Table 1.

Overview of participants in qualitative interviews

Service providers	No of participants	Occupation of participants	Years working with children with autism and/or other developmental disorders	Informants referenced in text as
Government hospital	2*	Child and adolescent psychiatrist at Yekatit 12 hospital's child mental health clinic General psychiatrist at Yekatit 12 hospital's child mental health clinic	10 years	Clinic1/2/3
			2 years
Private clinic	1	Paediatric neurologist at a private clinic	30 years	Clinic1/2/3
Autism centres	4	Founder of the Joy Center and mother of a child with autism Head teacher at Joy Center Founder of Nehemiah Autism Center (and mother of a child with autism Programme coordinator of Nehemiah Autism Center and father of a child with autism	11 years	Centre1a/1b/2a/2b
			10 years
			2 years
			1.5 years
Government school with an inclusive education programme	1	Senior member of staff at Basilios governmental primary school	10 years	School
Community-based rehabilitation organisations	2	CBM Country Director in Ethiopia and Sudan Programme coordinator and acting manager of Cheshire Services Ethiopia	20 years	CBR1/2
			10 years
Total number of participants	10

Note: *one of these participants is also co-author (Y.B.) of this paper.