","ABA or PBS  Private healthcare in any form   Politics  ","I’m only interested in an app which does what is says it does.   Not really needing anything other than help with PIP: DLA/ Blue Badge/ Access to work and legal advice . ","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","54","Female",,"White Scottish ","With your children",,"Need a cleaner to help. ","Large city",,"Scotland",,"Full time employment",,"Staff trained in autism and being kind to others .   Equipment and technology which is fit for purpose . Workplace to follow HSE Management Standards always instead of crisis management. Staff trained in access to work forms and how to arrange …  Work which I can do in my contracted hours instead of being expected to do 10-15 hours overtime per week to do my job ( which can’t be done in the time given by any teacher). ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Keen. Find it fairly easy. ",,"Dislike","Dislike","Like","Like","Dislike","Like","I prefer the space you have with a tablet or a computer screen. I also much prefer typing on a keyboard than on a tablet screen (I have a keyboard attachment).","Don’t like the size, layout and navigation when using websites on smartphone, also some apps. Some apps stick in portrait mode and don’t automatically rotate - annoying and unhelpful. I hate typing on a screen.",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","I long for an affinity group for women whose autism has been confirmed later in life. The group I am currently connected with is dominated by younger women who are at a very different life stage and have a very different view/experience of their autism. I wish there was a space for older women who are largely content and pretty curious about their autism, and who are looking for ways to really explore their authentic autistic self that has had to be curbed and hidden away for decades and now wants to flourish.","I love my Apple Pencil for soothing doodling on my iPad.   I love my Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones.   I love my Garmin Swim2 watch and being able to gather and analyse the data from that each day - body battery, sleep patterns, physical activity, pulse rate, etc.  I love taking and editing photos on my iPhone.","Connect with other older women who are working out how to allow their autism to blossom in later life.  Soothing sounds to help with relaxation or sleep.  Sources of information relating to aspects of autism.","I guess the site could have a section that worked like the Meet Ups website so you could connect with others locally.  Sounds (including white noise) to download/stream would be great.  Maybe an app that could help with my To Do lists and send me gentle reminders/progress reports through the day - they would need to be done in an unobtrusive way though!","I would find it satisfying and supportive to have the opportunity to meet other older women with Asperger’s.  ",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Hate having to make too many clicks to get to where I need to be or do what I need to do. Don’t like onscreen typing - prefer keyboard and mouse. Otherwise, I enjoy intuitive (well-designed) technologies and use a lot of technology day to day.","Make sure it works on the iPad Pro as well as ordinary iPads - the Pro often seems to get overlooked when functionality is being set up. ","Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,"Ethical organisations with a strong stance on sustainability. ",,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","58","Female",,"White British","With partner(s)",,"I care for my husband and as a result get very little time to myself - I crave that! I also rarely get outside - I crave that too, and particularly miss my wild swimming. I crave time to do my creative hobbies, as well.","Medium sized town or city",,"Scotland",,"Other","Full time unpaid carer (in receipt of Carer’s Allowance) for my husband who has dementia.","If I wasn’t a full time unpaid carer I would still be working. I have a lifetime of experience in education and training and more recently counselling and coaching. If I could have my time over again, I would retrain as a textiles artist, but the only change to my employment situation that could happen now would be due to the deterioration of my husband’s health. Not something I want to think about.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Don't use it","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Happy to learn new technologies. I work for an Telecoms business and regularly use new platforms.",,"Like","Dislike","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","Well designed apps that are properly supported are great when away from a laptop.  I will always prefer to engage with a laptop though with a good wifi connection as you can take your time and are able to explore menus and options.","I find that apps on my android often have a limited functionality compared to the laptop/desktop versions but can be vice versa.   A drawback to mobile phones sometimes is where fine motor skills are required and fat fingers are unable to select small details.  Poor or intermittent wifi is a problem.",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","As a late dx woman I am very worried and concerned about retirement. I have worked all my life but have limited resources for when I no longer earn a full time salary. A trusted financial service that is AS friendly would be really welcome.","I am very comfortable with technology and use it all the time for scheduling, travelling, appointments, personal finance management.  Typically I am single and have tried lots the dating websites trying to find a partner but no success. Not sure an AS dating website would work any better? Making decisions about social expectations is always difficult such as Christmas which is always stressful as I am bad at working out what presents to buy or if I should buy any at all. An app that support making these sorts of decisions would be great. Sort of an Autistic Aware Alexa friend.","Something that can accurately tell me when I am 'doing too much'.  An app that helps me scan my body as my interoception is poor and I am missing body signals for things like thirst, toothache, joint and muscle pain that needs attention.","Perhaps record a daily body scan incrementally and which will flag where a persistent problematic score indicates action should be taken.  NB - Scoring should be limited to '1,2 or 3' or 'Yes, Maybe, or No'. Finer scoring is very difficult to understand/translate.","It would help to catch health issues earlier before they became a bigger problem.",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","No","?","If it can access my online calendar.","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford",,,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","I don't understand this question. I dislike all advertising. Its what is wrong with the world and all proactive marketing should stop.","All","Yes.","None","All","If any advertising took up more than a tiny percentage of the screen I find it very distracting and off putting.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","60","Female",,"White British","Alone",,"I'd like to find a partner but would probably still prefer to live apart so I can control my living space.","Small town or city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"I'd like to go part-time but cannot afford to as I am solely responsible for myself and my financial health.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Rarely use it","Rarely use it","Use it occasionally","Don't use it","Rarely use it","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it occasionally","Don't use it","I have a deep fear ,because I have never had proper training ,and dread making irreparable mistakes.",,"Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","I can cope with wesites and apps which are simple to access, and do not break down as I am trying to use them( losing information I submit during inputting it because of failings is infuriating).. I dont like intrusive disruptive adverts..So I tend to stick to a mobile to read websites  because I can sit or stand comfortably.I use the laptop to type documents,but I find the posture strains me and I can only work for an hour at most before I get so strained that I make mistakes and then lose irreplaceable composition,which causes me immense resistance and upset.  So I like the formats I get familiar with through trial and error in using,in unimportant matters,such as using well developed sites and formats ,as without proper training I fear to take risks,as disaster happens.","As in a.  ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Everything should be in lucid and unambiguous English, and explained properly.  Sensitivity and understanding from competent people,with intelligence and experience of autistic people's needs ,not sadly the neurotypical brutish yobs of the NHS.  I have found exHMF people more able to show insight into my Asperger's misery ,and give me training and inspiration ,with a compassion NOT found in the dullard NHS and adult so called social care of today .I am NOT being sarcastic.  I would use such info and tools and help to help myself and try then to get power to help othets,especially deserving auristic sufferers betrayed by the degraded NHS.  I find many of the items and guidance in the very simple but clear systems etc as above useful,compared to the incomprehensible( so stressing) jargon in most technical and other guides.Simple,clear,ENGLISH: I am not helped by barbarous language,or jargon which is never explained..My mind cant cope with such material. ","As in answers above.","Somethings like videojug but in proper English context( I am English ,in England,no disrespect to other parts of these islands ) giving useful practical help in social skills, emotion control,coping with pain caused by evil people,and help to deal with bureaucracy,as many do not understand,and the nightmare of the NHS malevolent chaos..Help for me to research and compose my therapeutic writing please: training apps or sites in really simple explanations of daily life tasks and experiences to help people cope.","As above.","Absolutely.  If I had the money,I would help finance such a project,and if the product were within my price range,I would rent or buy ,because one knows that the state will not do it, and one cannot wait for autistic charities to ever do so( I have horrible experiences of such including the corrupt NAS ).    It has to be collective commercial self help for such vital apps etc.specified by autistic people and then produced by manufacturers and designers to the specifications of autistic users: consumer - led for autistic needs,not what the ill informed NHS  think autistic individuals need.Classic autism and various branches of higher functioning Aspergers people have different generic needs,and then more individual traits that need types of products grouped and tweaked towards group niches,not what the malevolent NHS  wants.",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","It is always ok if I have proper instruction and training in theory and practice,and thus get confidence..Just some lazy inarticulate oaf or jargon spouting buffoon talking rubbish and then vague comments to get on with it leaving me baffled,now hating even trying,and vague left to get on with justs makes me resist and not try.  When one knows nothing,and isnt taught properly,one has no motive except to get away  because trying is TOO RISKY.  ","As above.","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable",,"Inteusive ones which clog up screen,that interpose between me and a site I am trying to use,and I can' t tolerate American popular underclass voices talking drivel and their braying assumption that their lower class mass AMERICAN culture or laws etc apply in England.  They do not( and we do not use the US$ but the £sterling).  I can tolerate reasonable polite English cultural advertising ( even European ) but NOT NOT American or South Asian..voices and manners..No problem with EAST ASIAN ...probably a class and cultural prejudice on my part,but it derives from my suffering experiences.    Sponsorship I have no problem with ,provided done tactfully, and sponsorship from anybody is ok with me if it gets me what I want.",,"Any individual and alnost any organisation except the NHS because that evil Behemoth is the cause of most of my suffering  . I have no objection to support from foreign powers ,or political bodies or people I dislike: I treat it as reparations to me.BUT THE NHS is just evil and any concern from them is simply their contemptuous view hidden as a propaganda exercise to hoodwink the public  that it cares .It does not: except to protect the violent ctiminals abusers and malevolent arrogant incompetents in it,.who feel above the law,and refuse to learn,even from their own betters.","As above.","I cannot answer this without some price or subscription proposals ,and I have no technical knowledge of production to be able to have an idea of the finances.  But I would be willing to pay a hefty subscription ( perhaps 5 % to 15% ) of my monthly benefits for service which eased my stress so that I could do my voluntary therapeutic academic work ,and thus feel happier,and contribute to society: and expose the vile and worsening evil cruelty of the monstrous NHS..","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","63","Male",,"Dorset by blood.","Alone,Sheltered or retirement housing",,"It is a vile non CQC regulated so say supported living individual flats in a block,owned by a landlord but managed by a n evil charity called [deleted] working for mental health    It is evil.    I have to pay to have a second proper firm of carers come in for an hour,5 days a week, to try to give me moral suppport,to counteract or mitigate the abuse and criminality of [deleted].  See please my advocate and the police.","Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Retired",,"My career as an [deleted] don was destroyed by the NHS.  I had an ex HMF contact who had the technical knowledge( despite the scum Nhs ) to get me linked into voluntary academic work for the Autism Research Network at Dept of Psychology at [deleted] University.    The local NHS in [deleted] wreck even this,as the Nhs wrecked gleefully my [deleted] academic career,as a history don.  ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Don't use it","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","I have never studied IT or even taken a basic course, just sat myself in front of a computer, etc, and tried to make it work. Therefore I know I can be doing things in laborious ways, lack short cuts, lack a more comprehensive understanding of how to use things. If there was a course that suited an 'experiential', fit to person mode, where we could go at our own pace I would probably really appreciate that. I think it's problematic if you learn things your own way and then have to 'redo' - which I find extremely difficult.     I don't have a tablet so all the tablet options aren't really relevant to me so I am not sure if I am skewing results as you don't have that option to say we don't have access to one. ",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","I am not sure of the criteria for these two questions. I like apps, etc on smartphones as I can lie in bed, be out and about, etc and still do all sorts of things online. However, at home, I often like just to sit at my desk, but this can occasionally be quite wearing as the hours go by too easily. I am not sure of how each tech affects my eyesight. I often look at my mobile phone without glasses on. ","I think my posture is less good when using a lap top than with a proper desktop - however I don't have one of those at the moment. It's not in use as my Microsoft all became out of date and I didn't know how to update it - and now, of course, it's all quite inaccessible. The computer itself told me I had to get a new one!!! I am a little frightened of trying to access this old computer but I need to do that soon, with no internet access. Gosh. I would really appreciate some tech help actually.  ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","I am not sure about the above schema as I already have enough access to the ones I have ticked as 'somewhat interested' but that wouldn't mean that if I didn't already have access I wouldn't be interested. So, does that mean generically or specifically now?     I have ticked as 'very interested' as these are things and access I need now.  ","I absolutely hate it that tech has a 'sell by' date. Unfortunately I have lost whole hard disks, computers, data, you name it, mostly when moving home, which I had to do on several occasions. I was offered a free Mac computer but didn't take it as I wasn't confident at all in being able to 'start again' with a different system but now I really regret losing that opportunity.     I think I would appreciate a 're-haul'; a general guidance on how to buy and set up a computer, how often you need to download new programmes so that the old isn't hashed, a general advisor to ask what to do when something unusual comes up and the online advice is so excessive that you don't know whose advice to follow. It can be extremely confusing. ","I think what is most difficult is if a website you are used to using suddenly changes it can be extremely disorienting.     My bank did this recently and it has made me quite nervous and irritated going on to their website now. But what can be done about that?     What kind of tasks are you asking us about? I am very confused about this question. Are you referring to the previous page where we had a list of what we might want to access? i.e. you are asking about topics and advice we may need?     Or actual tasks on a computer, like navigating around, a website layout, etc?     I really need an education on basics, with a format that I can access bit by bit, not be overwhelmed with a whole course about computing. ","Confused. See above. ","If I had decent, personalised computer advice my quality of life would be increased tremendously. (Advice about how to run my computer, how to do storage, how to... loads of things... For instance I recently accidentally removed a whole File from an external Hard Disk that was really precious to me and following random instructions online of different sorts I have still not be able to recover anything of it...I thought I had put it onto Cloud but it's not there... Eugh)",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","I need to be able to see them.   I need to have easy navigation - in other words, efficient 'back' button options that didn't return you to the original page all the time but to a previous page OR the main page.    Black backgrounds are horrific.   I think I need to think about this a lot more. I haven't conceptualised all this. I just try to do my best with whatever tech is presented to me. ","The main page needs to be really clear with segmented information and accessible lists of the sections. Not like a labyrinth but more like a lobby with really clearly labelled doors.   There needs to be a sense of space.   It also depends on what the App or website is for. I think the function needs to be integral to the design, so this is all rather vague. My apologies. ","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship,Other","Oh, I thought you would have an 'other'. I would be happy to pay a subscription.   Advertising really brings a website down, adds clutter, interference, distracts and generally makes an experience so much more exhausting. ",,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No. ","Am pretty fed up with buying something and then getting ads for the same thing for months. As if you'd want to buy the same thing over and over again.     A sponsorship arrangement is much less interference but then, it depends on how it's done. I did watch an ADHD youtube site a lot until the host started to put musical ads from her sponsor on, which as well as being louder than her voice, were quite long. I stopped watching. It was bearable and sometimes, even interesting, when the sponsors were included in the blurb or the summary of the particular video.   ","Yes. As above. Sound, too much movement, too many moving images.   I can usually only cope with still, quiet advertising or sponsorship.   I would regard sponsorship as much more amenable. ","Charities.   Products that were actually USED by the people running the website, not just random things from anywhere. ","Anything to do with the oil or gas industry.   Processed foods and sugar products.   Fast fashion.   