Table 1.

Descriptives for respondents to the online survey for each of the four key stakeholder groups (total n = 1517).

	Autistic person (n = 122)	Immediate family member (n = 849)	Professional (n = 426)	Researcher (n = 120)
Chronological age
M (SD)	39.4 (12.9)	45.1 (9.8)	42.2 (11.8)	40.6 (13.8)
Range	18–72	18–83	21–70	22–87
Gender
Female	56	765	350	81
Male	60	83	74	38
Other/would rather not say	6	1	2	1

SD: standard deviation.