Table 2.

Summary of semi-structured interview schedule main questions.

Question number	Question wording
1.	What was the exact diagnosis you were given?
2.	What does (insert the term the participant uses) mean to you? (or) How would you describe autism (or alternative preferred term) to someone?
3.	What effect has your diagnosis has on your life?
4.	What effect has receiving the diagnosis had on how you feel about yourself?
5.	How do you act towards yourself in difficult times?
6.	Are there certain things that make it easier (or harder) to be kinder or more forgiving towards yourself?
7.	How do you feel the way you think and behave towards yourself compares with what other people experience?
8.	Is there anything else you would like to share about how you feel towards yourself self receiving the diagnosis of (preferred term)?