Porn.   Products that require shipping from long distances.   Anything from China. (I support Tibetan causes)  Meat products.   ","£5 a month plus if I was being given extra advice, or extra hours I would be willing to pay per hour for more. Perhaps different levels into which we could opt in or out flexibly. ","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","65","Female",,"White British but lived with Latin Americans in a Latin American culture for 20 years, children also not just British. ","Alone",,"I live in Seniors Housing.   I would really appreciate it if the council could mend what is broken. It's an ongoing struggle to get help.   I haven't been able to decorate my flat in 5 years even though the council gave me the paint.   I haven't sorted through all the boxes I moved house with last time. I need help with that too. ","Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"Due to Complex PTSD (diagnosed in 2008) and then autism and ADHD (diagnosed in 2019) I have been unemployed for 25 years.   As I am about to hit pension age in a few months there isn't much to be done. I would have loved to have had trauma therapy earlier on in life - I finished three years therapy in 2020. And if I had had a diagnosis earlier, too, I would have been able to work before now. I worked outside the UK but I had people who did the domestic work, etc, which left me free to concentrate on what I was good at, which I couldn't do once I had a baby, in 1993. Long story. Am writing about it. Having a diagnosis makes such a tremendous difference.  ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","I am interested and willing to learn things though my internalised ableism holds me back because I am embarrassed by my slow processing. It is easier if I have someone I trust with me; someone with whom I am comfortable enough to know they won’t adopt a “talking to service user voice” when I’m being slow. I find it easier to learn with visual materials / demonstration than spoken instructions, even in lay person’s terms.",,"Like","Unsure","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Like","I am familiar with associating apps with mobile devices and websites with computers. I like the bigger screen space on a computer or tablet so that I’m not constantly having to look for sub-menus. Apps are convenient for going straight into without having to go through Favourites or a search.","There are sometimes features which require the site to be accessed on a computer and are not available in the mobile version (such as managing lists and some other privacy settings on Facebook) and this can be frustrating. I have been caught out in the past by logging in and out too many times, thinking that it was better security practice, and being temporarily locked out so now I stay logged in to apps when I can and it makes me worry about being hacked. Don’t even get me started on remembering passwords!",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","I have become wary of formalised peer support because there is often an element of feeling that I am being used to boost the supporting person’s self-esteem at the expense of my own (“OK, I have my autistic struggles, but at least I’m doing better than / not as hapless and useless as HER!”) At the same time I feel demeaned by professional support (including by openly autistic professionals) because then I am officially their subordinate and in the rare instances when I click with them and feel truly heard and valued as an equal, we’re not allowed to become personal friends so I miss out all round by being less than them. I would value more online support which helps with the practicalities, takes a bit of weight off my tired brain but without the interpersonal complications.","A more anonymised (as per question above) online chat style helpline format which could be accessed on the go in situations such as getting a dreaded DWP brown envelope or becoming distressed by a glitch when out and about.","Support with renewing benefits when the time comes. Support with my feelings and emotions which I describe as being several sizes too big for me, and with my self-esteem and with the issues I dare not confide to anyone who knows me (related to my sexual orientation and my internalised ableism). Moral support with tasks where my self-esteem is likely to be pushed even further into the red (going out in crowded situations; tackling new things; being out in treacherous weather etc when my awkward movements and posture get me singled out for criticism, condescension and disbelief that I am trying my very hardest and don’t need insulting warnings).","Give access to anonymised talking through of a situation (via typed online chat).","Immensely; I wouldn’t be quite so depleted and jumpy if someone remotely had my back and would validate my feelings rather than inevitably take the side of people who hurt me. I might sleep better and have fewer problems with aches, IBS etc from the constant feelings of having a target painted on me and not being able to afford the slightest lapse as it demolishes my entire credibility, autonomy and adult status.",,"Yes","Yes","No","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Consistency is always a winner. Clear layout, for instance make it very obvious if a visible list extends to further options upon an action by the user. Availability of online support from a real person. Digital assistants are a nightmare; they can only cope with the most basic queries and there needs to be a clear and accessible way of bypassing them to get to a dialogue with a real person. I have ended up in floods of tears after the fourth or fifth “Sorry, I cannot understand” and either back to square one or forced to phone.","Apologies, I am completing this survey in the midst of an intense time of travelling, supporting elderly parents with whom I have to fully mask as they are unaware of my autism, enhanced social commitments and returning home only briefly to complete a truckload of tasks including heavy physical ones before heading off again to support a friend, so at this point this question is more open and non-specific than I can cope with. This is not a criticism; the opportunity is important, but at this point it is not suitable for me.","Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No opinion","Ones which allow a simple tapping of an X to close them without the screen jumping so that you end up clicking on something you didn’t intend to.","Ads where the close button is tiny or misleading, or which suddenly cover the entire screen, or blast out audio and scare the daylights out of you.","That would depend on how often, how intrusive and how pressured / sensitive / time critical my use of the site was. Nothing should EVER interfere with a password / login details screen and those should include options to show what you’ve typed and NEVER have a timeout limit putting pressure on frazzled hand eye coordination.","Small businesses, organisations helping good causes, ethically sound businesses.","The DWP, anything with questionable practices (polluting the environment, promoting hate of any group such as being against transgender people as in the LGB Alliance), overprivileged celebrities / already mega rich companies who don’t need the boost.","I appreciate that business is business and am willing to accept non-intrusive ads for the sake of the site being financially accessible, to others not just to me even if a subscription were well within my own means. I would be willing to pay up to £100 a year, and currently able to.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","49","Female",,"White British","Alone",,"Privately rented flat. Would prefer to be back in the town I had to leave against my will when my landlord there sold up, and to have a small, manageable outside space (paved or plain lawn) and my own front and back door and not be the only person out of 7 flats who ever cleans 3 floors worth of communal stairs used by builders with sandy boots.","Medium sized town or city",,"Scotland",,"Unemployed",,"I am on benefits as incapable of managing mainstream employment and am in prolonged burnout but would eventually like to be able to volunteer more.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it occasionally","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","I've worked with IT since the 1980s and find it generally very easy to get to grips with",,"Dislike","Like","Dislike","Like","Like","Like","I just don't like using touchscreens etc. I'm happiest with a proper keyboard and mouse (I even attach a mouse to my laptop)",,,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","I live very independently, with little need of company, but there are some things I struggle with, like using the phone and having strangers in my house. At the moment I have family nearby to help with things like this, but I suspect my problems aren't only mine and that access to this kind of informal help and support would be welcomed by a number of us",,"See previous answers",,"Remove stress",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Not very much, but I don't like having to switch off the radio (background noise to cover up all the other noise) to listen to videos - subtitling is much better",,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,,"Some autism charities are more concerned with medical approaches and 'treatments' and/or parents. I wouldn't be happy to see these.",,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","60","Female",,"White British and Irish","Alone",,,"Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Totally new is easier than new versions. I’m willing to learn but I need to create plenty of non-pressured space and have visual guides so I don’t get stressed. ",,"Like","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Clear uncluttered logical ","Hate things moving when I haven’t chosen to move them.",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","I love the attic.org.uk style of presenting information on ADHD in classrooms. It’s easy to choose a section. It has useful information I can share with others too. ","I hate going round in circles and I get lost easily if I have to keep opening new tabs. ","Tasks that need Executive function.  ","Life hacks that other autistic people find helpful (ideally ones that have research evidence and are explained visually/using plain language)","It would reduce my stress and anxiety levels. ",,"Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","No idea. ",,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"No opinion","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,"Moving images and pop up screens","Yes","Not fussed","Any that promote ABA or want to ‘cure autism’","I’d want a free trial to see if it was worth it before signing up. I’d be happy to pay a one-off of £20 to access basic info, and I’d be happy to have add-on in-app purchases ","I am in the process of seeking a diagnosis","57","Non-binary",,"White and Welsh","With partner(s)",,,"Large city",,"Wales",,"Self-employed",,"I’m looking to set up a service for self-employed neurodivergent people.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","It takes me a while to learn all the acronyms & concepts, but once I understand them (if they are clearly explained) I remember well & use them easily. :) ",,"Like","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","I've never used a tablet. I've only ever had laptops & an old iphone. which is easy to carry around & use daily for several purposes: step counting, weather-watching, taking photos, texting, checking email & Facebook & twitter messages & updates. I use my laptop at home almost all day for studying philosophy of mind & science, metaphysics, literature, poetry, art, ancient history, science, psychology etc & for social interactions galore. ","I don't want to carry a laptop around, for fear of losing or damaging it. I walk a lot & it's heavier than my little iphone. The only difficulty with the latter is that the battery runs down very quickly now, esp when connected to the internet. (Maybe I should get a new one.)",,"Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","I have excellent social skills, & seem totally fine because of being highly educated, empathetic, articulate etc. BUT I don't 'function' very well (or at all!) at practical things. I'm slow on the uptake with new or technical info. I suffer easy sensory, social & emotional overwhelm & information overloads. I need LOTS of time alone to 'recover' from social interactions (which I'm very good at) & from *doing* anything. I am extraordinarily lazy ... lack 'executive function'. I would use prioritising instructions (like a child) & links to other people, esp straightforward fellow-aspies, since I am terribly, desperately lonely (though not 'shy'.) I seem over-eager & exciteable so need help to calm & reassure me. I suffer anxiety, worries, fears a lot. Social interactions, both online & irl, would be great , so meetup apps & forums would be lovely. Also <shame kicking in here> simple instructions on how to *DO* normal everyday things & have more structure in my useless, drifting life. ","My dream app would gently & kindly parent me (an elderly woman!) & remind me what to do next for a more structured, fulfilling life where normal everyday things get done! How embarrassing to crave this help, when I have brought up children, looked after elderly & child proteges, had good jobs etc. Although I have managed (just!) to do the following when younger, I seem to have deteriorated now & forget or can't see how to organise my home, shop, cook, clean, do laundry etc or ignore it all out of sheer laziness, demand-avoidance, depression, panic, self-hatred & overwhelm. PDA - if that is a real thing? So simple, friendly, secret  instructions, like to a child, would help. <Cringing with shame!>","See my last comment where I listed it all.   'My dream app would gently & kindly parent me (an elderly woman!) & remind me what to do next for a more structured, fulfilling life where normal everyday things get done! How embarrassing to crave this help, when I have brought up children, looked after elderly & child proteges, had good jobs etc. Although I have managed (just!) to do the following when younger, I seem to have deteriorated now & forget or can't see how to organise my home, shop, cook, clean, do laundry etc or ignore it all out of sheer laziness, demand-avoidance, depression, panic, self-hatred & overwhelm. PDA - if that is a real thing? So simple, friendly, secret  instructions, like to a child, would help. <Cringing with shame!>'","See above. I have explained what would help.","I would feel I had got on top of things again, & regain the self-control & personal autonomy of my youth ... feel less helpless, hopeless & thoroughly ridiculous, riddled with guilt & shame. I do nothing - just walk, enjoy Nature & poetry in my heart, talk to people, read, chat online, study, listen to YouTube lectures about abstract philosophical ideas etc all day. I live in my mind, alone & terribly lonely. I need more communication with other 'geeky', 'nerdy' people + more emotional sharing & mutual understanding / intellectual intimacy, besides reminders & prioritising of actual tasks & chores, which I tend to neglect or panic over & do late at night.",,"Unsure","No","No","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Simple, clear instructions in plain English! No acronyms or incomprehensible-except-to-IT-experts jargon, please.",,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Other","I would like a pay-as-you-go system, where I could pay maybe weekly or monthly in advance, rather than subscribing to something that might not suit me. I'd be happy to make a down-payment if there were graded options & I could choose one tailored to my own needs (mostly executive function, loneliness, easy overwhelm & anxiety.)",,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,"I can't stand 'music' / noises ... harsh, strident American voices ... violence, sex, swearing, loud vulgarity, slapstick 'humour', grating voices boasting.  I detest pop-ups, cartoons or extremely colourful, 'loud' illustrations (moving ones make me literally vomit & get migraines.)  I am happy with plain, simple ads & enjoy reading them!","Yes. Esp violent 'humour', cartoons, shrill or bragging voices, dayglo colours, vertiginous movement ... just anything exaggerated & impinging on the senses. Leave me alone - just give helpful info & suggestions, calmly & gently, please!!!","Anything to do with: Nature: plants, trees etc like National Trust, Woodland Trust etc. Ads for walking gear, camping etc. Ads for books. Ads about days out in country houses & ancient sites from eg English Heritage. Any University-sponsored geeky info / ads / offers of courses on philosophy, science, metaphysics, lit crit, for which I would love to PAY & join. I would dearly love to do courses on a wide range of subjects: languages, etymology, astronomy, writing, art etc. And 'nerdy' topics like Latin, Greek, Sanskrit etc.","Anything violent, causing death or suffering. Anyone investing in arms trading, far right political parties, hate-groups of any sort. Film companies churning out violence, horror, propoganda etc. Violent games companies; online or gameboy or gadget-based nasty 'pretend killing' etc. Animal cruelty & killing. The meat industry & promotion. Anything horrible & cruel, unhealthy to body, mind & heart, basically.","I have no idea at all about the market for apps with personally-tailored options, though I believe they exist. No clue what would be a reasonable price. But I'd be happy to pay & try any out! Whatever the going rate for apps is, + say £20 extra per month for personalisation? Is that too little? Sorry, I don't know. ","Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","65","Female",,"Caucasian (an odd nomenclature!) White English.","Alone",,"I live alone in someone else's home, but would like my own place.","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Retired",,"I'd like more people, universities, shops, cafes etc so would like to live in or near a city or town rather than alone rurally.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Don't use it","Expert user","Don't use it","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","I am very interested in learning new technologies that may help me over the next few years and beyond as the tech continues to develop. As long as it has clear language and visual demonstrations then I would look forward to it.",,"Dislike","Dislike","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","I prefer to use a laptop as most of the smartphones are too small for me to comfortably read and get the best use of. I use them on occasion for quick checks, but will usually switch to my laptop for prolonged use. I  am comfortable with using laptops and also use a keyboard and laptop stand for work. I like the layout, and am used to how they work which is reassuring.","I have never owned a tablet due to cost and unless they come down in price I won't bother. I don't carry my laptop around and work from home so don't justify the cost. Having used a laptop for decades, it can do more than a tablet with a bigger screen. I have a Samsung phone (S21Plus) and whilst I do dislike the small screen size, I use it for quick checks on emails and Twitter etc. I don't use it for phone calls in the main, I have few friends, and those I do have know to text or email unless an emergency.  ",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","I would be interested in groups, mainly online, with links to other autistic elders - I use Twitter for advocacy/contact with #AutisticElders in my profile. It is scary to think that I might end up in a neurotypical care home with all of the environmental horrors they present. Any information on healthcare and ways of avoiding this fate, or services who do provide genuine autistic accepting support in my area.","I use the laptop for my work - data analysis - and enjoy learning and using different programs. I self taught myself Excel and built a database for supporting 1000 people's in 150 different houses and flats which produce an overview for management reporting. I do like 'gadgets' and have recently bought a home blood-pressure testing machine and use Noom's app to keep track of my food intake. I am health conscious due co-morbid health conditions such as anxiety and depression which impact upon my blood pressure. I also suffer with migraines, so anything that linked into research and remedies would be welcome. I am aware of the significant link between autism and epilepsy, so again, anything which provided information resources would be of wider use.","I use Twitter for advocacy, and subscribe to a number of blogs and websites that support the fight for human rights advances - well, even a basic acknowledgement that we even exist and don't need curing or eliminating would be progress - would be useful. This could help the neurodivergent 'community' to come together.   Advice and support with benefit applications for some and safe and secure employment advice for others would be good.   ","I would like to see a  free to access for all, website which brought together information and resources for all the various different groups of people who would fall under the neurodivergent banner - autistic. ADHD'ers, Tourettes, EDS, and some mental health issues such as depression, OCD etc. This would help us to work together to access larger funding pots rather than the current deliberate isolation of each to cause us to fight each other instead of the system. I would be prepared to pay a small subscription fee to help running costs, but wouldn't want to see a site full of adverts. I appreciate this is a challenge.  ","It would help break down the isolation and demonstrate that autistic children have this habit of growing up into autistic adults and then some of us grow old. Elderly care and support is poor enough in itself, but for minorities such as neurodivergent people (especially those on other intersections too e.g. non-white, female, LGBTQA+) it would be impossible and I would go to very extreme lengths to prevent myself from the indignity of that outcome. Giving me options might preclude this, but without significant public spending, which would require significant social change to bring about. For a website to be of use it would have to be specific and practical. It would be of little use for example to state, ""For help with this apply to the DWP."" as we know this is impossible for many people and they simply do not help millions of people.  ",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Clearly marked with simple and plain language. An uncluttered interface with good visuals - I remember things in images rather than words. I prefer no bright colours, with the use of pastel colours and the option for 'Night' mode, which I always use whenever available on my phone and laptop. Simple tabs without the need for accessing hidden tabs and tick boxes in sub-menus etc. No auto video or loud music as this can be very frightening and actually painful for some.","The knowledge that neurodivergent people were involved in the creation and development of it beyond a questionnaire. Co-production of resources is the only truly acceptable way forward for community projects, especially those specifically marketed to us for use.","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Other","External funding from Lottery or similar charity funder, but not as part of a corporate 'feel good' tax write off from a business.",,"No opinion","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Keep it to an absolute minimum. This should not be a project for companies to virtue signal support, especially those who do little or absolutely nothing to make their businesses accessible. Neurodivergent companies should be supported, so this would be acceptable, but not in a way which interferes with viewing the content e.g. full or half screen pop-ups.","Loud, bright, flashy auto-play corporate adverts. This is especially the case for adverts for services from other countries which I will clearly never access.  ","I block all cookies and trackers where possible and will not provide personal data which you could then sell at a later date. If you sell my data, I want paying for it. I will not use voice activated devices as they have been demonstrated to record and share significant amounts of conversations which is a gross invasion of my privacy.","Autistic activist organisations. Human rights organisations, local charity companies (less than 20 employees and low income), minority identity based support groups, foodbanks or support groups.","Private healthcare, financial services, mainstream political organisations, anything right wing, corporate charities or entities using the website for tax write-off.     NOTHING about ABA or PBS. ","This questions seems to already point towards something I probably won't access given the focus sponsorship and funding. I wouldn't pay anything until I had done my due diligence and thought it would benefit me, other wise it is just another corporate project looking to make money off us and there are enough people doing that in the autism industrial complex. ","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","59","Male",,"Scouser","With partner(s)",,"I live with my life partner with a mortgage.","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"I work from home and intend to continue with this arrangement for as long as possible. Working in a neurotypical office and the lack of adjustments made me ill.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","No problems with using new technologies but due to Dyscalculia I have trouble coding/installing software at times (I'm an Ubuntu user so it's a regular thing).",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Dislike","Like","Like","An app is easier to access on your phone/tablet if the internet connection is dodgy when outside!","As above but the t'other way around!",,"Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested",,"Very interested","Very interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","It's an odd one - after 50 + I've gotten to a point where I'm quite happy being Autistic - it's the non-Autistic folk I deal with that need to change/need help.","Work-wise tech' is useful....helps me interact with my client groups and the like.","More support/education to those with Autistic colleagues. ","An app design by Autistic people that explains Autism to non-Autistics, deals with the myths and stereotypes etc.  would be a start....","Well if it stopped folk making assumptions and NT-splaining Autism to me it would be a start.",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Easy user interfaces and the apps/tech actually doing what they promise - not crashing or having multiple sign-ins.","Autistic led, not just Autistic discussed.","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Acceptable","Acceptable","Acceptable","Not really - it's an annoyance that you have to put up with!","No.","no, but maybe make it slightly less appealing.","My favourite toy companies and DVD suppliers would be nice but let's be honest it's not going to happen!","The main ones pushing projects like Spectrum 10K or any with overtly political agendas.","I think most apps, tho' planned from a good place are pretty useless - aimed as they are at a vague NT notion of Autism.....we're seen as study projects and deficits rather than real people.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","51","Male",,"Yamyam (look it up).","With partner(s),With your children",,"I'm an Autistic adult - with an NT partner and 3 Autistic children so oddly enough Autism is the norm in our house.","Large city",,"Scotland",,"Self-employed",,"I work as an illustrator alongside working with a variety of Autism-based projects that may or may not be arts based depending on what's needed....So not a full-time professional Autistic yet but getting there.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Don't use it","Don't use it","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Rarely use it","I find it quite easy to learn new technologies but haven’t always been able access opportunities to learn due to lack of funds. ",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Smartphones and tablets because they’re what I’m used to.","I’ve never had a laptop or PC so I’m not confident using them. ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","As I’m currently unable to work I’d like to be able to access advocates who could help and advise when claiming benefits such as PIP, and be able to attend assessments with me.    Receiving more benefits would enable me to pay for private therapy. The NHS does not provide therapy for Autistic people.     If I am ever able to work, I’d need a lot of support from people who understand Autism and my limitations. Legal advice regarding reasonable adjustments in employment and how they can be implemented. ",,"I have major executive functioning deficits and struggle to make simple decisions so I need help with time management, prioritising tasks etc.",,"It would enable me to live a better and more productive life and may help me to acquire future employment. ",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes",,,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","No opinion","No opinion","Difficult","Difficult","No opinion",,"Constant ads and pop ups.","Yes.","Health foods/healthy lifestyle, fitness, skincare, hair and beauty, cruelty free, footwear. ","Fad diets, pharmaceutical companies, celebrity endorsements. ","I’d be prepared to pay a one off fee of up to £25 or up to £3 a month. ","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","45","Female",,"White British ","Alone",,"I live alone in a housing association flat, which I like but would prefer to live in a smaller, quieter town or village. ","Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"I’m unable to work due to severe social anxiety and I’m unable to access any help though I’ve tried and failed in the past. I don’t know who to contact or who to ask. ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it occasionally","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","I learn best by doing: download an app and it helps you set it up by saying click here / next etc works best for me",,"Like","Like","Like","Dislike","Like","Like",,"Apps are easier to use",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","It is super difficult for me to ask for reasonable adjustments. It would really help if there was an app I could use to input the stuff o struggle with and then that could could translate it into language neurotypical people could understand...    I hate having to explain why I struggle with stuff and why the organisation etc must help me... ",,"I hate phone calls and struggle to process the information given to me during phone calls. ",,,,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","They have to be intuitive",,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,,,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","47","Female",,"White British ","With partner(s),With your children",,,"Small town or city",,"England",,"Self-employed",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Don't use it","Expert user","Don't use it","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Willing to use and learn, can be slow to learn but usually pick it up",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Dislike","Like","Familiar with using them and can usually make them work easily","NA",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested",,,"Getting a job and keeping it at a level that won't harm me.  Meal planning and cooking","Help break tasks down into steps that are easy to manage and feel achievable ","Hugely, I can't cook for myself other than resting something and making pasta because I get overwhelmed and can't plan the task or time it properly. ",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Looking similar to other used apps. Having it be customisable ",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable",,"Anything moving or flashing or making noise","Any moving, flashing or noisy ads would stop me","Useful or neutral companies, those whose motives and ethos fits with autism","Anything anti autism ",,"I am in the process of seeking a diagnosis","30","Female",,"White British ","With partner(s)",,,"Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"I am unable to work outside my home due to agoraphobia. I would love to be able to work from home and do remote work helping others. ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Love new tech, easy to learn.",,"Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Like","Like",,,,"Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested",,,,,,,"Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes",,,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable",,,,,,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","52","Female",,"-","Alone",,,"Large city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it occasionally","Not willing to learn new technologies - have tried. Is difficult and having multiple apps and channels is difficult. Also if they’re full of ads or multiple notifications can be difficult to manage. ",,"Like","Unsure","Like","Like","Dislike","Like","On a computer it’s a bigger screen and the information is usually optimally organised. It’s obvious when the pages have been rendered in a different format than originally designed. Which is jarring. Because there’s more screen estate on a laptop/desktop or tablet, it’s easier to navigate without scrolling. Plus you can magnify the screen more easily - set to 150% for example. ","See above",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Opportunities to support others or volunteering.   Contributing knowledge and expertise or lived experience. ",,"Work adjustments  ","How to approach conversations about limitations at work","Help with some suggested words or advice about how to approach conversations or access support to have the conversation ",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","New platform",,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"No opinion","No opinion","No opinion","No opinion","No opinion","No opinion",,"If the ads make the page too busy, or difficult to understand what is the ad and what is part of the site, it’s difficult to stay engaged. ","Yes","Businesses that place sustainability at their core. ","Everything else. Disposable junk, plastic crap. ","Depends how much of a resource the site would be..!   Given that there are lots of free services, would need to be compelling use case for me.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","44","Female",,"Mixed","With partner(s)",,,"Large city",,"England",,"Part time employment,Self-employed",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Rarely use it","Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","In general I am happy and willing to learn new technologies, but I don't like change for its own sake.",,"Like","Like","Dislike","Like","Like","Like","I only use apps over websites if they offer additional functionality. Generally I prefer to use websites because it's easier to limit how much data the provider can scrape. Also (and I get the irony given my last remark) I prefer websites because I can get Chrome to manage all my passwords.","I hate notifications and have most notifications turned off.",,"Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","I have more accessibility issues relating to auditory processing disorder and hearing loss than anything more closely relating to ASD. I'm therefore committed to improving access by requesting captions and subtitles on all content (and calling out companies who skip that step) and also by extension requesting alt-text and descriptions on video and image content for those with reduced vision.","don't know","task management","I use Outlook Tasks extensively for work but haven't found a private/domestic equivalent (though an autistic acquaintance is currently developing one)","I'd be able to get out of my head a bit more",,"Unsure","Unsure","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","No","Unsure","content visual not audio makes things much much easier; too much video or audio content is no use at all","don't know","Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable","no","no","no","most","defence; tobacco; pharma; political parties","don't know","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","40","Female",,"white British","With partner(s),With your children",,"4-bed house for 5 people; own with mortgage; happy marriage; no changes","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Part time employment",,"I have been WFH since 2013 (pre-dx) and my particular role is very admin-focused with lots of dates and numbers and procedures and routines. I am *very* good at it but have hit a professional ceiling because the next step necessarily involves managing people and I absolutely cannot do that.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Rarely use it","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","I sort of grew up with the changes from tape to cds from using Netscape navigator onward online so, sort of adapt to new things as they come along. When I stop to think about it is when I realise level of change ",,"Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","I prefer using my smartphone ideally and using apps I’m familiar with. Happy to use websites if app isn’t what I want to do ","I haven’t a desktop computer at home, I dislike the laptop and prefer using smartphone ",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","In terms of many things I have to figure it out myself and keep myself grounded in order to be any use for my kids. It doesn’t mean that I don’t get lost with things and my own needs tend to be dropped for sorting household or things for kids.","An app isn’t always the answer, it’s regular updated content and ability to read something and come back to it, if it is helpful. ","I need support in terms of dealing with people and relationships. I’m always alone and I think biggest fear is that I’m alone too much ","Just to give pointers or a way to seek help of even have a conversation sometimes ","It would help me greatly as I’m often trapped by those sort of difficulties ",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","If I can turn sound off  or if it’s not too brightly lit/coloured","Clear Navigation, clear fonts, not too bright or colourful and any spoken content to have a text translation. ","Other","I’m on benefits so anything with a subscription is an issue",,"Acceptable",,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No","Pop up ads that scroll as you scroll make reading content impossible ","Sound/scrolling ads pop up ads","No opinion","Many unethical organisations out there in terms of their output from alcohol to betting to political issues","Ideally no advertising or sponsorship and free at point of use.    I’m on benefits and a subscription would deter me from using any such website.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","48","Male",,"White Scottish ","With your children",,"I’m a widower living with my children. We have enough room and space ","Medium sized town or city",,"Scotland",,"Other","I’m a unpaid carer in terms of my sons","I was full time employed in a professional job until my wife died. As an unpaid carer I have enough to do","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","I struggle the most not with learning new technologies, but changing habits so I actually engage with them. As long as there's a user guide and I can figure out most technology. As an example, I've tried engaging with health and wellbeing apps but found most to have difficult interfaces with the inability to track the things that matter to me - excel worked better. ",,"Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Dislike","Dislike","I much prefer phone apps, they are easier for me to navigate and use accessibility setting for text size and contrast. I have a fire tablet but mainly use it as an e-reader. ","I don't use my computer very often when dealing with cognitive or physical health challenges related to chronic pain and long term disability. This means any apps centered on computer use would be difficult for me to use. ",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","For me, because I live with physical disabilities on top of autism, the barriers to employment and developing community/shared interests have been significant. The groups now engaging over zoom has been great, but I really struggle keeping up with digital conversations and feeling safe meeting new people digitally.     For me, research and tools that support best practices for inclusive digital events and digital workforces would be extremely useful. I often don't know what would solve an access problem for me if it's related to sensory issues, and without being able to suggest an adjustment you're just left excluded. ","The user experience is at the core of all technology. Include a variety of autistic people in all stages of the design to ensure it works for the largest number of people, and any barriers to access are identified early. ","I'm really not sure how to answer this. ","See answer to 9","See answer to 9. If given some choices I could rank them in priority and how they could improve my life, but I struggle to identify what support I need. ",,"Unsure","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","For me it's a combination of the layout and the text/colour schemes. I have a mild vision impairment and get dizzy from many apps and websites. If the layout and logic doesn't make sense to me, I also won't use an app unless I absolutely have to (like a banking app). Notifications for specific actions and reminders that are customisable are also important. If I am not reminded to use a new app I will forget about it completely. ","Work through an iterative process as you develop this, with prototypes that can be used by focus groups to identify anything in the UX that would interfere with adoption. I feel pretty lost and isolated as an autistic adult with additional disabilities, so anything that helps me build community with less loneliness would be good. ","Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Difficult","No opinion","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No","Most of them. Text ads break up articles and make them difficult to read. Audio is extremely disorienting if it auto plays. Images can sometimes be OK, but if they move it makes me ill or distracted. And sometimes I don't realise they're an ad straight away, so I think it is related to what I'm reading. ","Yes, if ads are intrusive I won't use a service. I avoid websites like The Mirror for this reason. ","I'd prefer sponsorship, from any organisation that includes autistic and disabled voices and recognises our value. Donations shouldn't be their ""community involvement"" where they pay and then don't hire/don't include us. ","Any that practice/endorse ABA and other harmful therapies. ","If via free content I find a service is very helpful I'm often willing to pay for more features. But how much I'm willing to pay is variable, but given I have no income under £20/6 months would be about what I could afford. ","Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","40","Female",,"White - non British ","With partner(s)",,"I wish we lived in a one floor home, but we cannot afford it. I'm unable to live somewhere with shared entrances  because I am severely allergic to fragrance so most affordable accessible homes are not an option to me ","Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"I would like to be employed, but as an immigrant have experienced significant discrimination in my attempts - and the stress from that caused my disabilities to become more impairing. I haven't been able to navigate the UK continuing education system to get relevant qualifications. ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Don't use it","Use it occasionally","Don't use it","Expert user","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Rarely use it","Use it often","I am gadget mad and have a brain that demands new data 24/7.  I do not deal well with changes to websites or apps though.  I did have an app to top up my energy meters and it worked perfectly, then Utilita decided to upgrade it to make it better and easier.  Its now shit and complicated and I have to go the shop to top up.  I am Dyspraxic. My dyspraxic fingers and touch screens go together like oil and water so I have a Nokia 3310.  I can manage basics on my 10"" tablet using a stylus and going slowly.  However my pc with my assistive tech is my main access to online services ",,"Dislike","Dislike","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","I have assistive technology on my pc for everything.  I can study for my degree, plan and organise my home and life, book appointments, book reasonable adjustments, work, attend meetings all from my pc ","Touchscreens are a living nightmare.  As a Dyspraxic I do not have the fine control of my fingers that is necessary to be able to use a smartphone.  In fact the frustration and distress caused by trying can be very harmful to my mental wellbeing and could push me into a meltdown during which I could physically harm myself ",,"Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","To be honest as a late diagnosed Autistic I actually need someone to sit with me and explain things in plain English and help me understand me so I can understand what would help me better.  At the moment everything is disjointed nothing is connected up and all those different private companies all with different practices and policies simply complicates everything even more.","To be honest whilst technology is fantastic at helping, far too often it is being used as a cheap alternative to providing the much more useful and helpful human beings and may soon become part of the problem instead of a support ","Sorry that question is so open it spins my head, being more specific or adding some scaffolding (examples) might help narrow it down and enable me to answer","See above",,,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Simple clear layouts, no white background, using cream as a starting point would help everyone who has a problem with white backgrounds, then those who still need to can adjust it to the colour they need.  Speak to Irlen about colour backgrounds as they have a larger colour range than used for dyslexics or those with visual stress.  By offering a larger range of coloured backgrounds you ensure to include the maximum number of people possible.  Also Irlen uk may be able to give you data on the number of people assessed as needing each colour in the country.  Large icons or the ability to make them larger.  ",,"Other","It's a disability tool needed to make an app or website accessible it would be discrimination to charge people extra just so they can have access at the same level as their peers  ",,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No opinion","I don't like ads or sponsorship.  If I want services or goods I research and look for them any other time they are simply a nuisance ",,,,"None","I go into an app or website for a specific reason advertising and sponsorship are irrelevant to that reason so should not be there. End of.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","57","Female",,"English ","With partner(s)",,"I live with my husband and we would love me to get a carer instead of everyone telling us my husband is my carer when he can't meet my needs","Large city",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"I would love help to get better and go back to work after my degree","Yes"
"Yes",,,"Use it often","Use it occasionally",,"Use it often","Use it often",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","I have found smart-phones very   useful to use because you are using them everyday, a d if you reasonably clued up.on the internet you can go on to learn technologies.",,"Like","Like",,"Dislike","Like","Dislike","I like the apps  on the smart phone, because they are easier to use, websites on laptops or desktop computers are sometimes   more complicated to access.","The different formats are sometimes, i would try to send an e-mail and it is then rejected, but that might be the phone itself is not compatible with the service.",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","I  would find useful, Counselling and Support for family, friends, andcrelationship issues. Support andc raining for independent living.  ","I have used a computer before and  learned how to access training courses and jobs in the past, when I was looking for work.","I would find it helpful, if there were any groups in my own area, you would go to for local activities, for people with Autism, whereby you are participating in an interest.","I think an app where you would seek help for counselling and support for relatives who have Asperger's or autism might be useful to have if the person live's on their own.","I think it would improve your quality of life by meeting other people, you might be engaged in meeting new people and new activities.",,"Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Choice of screen layout, Options to turn any feedback on or off, choice of  text menus or icons to initiate actions.","The most useful feature would be  the choice of screen layout, the choice of text size and colour. ","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable","I would find advertising from I'd mobile helpful or Virgin Media in relation to advertisingcadvi have them for the mobile phone and my  broadband. ","I sometimes find advertising for sport technology difficult to listen too, there is sometimes loud music and an noisy background.","No I don't think so.","I would find the types of organisations for counselling and people with mental counselling and drug addiction helpful for people with mental health problems.","I would find the types of organisations   would find unacceptable would be for materials that are harmful to the climate and adverts for alcohol. ",,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","60","Male",,"Scottish ","Alone",,"I live on my own, but live independently, I do my own shopping and cooking, and cleaning, I would be interested of any network in my own area which provides support for people with autism.","Large city",,"Scotland",,"Unemployed",,"I am unemployed, but I have did voluntary work in the past,  it is good for your own self-esteem.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Very willing and it usually takes only a short time for me to learn how to do something. ",,"Like","Like",,,,"Like","If I want to use an app I would prefer to use it on my phone as I use my phone when I am out and about.  ","I discovered quite recently with a bit of patience nothing on phones or computers causes difficulties it is just something new that I can learn.",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","I have only highlighted a couple of these because most of what it on the list I don't have a problem with and I don't need to get a better job because I work as a volunteer so I can totally choose what to do.","What I can't find are lists of places that are quiet. So for walking near where I live somewhere not overly affected by traffic noise and also shops that offer quieter times.  Phone apps containing maps of departments within hospitals so that I don't have to try and interpret hospital signs which I find are usually hopeless to follow. Infomation has to how to access the doctor's surgery now most of the appointment are online but you need to a blood test. ","Applying to university to study to improve my knowledge surrounding my volunteer job. I have problems with people making wrong first assumptions about what I am capable of doing. People who know me don't treat me the same way as people who have just met me.  I am usually treated as not worth communicating with on fhe first meeting.  So it is difficult to get past the bias. ","Show easy to follow directions. ","It would help a lot because it would mean I could get past other similar problems.",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","I just learn.  ","Not too much text.  ","Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","No opinion","No opinion","Acceptable","Acceptable","Pictures with text","I get bored with long videos","No. If I wanted to use something I would use it anyway.","Academic. Public information.  Health information. ","Charities.  I hate advertisements from charities because I have already made up my mind who I want to support","How much I would be willing to pay for it would depend on how useful I found it.","Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","63","Female",,"White British","With partner(s)",,"Currently living in an owned house with my husband and would like to move to a bungalow in the next couple of years.","Large city",,"England",,"Retired",,"I am a mental illness volunteer.  ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Don't use it","Use it occasionally","Use it occasionally","Don't use it","Use it occasionally","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it often","Rarely use it","Rarely use it","VERY ol fashioned!  Allergic!  Would have to be taught  VERY  slowly?",,"Unsure","Unsure","Dislike","Like","Unsure","Like","Most are alien to  me,,, most websites seem badly  designed,,, National rail enquiries, ,,Ugh! And it keeps breaking down,IF Internet is working, collapses for an hour+most nights.","Most aspects, wrecking my dodgy  eyesight.",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Face to face  support  for  older people. ","I Don, t understand  'technology '---virtual?  or REAL stuff like help with joinery, car repairs. The culture  of ""IT"" is wrecking our language!,?","Nearly all, but only face to  face","None of it, in person  please","I Don, t! I need face to  face help.",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Unsure","All is difficult,  my brain was cluttered enough6 b4 I T came along, now I feel I, m going to  have a  meltdown  struggling with it.","I was lead to  believe this survey was going to be of help to  Elders, not that it was going to be  an I T thing.  This tablet  is so weird it suddenly came up with  a Monster face,,,sums it up  really!","Sponsorship",,,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Brain cluttering  nightmare just got worse.All  ","All?","All, don't  understand  app word","0","All","For goodness sake just explain on the phone,!, £0","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","74","Male",,"Deserted Church  of England ","With partner(s)",,"Big grant please for crazy cold bungalow improve9","Rural area or village",,"Scotland",,"Retired",,"O K so I, m semi retired.🚽🏝🐱😅🤔 ((just looking for speech recognition but knowing  my luck it's  stopped working )) (so you see I find the  whole  thing unreliable andamateurish). I THOUGHT this was going to be about real support for Elders. As it happens ihave just discovered  to day that NO organisations or University research ers are willing to  help  with  my quest to start the 1st ever Elders real support group (s). So I have decided to consult  the Institute of Neurodiverse type,  [deleted],  re advice on starting a small*business with small contribution  or sponsorship myself as none of 3+ ASC societies or 5+ researchers are prepared to help. More on emails. ....","Yes"
"Yes",,"Don't use it",,"Use it occasionally","Don't use it","Rarely use it","Don't use it","Use it occasionally","Don't use it","Don't use it","Don't use it","I want to learn to use new technologies but i do not find it easy at all. I need things explained to be on a one to one basis",,"Unsure","Like","Unsure","Like","Unsure","Unsure","I like learning and looking up different things but I don't know how to do this very well. ","I dislike them because I do not know to use them. I am a basic beginner ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","I don't know.","A lot of information is not colour-coded. I just find using technology difficult unless it is explained to me onme-to-one. A alos need people to back me up.","Help looking things up, short-cuts, navigating websites, help recognising emails when they come in - I don't know how to do emails at all.","I don't know, I don't think it could really.","It would improve it a lot. ",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","There can be too many options and things need to simpler.","I don't know.","Other","Social care funding",,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No.","bright lights and colours are difficult due to light sensitivity. I don't like moving things or pop-ups.","Yes, I would stop using a website if had these things.","No advertising is acceptable because it is distracting and confusing, I don't want to go on their website.","No advertising is acceptable because it is distracting and confusing, I don't want to go on their website.","Nothing to add.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","65","Female",,"White","Alone",,"Flat, rented, council, 1, block of 9. live alone, people visit to provide support.    I would like my flat to be sound-proofed. The insulation is very poor and noise makes me ill.    ","Large city",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"I can't work because of my disabilities.    I do not see any changes that can be made. ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Very willing to learn",,"Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","I like the user interface on smartphone apps.  Well crafted","I find laptops and screen size an issue.  Prefer a desktop OC in a separate room",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested",,,,,,,,"Yes","No","Yes","No","No","No","No","Yes",,,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford",,,"Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,,,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","52","Male",,"White","With partner(s)",,,"Medium sized town or city",,"Northern Ireland",,"Full time employment",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Rarely use it","If the technology is of use to me and my interests I am very motivated. Otherwise I find it a dismal experience. For example, it takes me weeks/months to reclaim my research expenses because navigating the form and online process is not straightforward and I cannot bring myself to learn. Even when I do, I often have to re-learn how to do it because I cannot remember what I previously did. However, I have become quite fluent with coding Stata because I am interested in statistical analysis.",,"Like","Dislike","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Apps on smartphones - they are often optimised for phone use, which makes accessibility intuitive.  Websites on smartphones - very little, unless they have been designed for use with smartphones or at least designed with smartphones in mind.  Apps on tables - same as on phones. However, I also like that a stylus can be used.  Websites on tablets - not sure, I like that it is like a smaller version of a laptop. Being able to write responses instead of typing is good.  Apps on laptops/desktops - I am not sure I have used Apps (I do not include Word etc. which have been branded as 'apps' because they are programs. Although on reflection, I am now not sure about the use of App, because it is short for application, and a program is an application)  Websites on laptops/desktops- keyboard and mouse interface","Apps on smartphones - ads with tiny 'x' buttons to close (ads in general). None intuitive GUI. No option to switch button layout to left handed use. Garish colours, annoying sound effects. Requiring permission to access parts of my phone I do not want the app to access.  (All of this applies to apps on tablets)  Web site on smartphone - any kind of form/text entry which can be difficult to navigate.  (Same for tablet)  Apps on laptop/desktops - see a.",,"Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","I think the above list is pretty comprehensive.  I would like some sort of planner for inputting activities with deadlines and being able to track progress in real time","Option for switching button layout to left handed. My new smartphone has the 'back' button the opposite side to my new one and with prolonged use causes thumb pain.","daily living - cooking/shopping.","Being able to auto-suggest food plans and shopping lists based on my likes. I like the idea of set meals each day, but varied across the week for health. However, I find organising a menu and knowing when and what to buy impossible to manage. Microwave meals and takeaway is too available.","I would be able to stay healthier for longer",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes",,,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No, I find them counter-productive - if there are ads I become much less inclined to ever buy the product/service.",,"Cluttering the screen, lagging being able to scroll down the screen, a close option that is so small it almost inevitably takes you to the website - I now block websites that do this.",,,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","36","Other","agnostic","White - British","Other","with a friend","I live with a friend because it saves on cost. However, I would prefer to live alone - yet I cannot afford to do so, in a place that I can access work from.","Large city",,"England",,"Other","PhD student",,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Very easy to use and love learning new things",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Like","Dislike","Like","Convenience","Websites can be hard to navigate on small screens. Apps can be forgotten quite easily!",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,,"organisation and priortisation","yes","improve stress levels",,"Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Colour of text and background",,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","No opinion","Difficult",,"All flashing images or rapidly changing text or images","yes","ethical and autism friendly","those using medical model language and unethical companies",,"Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","60","Female",,"white British","With partner(s)",,,"Rural area or village",,"Scotland",,"Part time employment",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Don't use it","Expert user","Expert user","Rarely use it","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Rarely use it","Use it often","Don't mind, but cautious about impact on my life - hence I don't own a smartphone.",,"Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Like","Dislike","Like","I like websites, not apps. I like to navigate away from a page, or have other tabs open. I have a very short attention span. ","I don't want to be trapped in an app experience. it's about needing to leave, or go to something else and then go back. I can't do that so easily with an app as with a tab on a webpage.",,"Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","I would like to find out how to get an income.","I am interested in cybersecurity and engage in CTF activities.    ","I'm struggling with using Burp Suite","I'd like an easier way to use it","It would enable me to advance in HTB",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","No","No","Unsure","Big buttons to click with my cursor","Good if I can change the background colour and font size and colour","Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","No opinion",,"flashing lights","yes","food, film, amazon","pornography, charity -  animals in distress, people in distress","I don't earn anything. ","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","57","Female",,"Irish","With partner(s),With your children",,"I would like to have an income","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Self-employed",,"I put ""self employed"" for the last question because I have not signed on as unemployed.    I am disabled and do get a small amount of work from home each year. I do not earn enough to pay tax. Our household income is not enough to live on.     I would apply for PIP but the process is too horrible to contemplate.    ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it occasionally","Don't use it","Don't use it","Use it occasionally","Use it occasionally","Don't use it","Don't use it","Use it occasionally","Use it occasionally","Don't use it","I find it hard to accept instructions on new tech. I lose interest/patience very quickly. People then get frustrated with me.",,"Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","I don’t know what this question even means.","Again, I don’t understand the question. ",,"Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested",,"Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","I am 74 years old and have muddled by somehow. I don’t want any help because of my patience levels, my lack of sociability, and cos of feeling like an idiot. ","Better instruction leaflets. THAT would be helpful. ","Nothing. ","No. Because I don’t know how to get to a website or an app. My daughter has tried to show me FOR YEARS and I cannot take instruction. ","Not sure.",,"No","No","No","No","No","No","No","No","No","Lack of humility enough to admit I need help and the patience to accept help. ",,,,,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No.","All.","I wouldn’t be using it.","None.","All.","I wouldn’t be using an app or website, even if it was free. I’m filling this form in to highlight some of the real barriers to usage. ","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","74","Male",,"British","With partner(s)",,,"Rural area or village",,"England",,"Retired",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","I like to read about them first. Maybe an article in the NAS magazine if autistic specific.   Also learn from family and friends and try their recommendations. I don’t tend to pay for apps preferring free ones. ",,"Like","Dislike","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","What I am used to mainly. ","Not really thought about it. I tend to stick with what I already know as so much going on in my life. ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Varies. If my husband dies before me, or gets dementia, my needs will change a lot. At present life is ok.   Accessing health services and understanding health questions is a big area for me at present. Would be good to have info on such things as undergoing a ct scan, when/ how to ask questions of doctors…","I am lucky in having an ok laptop, many autistic friends do not have one. They also have limited data contracts on their phones- especially older friends. ","Accessing health services ","Suggestions how to phrase questions without annoying doctor.   Explanation of terminology ","More confident in medical appointments and hopefully more success in getting health issues sorted",,"Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Unsure","No","No","Unsure","Logical. Intuitive helps.   Clear what to do next. ","No flashing or quick moving images   Able to turn off any sounds","Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"No opinion","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable",,,,"Shops, food, charity,","Shooting and hunting brigade, political ","99p a year max unless really good then willing to pay £2. I haven’t paid for any Apps as yet. ","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","60","Female",,"White","With partner(s)",,"I am lucky. Live with husband in our own house ","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Self-employed",,"Work mainly via Teams. Would like a better laptop and internet connection ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Rarely use it","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","It is slowly getting more and more difficult, A great deal of care is now required selecting things like peripheries, as manufacturers are increasingly making different machines for different platforms.   Also if one strays away from Apple helpdesk, other companies are pretty hopeless with their support, you tube videos, with a person speaking English badly, and poor direction and graphics explain How to.   IMO as the industry drifts away from Neurodiverse starters and allocates jobs to neurotypicals we are loosing that detailed approach of the past.",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Like","Like","Like","Websites on phones are a poor compromise - one can easily see why people have a short attention span for this.   Often it is very difficult to locate what one is seeking.  Social media like instagram is perfectly suited to the smartphone, facebook not so much, and can be very irritating, more so when trying to locate a facebook post from a phone, onto  a computer.  Facebook is not uniform in its presentation.   Also dislike the way advertising is full of scammers, or those offering poor value for money.","smartphones increasingly overcomplicated.  Wifi delivery often very inconsistent, techno companies getting very greedy and pushy about paying for their services - all a source for meltdown and a need to switch off and go snd lie down until recovered",,"Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Very interested",,"Very interested",,,"Somewhat interested",,,,,"Very interested",,,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"It is still very difficult managing who I am after a late diagnosis a few years ago.  So many problems arise, from trying to explain myself or my actions, or coping with the nastiness of certain neurotypicals, who simply are blind to what I am trying to achieve, I just bang my head against intense neurotypical stupidity, so that I really don't want to go outside beyond where I live unless I really have to.  Luckily for me regular use of certain retail premises has meant sales/office staff, know when I reach danger levels of meltdown.   Most shops are hopeless though","Advise the tech companies to stop updating software without prior advice!   leaving my computer one day and returning to it the next and finding changes have taken place is deeply frustrating - just yesterday Dropbox rearranged all my folders and then told me `I had exceed my storage needs - which I knew to be untrue, but they had grabbed loads of folders I dint want stored.  It took me all day yesterday and some of today to rectify.","Clear concise explanations in words and diagrams.   ","Employ intelligent autistics to identify the detail required","stop meltdowns",,"No","No","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","speech contributes to sensory overload - I won't let my satnav talk to me, for fear of a meltdown when driving.  Avoid Siri and Alexa etc like the Black Death","see above - clear concise diagrammatic and word explanation, and warnings when software is to be updated and things moved around","One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising",,,"No opinion","No opinion","Difficult","No opinion","Difficult","Difficult","banners, text adverts ( as in a printed media magazine ) basically I dislike adverts though the www is supposed to be free - that's what the founding fathers promised","You tube adverts. Amazon phone calls. any with noise","definitely - I use the above as little as possible ","I enjoy printed media magazines - these enable me to browse at my own pace, rather than the in your face social media advertising","Amazon  euch!","If an app has been examined and proposed by any of the autism groups I am associated with, I would consider them.  Also I am on a few general groups, where apps are sometimes discussed and different people give their views with helps decide on their usefulness.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","71","Male",,"British - White Caucasian","Alone",,"Everything here is ideal except for the steep hills in every direction!","Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Self-employed",,"No I intend to work until my body and brain cease to perform   - Everyone seems to enjoy being controlled by the state, I value the freedom self employment brings, with my ability to do things physically away from other people - VOIP phones and cloud computing and Zoom are perfect for organising my life, and minimising contact with less intelligent endowed human species.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Willing to learn. I don’t always find it easy ",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","I’m ok with any of these ","None ",,"Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested",,,"Making more friends ","Link me with more autistic people that I can make friends with ","I would have more friends ",,"Unsure","Unsure","No","No","Yes","No","No","No","No",,,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable",,,"No ","Autistic led organisations ","Unethical ones ",,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","50","Non-binary",,"White British ","With partner(s)",,"None","Large city",,"England",,"Self-employed",,"None","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","I have a master's in computing.",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Device agnostic web apps.","Terrible accessibility design.",,"Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested",,,"Structuring daily activities","Integrate with Google calendar using an api","Take a great weight off my mind",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","No","No","Not changing. Things being where you expect them to be. ",,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Advertising",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Banner ads. Inline promotions.","Interruption marketing","Sometimes","PG - Teen certification","Adult. 18+. Alcohol.  Some autistic people have substance abuse problems or get addicted to gambling.",,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","48","Female",,"White British","With your children",,"More cats ;)","Large city",,"England",,"Other","Just graduated, looking for job, but also part time self employed and carer.","Interview next week, hope I get it!","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","i like new tech but it varies how easy i find it",,"Unsure","Dislike","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like",,"screen size on phones makes some things difficult to read",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,,,,,,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes",,,"Advertising",,,"No opinion","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No opinion",,,,,,,"I am in the process of seeking a diagnosis","59","Female",,"white","With partner(s),With your children",,,"Small town or city",,"England",,"Other","full time unpaid carer",,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","definitely willing and can learn quite easily ",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Unsure","Like","Like","most like apps on smart phone ","websites can be awkward to use on smart phones ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,,"help with calling doctors etc ","help with what to say ","i would be less stressed ",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","customisable ",,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable",,"pop ups you can’t get rid of for 15+ seconds ","no",,,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","21","Female",,"white british","With parent(s)",,,"Rural area or village",,"England",,"Unemployed",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","I need support to learn.",,"Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Unsure","Dislike","Like","Costs. And ease of use.","I like things that work and feel, less cut off from the outside world - using a laptop partly because it is more accessible.  ",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","There is no support.",,"Everything.","Actual support?","I would have a life?",,"Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Being able to understand helps.",,"Other","I cannot afford to pay.",,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","I hate adds!","All!","Yes.","Greenpeace?","All.","Most advertising is crass etc.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","56","Female",,"Scottish","Other","With grown up daughter.","I would like to make it good.","Small town or city",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"I wish I could work, I wish I could be physically well. I wish I could be ok. I wish I could have friends.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","I find new technologies instinctive and easy to access as long as I am able to use them regularly ",,"Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","I prefer a website to apps on my laptop as these are updated at source rather me needing to download updates. This is the same with my phone. I prefer to take up less memory by accessing a website rather than downloading. ","Apps often freeze, take up memory, require frequent updates to newer versions. They are sometimes clunky.",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested",,"Technology is useful as it helps communicate from a distance. I am only able to use it for short periods though, and find that too much screen time and too much noise and bright lights painful.","I am self identified as ASD, although it has often been suggested that I am, I have been refused formal testing by my previous GP because I held down a successful job and there was a long waiting list. Now I've been told that it won't benefit me because I'm unable to work anyway, so would be of no use knowing.   I would like to know for my own peace of mind but don't know how to do this at my age.","Just help me find a few answers. I'm okay with who I am, but I've always been told I'm different.   ","Yes.",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Too bright, too noisy and flashing lights or screens make my life impossible and trigger Hemiplegic Migraine and loss of consciousness.   Large font makes it easier.","To feel inclusive and not invisible because of age and being female ","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Advertising",,,"No opinion","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Not really ","As mentioned before","As mentioned before ","Only those that do not harm","Nestle and subsidiaries   Coca Cola  Conservative Party  ","Sponsorship has to be morally acceptable. For instance, I love certain Nestle products but refuse to have them or support the company.   As I am on benefits,  the amount I am able to pay would be minimal.  Please note there's a difference between wish to and able to.","Don't know","61","Female",,"White British ","Alone",,"I live in a ground floor flat, with wet room. I am unable to leave my flat unless I have someone with me, but live alone, so am housebound. I have no one to push my wheelchair to take me out, which would be pleasant. ","Large city",,"Wales",,"Unemployed",,"I am not fit for work due to multiple co-morbidities. I worked until early 2019, when I became too ill.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Rarely use it","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","early adopter",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Like","Like","Like","smartphones are 'always on' technology so handy, tablet/laptop/computers are all easier when having to navigate lots of text/data/inputting","anything that has pop ups! Tiny text. Too much moving from page to page - I find if I navigate to a new page I lose the last one to object impermanence! So if something needs multiple pages held in my mind, I tend to navigate on a laptop browser where I can open and see multiple tabs at once.",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,,"routines and scheduling, prioritisation, task transitions, support for dealing with medical professionals of all kinds (especially information they should have and don't about, eg co-occurring conditions, sensitivities to medicines, etc), ideas and tech for sensory support (good ear buds, etc), peer support with unmasking and navigating an NT world, support navigating accommodations with HR depts and similar (union should help but is ill-informed), coaching and peer support rather than therapeutic intervention. I'm sure there's more but that's a lot!","databases of information, connections to peer and nd-friendly support, news and latest research. At the moment I find the ADHD folk are all on tiktok and autistics on Twitter and there's a lot of good sharing going on there in both places but it would be great to have it curated and verified a bit!","I'm sure you already know this but - the main frustration with being late-diagnosed, high-masking autistic is that all the support and info is out there but the people you're supposed to go to for help - whether that's a GP or Access to Work or HR or even an optician - they are just too out of date or ableist to know about it. Being your own advocate in these situations is hard, and lonely, and even dangerous. Diving into the research yourself, even if you have the skills, is a lottery where you are regularly triggered by pathologising language. It's a battle rather than a support system. We do what we can for each other, but a resource that supports that allyship would be amazing.",,"Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure",,,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,"pop ups!",,"It's all down to ethics. That's a hard one to answer simply.",,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","48","Female",,"white","With partner(s)",,,"Rural area or village",,"England",,"Self-employed",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Don't use it","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","It can take a bit to get the hang of it, but if I can google how to use it or ask soneone I'm ok. ",,"Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Having apps handy on the phone is nice, but websites on mobile are not as easy as desktop.","Websites and small keyboards on phones are difficult to use/navigate.",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","I would love to be able to find other autistics locally to chat/make friends with.",,"Meet local autistics to chat and hang out with","Match people who live in my area  ","I don't have a social life, so networking with other autistics would be nice",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Difficult menus to find/navigate, small keyboards",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising",,,"Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No","No","No","Unsure","Quack autism orgs, products or services around diet, food or body shaming","I could probably afford $5 per month or $50 per yesr","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","53","Female",,"White","With your children",,"In a rental home with my adult autistic child. Lnly change is I would prefer to live alone. ","Large city",,"Other","USA","Full time employment",,"I like my job. No changes.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Willing to learn but get frustrated with things that keep changing. Usually pick things up quickly.",,"Unsure","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Not a huge fan of apps. They seem to clog up my phone","Can't think of anything specific, other than font size etc, not sure I have understood the question",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,,,,,,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes",,,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.",,,"Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,"The pop up ones","Yes","Ethical  Carbon neutral  Charitable","Autism Speaks  Autistica  ABA organisations  ",,"I am in the process of seeking a diagnosis","60","Female",,"White","With partner(s)",,"Have eldest daughter living with us out of work and would love her to find a job","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Part time employment,Self-employed",,"Would like to retire","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Early adopter. Have worked online since 1995. Find most things easy to learn.",,"Dislike","Dislike","Like","Like","Like","Like","Smartphones are ok. But you’ve asked me to express a preference. I prefer seeing a bigger picture and not scrolling.","-",,"Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Very interested",,"Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","It is not a lack of interest. I’ve had to survive without a diagnosis and crippling ADD or similar and real difficulty communicating in certain situations. So I use many apps and devices to cope, because I have a severely autistic child and a home, family, and business to run, now without a husband and in the middle of a pandemic. I use Evernote, Things 3, Scrivener, email, and even photos to try and keep a grip of what I am doing and what is going on with others.","Scrivener is life saving. I write everything in that: books, stories, notes, journals, blogs, ideas, shopping lists etc.    Evernote also life saving. I used to hoard paper not because I wanted to, but because I couldn’t decide between pieces of paper. I was scared to throw anything away. Now I scan everything into Evernote using a Scan Snap and shred all but legal deeds.","Communicate. Or even something I can show to communicate to officials and doctors that they have to be patient. My intelligence and articulacy misleads them. I am “blind” to what they think are obvious instructions or conventions.    My difficulties communicating are becoming life threatening. I’m currently very ill with a muscle problem. I was sent to a specialist who seemed to know nothing about autism. He was not clear with instructions, and when I did the wrong thing he tutted and sighed. When he asked for my history, I started when I was first ill at four, which infuriated him and made me panic. I never know how much to say or in what detail.    He asked me to take off an article of clothing, and I was so anxious I took off the wrong thing, which made him tut and sigh out loud, and roll his eyes at the nurse. I know these signals so I became more anxious and upset.    I feel the general public has little idea that women can be autistic. And intelligent women can be autistic. And articulate women can be autistic.    DIAGNOSIS. I have to live with huge prejudice because I cannot get diagnosed. Autism is very prevalent in the family in both boys and girls. I suspect I am autistic and/or have ADD. I score 9/10 on AQ10.    ","An app that can be shown to officials to indicate autism and ask for minor accommodation.","It might save my life. I keep leaving medical appointments in tears of humiliation and frustration.",,"Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Unsure","I have autoimmune problems which cause fatigue. Sometimes I like to dictate of have things read back. I can’t answer this question fully because I can’t really visualise what you are talking about.","A network of other autistic professionals would be good. A list of autism friendly places, where staff had been trained.","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",".","Anything auto playing, noisy, adverts at the beginning of the videos I want to see - confusing. Anything flashing, garish etc.","Yes. I don’t read some online newspapers because of how their ads work.","Related to the subject.","Betting. Bitcoin. Political. Junk food.","?","I am in the process of seeking a diagnosis","65","Female",,"European. I hate being British nowadays.","With your children",,"I would like to get diagnosed. It would help people be patient with me. My health is at risk as during the pandemic I can’t take anyone with me to smooth out comma. In the past my fortunate good looks and youth helped people ignore my oddness, and I chose work where it would not show, or was an advantage. Now I can’t hide I’m old and ill. My husband left me suddenly having bankrupted our company. I have £120,000 debt and can see no way out. I’ve been too ill to work and cannot move or restructure because of son’s  extreme autism. The house was adapted for him, using my pension lump sum. Just hoping I get better enough to work or something turns up. I’m a professional author but when upset can’t do anything. And the pandemic has been a nightmare for a woman with such bad executive function skills. It’s taken all my strength to keep our coeliac family fed during shortages etc.","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Other","Freelance and writing but currently not earning.","Can’t see how things could change without a miracle. The pandemic has been the icing on the cake. I have to shield even now.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Rarely use it","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Rarely use it","I'm not keen on using phone as anything other than a phone!  To be honest I hate them!  Even though I've had to use mobile phones in my previous occupation working in IT.",,"Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Like","Anything smaller than a full screen means it is difficult for me to read and process.  The only tablet form that I have found with any success is a Kobo e-reader (again it's a single function device)","I simply cannot process the words in the small format.  And even with a full screen I may need to download and print out something to fully process and understand the content",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","I have a diagnosis for Autism and currently referred for ADHD assessment.  The key problems I have is executive function and time management. In particular, I would welcome something that would help with my time blindness - that's a real challenge because nothing has worked up to now!","I have used technology as part of my work as a programmer and database developer.  But I see technology as that - as a tool and not as something that is there to help - the idea of AI and apps leaves me cold!","Time management and executive functioning (similarly emotional regulation)","Provide options for time management that don't involve complicated things like diaries or journals.  I have attempted to use bullet journaling and even that is too much.","Preventing needless errors and simple mistakes, stop losing things (currently still trying to find 2 lost penknives that have been tidied and 'put somewhere safe')  Stop forgetting important dates",,"Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Most web sites (and apps) are fixed and not customisable.  So, allow menus to be customised to (only) include certain items.  Or enable a change of order to make somethings higher.  Allow selection of favourites.",,"Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,"Anything that basically distracts me from intended use (ADHD)","See above",,,"Very unlikely to find any advertising acceptable as I rarely take any notice (currently use Brave and Waterfox that allow disabling of advertisements)","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","63","Male",,"White","Alone",,,"Rural area or village",,"England",,"Retired",,"Really had to give up work due to pressures of certain attitudes and abilities associated with a 'certain age'.  But giving up work gave me the freedom to seek and obtain a diagnosis of autism that I strongly suspected since 2008.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Not great, unless I am using something regularly and is meeting a need.",,"Unsure","Like","Unsure",,"Unsure","Like","Websites are easy to handle. Apps can be useful if they work well with system requirements.","Updates or the lack of them. User-friendliness of app stores (as I do not use often).",,"Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested",,,"Supporting other members of my family - legal advice.    Networking and finding out what is happening in the autistic community.","Linking up with autistic people, community groups and allies that may come in useful as and when one needs them.","More linked up socially, more support if hit a crisis.",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","When they crash! Not good signposting or not clear.",,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,"Pop up's.","Possibly pop up's and music.",,"Daily Mail, The Sun, Autism Speaks.","Not funding hate!","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","48","Male",,"British (White)","With partner(s),With your children",,,"Small town or city",,"England",,"Part time employment,Self-employed",,"More security.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","I am willing. There just seems to be an unwritten rule that once you have downloaded it you will know what to do with it. I don’t. I need instructions ",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Dislike","Like","Dislike","If I have an app stored, atleast I know I am always in the right place, unlike a website","I end up in the wrong place often ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","To be able to find someone who will complete forms to access services without standing in a queue at CAN for hours to sit with someone who does understand my communication. I never get the result I need because people don’t understand me or autism. Every service is in accessible ",,"Self advocacy tools. To be able to speak to another autistic person that understands ",,"I just need help to access services - nobody understands autistic communication. I am always accused of being rude/blunt then I ended up having a meltdown, which takes weeks to recover from and I’m told I’m hostile and I never go again",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Use of language- needs to be clear and specific ",,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","I wouldn’t use it if there were ads on it","All of them - extra information that I don’t need to process in a day.","All would make me not use it","None - I do not want to be thinking about things that I don’t need to.  I have to be extra careful with my spoons and account for them cautiously ","All","It would depend on reviews etc","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","42","Female",,"White uk","With partner(s),With your children",,"Home owned outright with husband","Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"NHS","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it occasionally","I find that as my responsibilities increased my capacity to learn new technologies decreased.  With time and a reason I'd love to learn more.",,"Unsure","Like","Like","Unsure","Dislike","Like","I like websites because I like to open new tabs from the page I'm reading to look at later.","Apps on phone are very storage heavy.  Apps on desktop are clunky to access.  Websites on tablets require too much keyboard use and tablet keyboards are tricky to use.  ",,"Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,"Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","An organisation app that can sync with Google calendar.  Really clear reminders throughout the day similar to on dementia apps.  A check in morning/ a check out night function to track patterns in behaviour, checkboxes.   If a certain feeling in the morning might predict a later negative behaviour, then the app could add in a mantra for that day to mitigate it.  A reflection each day using the mic, can record 1-3 positives from that day. Or checkboxes to look for patterns, remind of strengths.  I use Timo app for the kids, would quite like a grown up version to take me through the things adults do.  Kind of like having a support worker on your phone scaffolding the day.","Most apps are either too basic or too clunky to use effectively.  A support worker in my pocket that I can easily customise by removing or adding functions would take me from coping to feeling proactive.","Household management, scheduling chores, errands, meals.  Supporting the kids with their challenges.  Short video walkthroughs of normal things. I had to go to the minor injuries unit yesterday and it was very confusing and overwhelming. People were nice enough but what was going to happen next was really unclear and I wasn't able to wind back down that day.","Be clear and concise.  Customisable .  Predict potential issues for events and suggest strategies/mantras","Having an external structure to my day would free me up to learn, do, be. Some self actualisation would be great.",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Pictures, round fonts,  Option to remove superfluous functions.  Concise menu structure.",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","A lot of podcasts use patreon.","Anything moving or with sound I switch off.  Popups can lead to other issues as you try to press the little x","Yes. I don't have capacity for further irritants ","Ethical businesses","Government, multinational corporations, financial","Ethical  Not over the text you're in the middle of reading  Any sound/colour needs to be in keeping with the app or website, no sound of gunfire from a game advert when you're accessing a tool to wind down etc.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","38","Female",,"White","With partner(s),With your children",,"Small town house. Cluttered, storage areas empty, if things go away it's like they've gone forever,  a system to know what is in the cupboards would be useful.  Kids are very energetic, 7yo has a referral to asd service (Asperger's), needs a lot of resilience and social coaching.  Partner very literal also so there's lots of accidental comedy at home but out of the home can be very stressful.  4yo seems very neuro typical, great fun, very compassionate, good at finding things 😜","Large city",,"England",,"Part time employment",,"Full time employment is too stressful, i was self employed for a few years but gave up due to Covid and no access to the self employed grant. Work in a primary school office 4 mornings per week, temporary contract.  I don't know how to get a job that uses my skills and is part time.  I really like my current employment but it will end soon.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Been involved in cutting/bleeding edge IT since 1998. Happy to get stuck into anything (as long as trhere isn't a person telling me how to use it)! ",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Like","Dislike","Like","Ease of use. I prefer to access via web pages on laptop/desktop but am happy to use apps on phone/tablet if I'm out and about or that is all that is available. Apps usually have less functionality","Fussy apps that try to do too much  Design overload   web pages with loads of scrolling  any page/app where you have to search out a menu  bad search capabilities",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","I am ""high-functioning"" and don't present as autistic. In reality, I am running under the surface trying to get things done. Access to executive functioning/multi-tasking skills would be the one thing I would love.","Just let people have the technology and have help available (via all channels) if required by user ",,,,,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","illogical process order defined by NT designers  too many stages to get something done",,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No","All advertising is distracting. I cannot ignore it so I create lists of advertisers I will not buy from in the future. This is especially relevant to the ads that Google and Apple throw at me from tracking everything I do","No, but if they slow me down I will always look for an alternate site  ","supportive ones","governments and pressure groups",,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","55","Male",,"White mixed","With partner(s),With your children",,"Married 25 years. 3 sons at university, or in work. Looks perfect. Has been brutally painful. I secured a diagnosis 6 months ago. If I had known 30 years ago I would either be dead or a multi-millionaire entrepreneur","Small town or city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"I worked 20 years in IT earning £100k+. I am now totally burnt out and trying to work as a postman. I am currently signed off sick as I cannot cope with the workload.  Burnout is very real","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Use it occasionally","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","I enjoy learning new stuff - however at the same time my own way of processing things, not helped by menopause fog, means that sometimes I shut down quite fast if I can't immediately figure out how to do something. An old trauma panic comes in, which dates from the days when I had a low income and couldn't afford to replace something if it broke.  There is shame built in here too, as when you are older you are assumed to know nothing about tech, so I always want to hide it if I cannot figure something out. However, I would rather solve a problem than not, so I will go to facebook friends.",,"Dislike","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","I find doing anything complicated on a phone to be really annoying. Possibly eyesight related. Prefer anything important on a larger screen.","Small screens. Slow machines.",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","I guess my own interests are - my legal and health rights, support possibilities if I study or need help with work, and peer mentoring.",,"Finding my legal rights, also in the health system. Also benefits (though this latter doesn't apply to me now, it may do in the future). Getting access to database of peer mentors etc.","Connect me with accurate and frequently updated sources of info.","I would feel more held and better resourced if I had somewhere I knew I could find info that was tailored to my needs.",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Unsure","No","No","Yes","Size of buttons etc, esp on phone.  Poorly laid out sites that don't make clear the pathway through messages and info. Ie different colours when clicked on, bolding and highlighting unread things.",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"No opinion","No opinion","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,"Non consensual sound (the worst!), and ads that come up and cover the screen and you have to wait for the X to appear.","Likely yes - or I would just become frustrated. Tho it would depend on how useful the app was to me, how much I would tolerate.","Charities maybe, health, companies devoted to accessible items","non-ethical industries, organisations getting staff to work for free such as counsellors, proivate healthcare",,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","55","Non-binary",,"White British","Alone",,"I live alone in a housing co-op. I am able to work from home and I do okay. I fear for the future however, as this government may try to destroy social housing, and I have no assets or inheritance. I would like to think there are organisations that could help me as an autistic person.","Large city",,"England",,"Self-employed",,"Financial security would be great. But I had too many years of earning almost nothing, or claiming benefits, for mental health reasons that I only recently realised were contributed to heavily by autism. ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Rarely use it","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Expert user","Use it often","Rarely use it","i have to learn new technologies at work with MS Teams as we adopt the different features of MS Teams",,"Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","I always have problems with any of the devices mentioned and can't remember passwords.   ","I struggle with small versions of things relating to computer use.  i don't want any more apps or devices and hate the fact that you can't get anything off line without giving your personal details.  You don't have to do this when you go into a shop. ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Data Protection? ","I always have problems with devices and can't remember passwords.   I don't want any more apps or devices and hate the fact that you can't get anything off line without giving your personal details.  You don't have to do this when you go into a shop. ","Using iPads and smart phones.  I have a smart phone but only use the basics.  Better speeds when using devices and computers.","More specific information.  When i do a search you get all sorts of unrelated topics come up.","Better time management.  I've lost so many hours just waiting for a website or app to open.  Less frustrated and angry with technology when it doesn't work or perform as expected.",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Slowness of devices or not responding.  Things that are too small to see, read, handle.  Too many advertising.  Everyone wanting your personal details.  Everyone sharing your personal details despite ticking the box to say don't and no to marketing.","The opposite I've put in qu 13.","Sponsorship",,,"No opinion","No opinion","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable","Acceptable","No","?","Probably not.","None really.  I just find you can't do what you need to do when going on the internet or using an app without first and continually being bombarded with advertisements - so I'm at the point where I'm sick of it.  I was going to put health and leisure but then thought NO because you then get bombarded with life insurance companies, etc.","Most","I'm not willing to pay for any advertising or sponsorship ","Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","60","Female",,"White Other","With partner(s)",,,"Rural area or village",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"I work for local government and am an autistic lead for the organisation.  We still have a long way to go for people to understand autism and be more accepting of those with autism.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often",,,"Like","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like",,,,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,,,,,,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes",,,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship,Other","Free",,"Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,,,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","52","Female",,"Mixed white/Caribbean ","Alone",,,"Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"I would like better pay and a chance for progression and support to do so","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","It's my job (I'm a Technical Writer/video creator). I actually quite like it.",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Like","When  they are (re)formatted for the appropriate display/interaction technology, they are fine. When they are not, they are a disaster.","Probably all the same ones that NT folks hate... I just get frustrated/angry faster.",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Same as NT folks","I'm high-functioning/high coping ... ND issues mostly only show up when I'm stressed or blood sugar/protein levels are out of whack.","NA","NA","NA",,"Unsure","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Unsure","No","No","No","Audio is difficult... impolite and most of the bots I've tried do not understand me. (see skit on voice operated Scottish elevator)",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,,,,"Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","61","Male",,"Celtic","With partner(s)",,,"Small town or city",,"Other","United States","Full time employment",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","use yes, buy no!  am quite techy - spreadsheets are my thing realy",,"Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","phone - apps often give better display than websites  for longer use I will always prefer desktop as I can use a mouse - I have pain in my arms so it is much easier for me with a mouse/keyboard","tablets - inability to use mouse  phone - inability to use mouse  phone - small screen can cause eyesight problems",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,,"making friends and engaging with them in activities like quizzes, puzzles, games etc - online is often easier",,"be more social",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","i don't like noise, flashing images, bright colors etc",,,,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,"autoplay videos","drive me crazy!","ethical, educational, charities","gambling",,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","49","Female",,"white british","With parent(s)",,"live with and now help care for elderly parents in jointly owned house","Small town or city",,"England",,"Part time employment",,"employed same job 25 years but gets harder as you get older!","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","If explained well with a natural flow  to using it I'm ok. I've used computers at work since the days of the Commondore 64 & bought, used DOS based programmes & bought an Apple Mac before Windows was created. I even built my own computers as my kids grew up since I couldn't afford new. ",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Like","Ease to find, accessibility, little technical knowledge needed ","Apps for specialised tablets ie Amazon Fire. Apps that use a lot of storage & processing power. Websites that predetermined how many items per page, poor cataloguing & indexing to find info ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Very interested","Support for daily living with ideas to overcome problems accessed by good indexing & not all from professions. Where to find information on other sites. ","My son was diagnosed at 29 ow 33. I'm waiting at 63 (accepted in apthe summer 2018 at 60). We both struggle with organising & prioritising. I found the Tody app for housework which is brilliant. I pay for the upgraded & use it for jobs around the house. I put a job with estimated time & equipment plus where I put the stuff if I have it in tools. If I have an hour I go to look for a job I can do it that time. My son struggles with timekeeping another parent mentioned Alexa then the same day they were on offer. The spot permits the appointment to keep appearing on the screen so can start the day before & link to a leaving alarm. I dislike everything being always phoen based as we both have older phones with no desire to change. ","Activities/tasks. Almost a bullet journal online where I can add my Tody items with diary with bill paying & finance calculations to help time management & memory. Help with my carbs type 1 diabetic.  Signposting for help. ","Be easy to use. Bring lots of different daily task apps together ","A lot. I'm hopeless with time management. Not paying a bill or invoice book an MOT or dental appointment then not double booking so I'd like to be able to put reminder in that doesnt cancel until I confirm I've done it. Appointments with ability to add pre prep tasks or stuff I need to take  ie getting a blood test 2 weeks before diabetic review, my blood sugar meter to download readings: time to get ready, time to leave, car park postcode, change for machine etc. ",,"Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Finding I want I need & the flow on some apps I find bizarre",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Other","Flat rate not on what can be afforded",,"Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,"Music pop up moving adds","Ethical. ",,,"I am in the process of seeking a diagnosis","63","Female",,"White english/welsh","With your children",,"I have my adult son (asd) here I prefer to live alone. Due to a social worker not doing their job (as identified by a local council & 2 other otganisations) he's currently homeless. His needs means the council have deemed him homeless in my house as they had nowhere safe for him to go thanks to the SW not telling them until the 11th hour. Care workers in daily for him. I like WFH","Small town or city,Rural area or village",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"I live working from home long may it remain ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it occasionally","Rarely use it","Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it occasionally",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","I'm not keen on learning new technologies and do so as necessary but not for pleasure.",,"Dislike","Like","Dislike","Dislike","Unsure","Like","Not sure what the purpose of the apps or websites would be, and how they relate to being autistic.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"60","Female",,"White","Alone",,,"Medium sized town or city",,"Other","USA","Full time employment",,"I hope I will be able to keep my job.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Don't use it","Don't use it","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Always willing. Sometimes I find them difficult to access though - I am chronically dyslexic and some programmes/apps dont support dyslexic-friendly fonts",,"Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","I'm not sure about this question?","As above - I need dyslexic fonts",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Very interested",,"I have found that most of my support is tech based - such as having access to a computer means I can email or use the hearing/speech impaired support options for services rather than having to phone","I would like to communicate without having to speak. I am mostly non-speaking, for years I just assumed I was ""quiet"". With a device like a notepad or tablet (which I am saving for) and an app to talk for me when I type, I can attend social functions without having to worry if I can talk - like the book club I belong to and autistic meet ups","YES","I could access all sorts of things I cannot access when I cannot talk - I can take my cat to the vet, I can make a doctor's appointment, and I can attend social functions",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","their compatibility the dyslexic support fonts","the option to dim/darken the background (night mode)","Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,"the ones that play videos","yes","grocery stores, the Warehouse. clothing outlets, book stores","Autism Speaks and other organisations that support ""curing"" autism","I could probably afford about $50 a year (I am on a disability benefit)","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","45","Non-binary",,"European","Alone",,"I would like it more secure - I rent and my landlords are fantastic, they have autistic grandchildren and help me fulfil tenancy requirements so I can keep my home and dont end up homeless (as has happened because I struggle with executive function), but I would like guarenteed housing","Small town or city",,"Other","New Zealand","Other","Disability benefit","At the age of 40, I found I could no longer hold down a full time job","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Use it often","It is moderately easy for me to learn. I just need time.",,"Like","Unsure","Like","Unsure","Dislike","Like","If its an app, I like touch screen UI and functionality. With websites, I want options using the mouse.","See my likes. Its vise versa.",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested",,,,,,,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","No","No","No","No","The inability to use functions in mobile mode or to see all the text.",,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","I hate ads, but accept some to continue","ads that are long, gory, or can't be skipped after so long.","If an add blocks my view, I just leave the site.",,"Games with gory visuals (The family guy game, for example), gory or scary trailers. Porn ads.",,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","44","Female",,"White/ Native American","With partner(s),With your children",,"Married to my Autistic Husband raising his son.","Small town or city",,"Other","USA","Other","Stay at home mom","I would like a no customer service, no retail, no dealing with politics or ""Karens""","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Rarely use it","Use it occasionally","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","i will and find it nearly easy",,"Like","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like","Like","Fitting in the device frame  Not visually overwhelming  Letters are big enough ","Letters are too small  Witten in other colours in black   bright Passepartouts in extreme colours  ",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Glad to being a member of digital  autistic social Networks - these are my only social contacts","getting to know my rights and support e.g. disability pension, housing, taxes, health,therapies","Providing information whom to turn to: Adresses","Would get more support",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Logic and precise tutorials handling,  Not visually overwhelming",,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable",,,,,,"Moving ,colourful pop ups with sound","See above  and to small etters, colours and similar visually overwhelming features","Not autism speaks!!","Autism speaks","5-7€","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","50","Female",,"Caucasian","Alone",,"Alone in a House on Pension,would like to have Help with the garden due to comorbid health conditions","Rural area or village",,"Other","Germany","Retired",,"Getting more help","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Technology is one of my special interests and I have used computers since 1982 and dial-up-connecting before the Internet. ",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Dislike","Like","Apps that perform well and have a clearly defined function are great. ","Apps for laptops and pcs are still not good enough in my opinion. The functionality and user interface are often too ""phone/tablet"" oriented and does not work on a large screen with mouse/keyboard controls ",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested",,,,,,,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes",,,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,,,,"Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","58","Male",,"Caucasian ","With partner(s),With your children",,,"Medium sized town or city",,"Other","Norway","Part time employment",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","I find learning new IT skills quite difficult.  I am willing to learn because it is essential to do so.",,"Like","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Unsure","Unsure","I like having a banking app on my phone. I don't really use a lot.","I find too much information on my phone makes it more difficult to use. Sometimes I cant ""See"" what is in front of me. I like to keep things as simple as I can so that I am not distracted.",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","I think autism friendly counselling could be useful, especially as we have had a number of difficult family situations to deal with. I think some sort of support to address barriers to employment would be useful from someone who has an understanding of autism. I am taking an MLitt currently, I have been a family carer mainly so would value a safe space to potentially move forward.","Going back to university study has forced me to embrace technology. It has been difficult. This is a difficult question because others often assume that there is something that you need when in reality certain software e.g. does not help. I do think assistive technology e.g. text speak could be improved.","I find planning difficult and I have a poor working memory. I am still trying to find a working method to speed up my essay submissions. My brain gets overloaded.","An app sounds simpler.   ","I think that anything that enables me to be better organised with my notes would reduce anxiety which could speed up the process.",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Too much information on a screen impedes.  Font colour can be difficult.  A simple task bar with obvious symbols could help.","Simplicity of design. ","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford",,,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","None whatsoever. They clutter my screen and distract.","All of them","I would not use something with advertising or sponsorship.","None at all","All.","I find both completely unacceptable. To me both are intrusive and unnecessary. There is more to life than capitalism.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","58","Female",,"Scottish","With partner(s),With your children",,"My husband is currently working from home.  My youngest son has been poorly since finishing university.  My eldest son is at university.  Both are financially dependent.  I would like both boys to become independent but we don't yet know if this is possible.","Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Other","I am a carer and a part time post grad student at [deleted]","I was only recently diagnosed as AS. I would have made different decisions had I known. I have had limited work experience due to my family situation. I would like to use my academic qualifications, now that I know I am autistic and not stupid.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Expert user","Don't use it","Don't use it","Expert user","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Never going to learn to code but lm participating in the fringes of digital design  as a troubleshooting proof reader and identifying missing links between the coders and end users. I like helping test apps and it’s always good to be there at the beginning of development to get important features included. I can usually learn something new if l sit next to someone more experienced. I don’t hold a lot of stock with copying you tube videos. Having to watch them repeatedly to extract a small amount of useful information is quite frustrating. They are vanity projects. The real teachers are standing next to you. ",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Like","Dislike","Dislike","I like the speed l can achieve on a touchscreen ….tablet or smart phone. I find a laptop too bulky and l don’t like facing a wall if l have to use a desk top. It’s been over a decade since l used either bits of ‘ furniture’","I don’t like clunky thick physical keyboards. Yes l know there are touch keyboards you can attach to tablets to give them extra functions. I think ld find the transition back to using them very hard. I don’t like being unsure of myself.",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","The ones l’ve ticked very interested in will help become a part of my advocacy toolkit and local Autistic strategy delivery.","I do find switching between android … my phone.. and. iPad difficult. My gmail is synced on both, l use Google drive, maps and photos because that’s become second nature to me. I Google guide as a hobby almost up to level 10 the Maximum. I sync my phone with my iPad but my noise alerts on the calendar only come via my phone. Perhaps it’s time for a faster more efficient phone as l can’t often attach things from my drive in an email.","I’d like to be able to assemble a list of Autistic resources     User friendly Autistic organisations and networks   Work place support  Free counselling services    Where do l hold it. In folders on my drive… boring. I’d like to go straight to parts of it easily, tap access via categories. Create shortcuts .. don’t know how to do that. Only used reminder part of my iPad on a few occasions. Don’t understand how to use notes."," Colour coded Shortcuts. Symbols ( not emojis) for different categories.     Same with places ld like to visit l could then score with Autistic friendly star system or even use an alternative to stars … have badges for best toilet, table service, signage, aroma !!!!","I might actually get to some new places or make some new contacts… business or social. I hasten to say lm 67, so called retired but actually doing loads of disabled advisory co production work.",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Would love it if l could save my typing first finger on my left hand ( left handed writer too ) because lm osteoarthritic. Speech to type programmes haven’t worked for me in the past. I have a northern nasal Geordie overtones in my vocals and l get lost in translation. I have a huge amount of emails to read n write on a daily basis. I’d love if l could treat an app like a private secretary, getting my emails rash to me and l could verbally command it to erase, save to a certain action with notes or assign to folders to refer to when needed. ","I use to different emails. One is for broader stroke Housing support services and Council work as an advisor. The other is more personal research, health issues and social diversions. There is cross referencing at times. However l spend a huge amount of time getting rid of junk from the older personal one. If you can reset history on your browser is there a way of obliterating junk altogether.","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No opinion","Pinterest is useful.","Wish, wowchers and Groupon are very invasive if you subscribe to them and you only ever do that to buy one deal.. ","Pop up moving ads would         Pop up moving ads are very distracting.        ","Austicta, universities… Google health. Imperial  research                ","Ones involved with animal testing .","I might                    Maybe £2 a month to use a green version.         ","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","67","Female",,"Celtic ","With your children",,"I live with and lm still a Carer to my youngest son who is also Autistic. He would prefer to live independently but my council won’t rehouse him infer learning disabilities criteria. I therefore have to get involved in redesigning housing allocation systems and templates to assist.' I’d have to take one of two offers whilst he will only get one. Hardly fair. ","Large city",,"England",,"Other","I do attendance advisory work with my council which is paid per session. It might be regarded as a third life career.","I’m retired on a full time pension but work  to save money to pay for my daughters śolicitors exams. ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Rarely use it","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","I hate it. I only learn new tech when there is no other option.",,"Unsure","Dislike","Unsure","Dislike","Like","Like","I use my laptop daily so that is the best option for me.","I don't have data on my smartphone so only use it's smart abilities at home, not while out. ",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Anything that helps executive functioning for daily life would be great. ","I'd quite like tickbox lists for important and nonimportant activities and events, like a smarter version of a calendar that would remind me of important appointments and keep the day on track.","Travel independently. Remember important appointments without stressing over them for weeks and hours on the day because I think I might forget. Getting boring daily tasks completed like dishes, laundry so the home is tidy.","Remind me of appointments. Maybe be able to tick off items on a list or get nudged to do dishes if I haven't ticked the box by a certain time?","Keeping each daily generally on track makes the weeks and months better and stops the general decline in hygiene and happiness, especially during the winter months.",,"Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Unsure","If anything goes wrong and I don't know how to fix it. ",,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Sponsorship",,,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No opinion","Simple logo of sponsoring company is not distracting. ","I don't use apps or websites with pop up adverts or distracting adverts. Luckily my laptop usually struggles to load adverts even on pages with them. ","Don't understand the question. I hate adverts and avoid sites with them generally.","National Lottery, autism charities, most companies","Gambling, alcohol","Under £5 as a one-off payment","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","41","Female",,"White British","With partner(s)",,,"Small town or city",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"I've found it hard to find work since my diagnosis and ticking the disability tick on applications doesn't help. Before diagnosis I had no problem getting interviews and worked for decades.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Use it often","Don't use it","Don’t like it but know I have to ",,"Dislike","Dislike","Like","Like","Like","Like","Easy. Some apps mean I don’t have to speak to a person. I can’t phone!","Phone too small screen can’t see.",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested",,"Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Signpost is a cop out for not providing help. I can’t manage and get sent in a signpost circle. It makes others feel good cos they can pretend I’m dealt with. I’m left struggling cos I fall through the gaps.","Something interactive with a person behind the gui so I can get real support. Rather than a heartless algorithm it would be good if the gaps are acknowledged.","Daily living - I can’t do shopping or use online, I get fatigued, I don’t know if I can get help.   Budget - I’m dyscalculic but have to wait till I’m in impossible debt before I can get help, then the help is how to manage debt!  Anxiety management, help with someone to talk to.  ","Connect me with a genuine service who will help. Sending me in a circle is pointless and exhausting. Reminders to do things. Emergency response. Safety monitoring.","I’d be independent and not scared. I’m a widow and just want my time to be up so I can go, it’s not safe without support but there’s no service. If there was a service I would get on with it and maybe even continue my education.",,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","Language complexity, too many convoluted options, and going round in pointless circles has me deleting the app, like the useless nhs covid one.I don’t understand tech so it has to work.  Apps that talk to me are good, or which are friendly or funny in the way they explain things.",,"Advertising,Sponsorship,Other","Grants to you. It’s the government’s responsibility to provide services.",,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Email are good as I can read them and keep them. I can usually find a contact number too.","Noise, movement, bright colours, sudden switches, interrupting my train of thought or concentration. ","Yes. Pop up ads always lead me to stop using a site ","Charity, local organisations, other autistic aware resources.","Political.","I wouldn’t pay.","Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","57","Female",,"White European ","Alone",,"I live alone now. I have an assistance dog. He’s 14 months   ","Medium sized town or city",,"England",,"Self-employed",,"I have to work as I believe I would get into financial  trouble quickly.   I’d love to retire so I’m not in pain all the time.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Very willing. I usually understand how fairly quickly. ",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Dislike","Dislike","Dislike","Apps are generally more streamlined and intuitive on phones, but the opposite is usual on computers. ","Websites aren’t always optimised and contain a lot of clutter and pop ups",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,,"Tracking my finances","An app","I’d save more and be able to budget better ",,"Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Small text or confusing layouts",,"Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford,One-off payment, based on what you can afford",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult",,,,"Autism friendly ones","Social media, tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals",,"I am in the process of seeking a diagnosis","52","Male",,"White","Alone",,"I live in a small studio apartment. It fits my requirements. ","Small town or city",,"Wales",,"Other","Student ","I’m studying to get a better job","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","I find it more difficult as I get older although I want to be part of it. ",,"Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","Unsure","Like",,,,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,,,,,,"Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes",,,"Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable","No opinion",,,,,,,"Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","41","Female",,"White","Alone",,,"Small town or city",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"Currently looking for a new job as the environment is toxic and the work unfulfilling and badly paid. ","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it occasionally","Use it often","Use it often","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Expert user","Use it often","Use it often","Happy to learn and progress further with the latest tips and hints of accessing new data.",,"Like","Unsure","Like","Like","Like","Like","As I own these devices I can easily gain knowledge and information very quickly.","N/A",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Ideally, when in a time of need.","N/A","Easy access to experts with experience and knowledge of autism counselling.","Highlight certain key factors about experts in my local area and the next steps to go about getting the support in place.","Feeling of confidence, self worth and self esteem.",,"No","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","The size of the font less information to read in each paragraph.","More colourful and attractive in appearance.","One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising",,,"Acceptable","No opinion","Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Acceptable","N/A","Too much information.","N/A  ","Autism society   Autism support groups  Befriending schemes ","N/A","Yearly subscription of £35.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","48","Female",,"Asian British ","Alone",,"Access to more support from social services.","Small town or city",,"England",,"Unemployed",,"Happy to increase confidence in information technology. Art and craft subjects.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Rarely use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it occasionally","Use it often","Depends upon what you call a ""technology"" I call gardening a technology, I would call learning another language a ""technology"" I would definately call woodwork a technology, and so would the ancient Greeks :)",,"Like","Dislike","Like","Like","Unsure","Like","Does not compute, I don't think your questionnaire is very good or consistent here","Didn't I just tell you!",,"Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","I have been autistic long enough to be accomodated to the situation and have retired from being a full time autistic, I have reverted to being me, and the world to being somewhere else.","I would not teach my grandmother to suck eggs, I have been using computer technology before the millennials were even born. I need to practice with a chainsaw though, they make me nervous.","Planting trees and cutting brambles","Website is not going to help with real world tasks is it?","Maybe in time to come you can give me a bramble cutting and tree planting robot",,"Yes","Yes","No","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","How old they are, the older the less likely to crash except of course Windows will ensure that you cannot use them any more, I was happy with Windows 2000, did everything I needed.","Truly portable over different operating systems and not resource intensive. I deplore the way that apps are completely different on my smartphone to what they are on my desktop.","Monthly subscription, based on what you can afford",,,"Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable","Difficult","Acceptable","No, no and thrice no.","All of them, I hate advertising sponsored apps.","Yes","The Labour Party without sir Keir Starmer","Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk.","I do not like capitalism, I am a socialist, nuff said.","Yes, I have a formal medical diagnosis of autism (including Asperger's syndrome or any other autism spectrum diagnosis)","66","Non-binary",,"What it is.","Alone",,"I live in a block of flats, too close to neighbours for comfort, not really autistic friendly at all.","Large city",,"England",,"Retired",,"Well as Yosser Hughes said .....  I would take a job in retirement if it paid well, Prime Minister will suit me fine.","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it occasionally","Use it often","Expert user",,"Expert user","Use it often","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Use it occasionally","I am willing to learn new technologies, but, being almost age 80, expect a certain level of frustration.",,"Dislike","Dislike","Unsure","Like","Unsure","Like","I feel comfortable using my laptop for most things. Tablets and Smartphones are handy if travelling or ""on the go"" but that does not often apply to me.","My Smartphone is used mostly when I am away from my home or in emergencies so spends a lot of time sitting in my purse rather than my pocket or nearby table.     My tablet is used only occasionally because it is small, requires an easel to prop it up, and fiddly for texting.",,"Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested",,"Not interested","Very interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","I really need help to organize my swirling thoughts and how to take part in discussions without all of them getting into the way when I want to make comments.","During my working years technology was used in most aspects of my life. Now, several years after retirement, it is less so, though I remain open to learning new things.","I really need to know how to interact with people and to speak out during meetings without getting tangled up in my words.","I have no idea how a website or app might help other than to offer skills developing activities to allow for practice.","It would lower my stress levels and make it much easier for me to interact.",,"Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","I like web pages that are clear and logically organized, have a clear menu, and quick and easy access to a Help page.  ",,"Annual subscription, based on what you can afford.,Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","No opinion",,"Ads using irritating, hysterical-sounding voices or grating voices, figures that jump around or wave arms and legs.","Bright colours, flashing colours or images.","Organizations fundraising for human or animal rights, healthful food products, clothing, travel, social service organizations, education, hospitals","Political organizations/parties, extremists such as anti-vaxxers or racists, ads of a sexual nature of any kind","I would prefer individuals or organizations that seek to promote positive or even neutral things (see above).    I find the promotion of racism or other socially negative behaviours, or any specific religion to be unacceptable.","Yes, I self-identified and do not want a diagnosis","79","Female",,"I am white, of 100% British descent.","With partner(s)",,,"Small town or city",,"Other","Canada","Retired",,,"Yes"
"Yes",,"Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","Expert user","I am 64.  Ive recently retired from 20 years as a technology analyst.  My guess is that i know more about this technology than you do :-)",,"Dislike","Like","Dislike","Like","Like","Like","Apps allow much more privacy invasion.  Websites i can control cookies etc.    In general i prefer websites so i can control privacy and security with more precision","The main issue is loss of privacy and personal data.  Most people do not appreciate how much they give away.    Facebook and Google have no assets other than our data.  ",,"Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested",,,"Mobile and broadband Telcos are the worst for customer service.  Somebody who would take away the hassle of having to deal with these professionally incompetent companies would be great.","My robot to deal direct with their robot.  Their ""people"" agents just follow a flow chart anyway.  A robot my side could cope with their flowchart dead easy.","Not having to deal  with Plusnet, BT, and the others would reduce my stress a lot.",,"Unsure","Unsure","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Unsure","Yes","Unsure","An intuitive menu based interface with words rather than clever icons is generally best.  I rarely know what the icons are telling other than Delete or Save.",,"One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising",,,"Acceptable","No opinion","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","A free site supported by ads is a fair entry level.  Even if for a limited time only.  One off payment is my personal preference.  Then monthly payment.","Screen overlays or popups that i cannot work out how to get rid of.  Just have a large X in the top left corner.  Otherwise its hard to know whether I am looking at an ad or a software feature.","Ads that i find it hard to get rid of will make me close the app and be reluctant to go back.","Oil companies and others destroying teh environment.  Weapons  Tobacco  Those who don't pay proper tax including Amazon, Google, Facebook, Starbucks","Podcasts  supermarkets, startup businesses, DIY tools, reputable news sources, education, money advice (if reputable)","maybe £2 a month","I am in the process of seeking a diagnosis","64","Male",,"white british","With your children",,"Live with my wife and adult daughter","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Retired",,"I am mostly retired but do occasional advisory engagements","Yes"
"Yes",,"Use it often","Use it occasionally","Don't use it","Don't use it","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Use it often","Rarely use it","I find it frustrating when I have to learn new technology. I have just replaced my mobile which I was dreading as I find new ones to be different to work and set up etc",,"Like","Like","Like","Like","Unsure","Unsure","I use my mobile most of the time as it is a lot faster connecting to apps etc ","I only use my tablet occasionally as it is a lot slower to use than my mobile so only use it really to do email or watch the iPlayer  I do not have a laptop or desktop pc as I find that I would only use them to 1% of ther capabilities",,"Very interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Somewhat interested","Very interested","Very interested",,"Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Very interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Not interested","Somewhat interested","Somewhat interested","Not interested","Not interested","An online forum where you could connect and relate to other autistic people","Keeping it simple to use as this is what puts me off and possibly other people","An online forum to chat to others","I would like it to be simple to use and user friendly as if not it would frustrate me and possibly others","It would make me feel better to chat to other users and to understand that I am not alone having this condition",,"Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Yes","Yes","No","No","No","I suppose it is learning at first how to use them initially which could put me off if I encounter problems at the start","Possibly a helpline to help you get started or a drop in somewhere like a library to help users get started","One-off payment, based on what you can afford,Advertising,Sponsorship",,,"Acceptable","Acceptable","Difficult","Difficult","Difficult","Acceptable","Not really","Pop ups are annoying","I would try and persevere yes","Any really as I would probably just ignore them. !","Same as above","I think it would be easy to ignore the advertising if the app I was using was free to use  If I had to pay I would expect no advertising or pop ups therefore I would say a one off payment of £25 be acceptable","I am in the process of seeking a diagnosis","63","Male",,"White British","Alone",,"I have recently moved into a 2 bedroom bungalow and all is well thanks","Rural area or village",,"England",,"Full time employment",,"I am a courier Driver for [deleted] County Council and I love it","Yes"