Box 3.

Assumptions – best practice in autistic leadership and community advocacy (www.arghighland.co.uk).

Autism Rights Group Highland (ARGH) is a collective of Autistic Adults based in Scotland. They work together to lobby, campaign and educate. Recent activities include a successful campaign to remove puzzle piece imagery from the journal Autism. They are now focused on securing continued funding for a local service – the Highland One Stop Shop – providing support to local autistic people and their families encompassing diagnosis and post-diagnostic support, social activities and clubs, and guidance on benefits, housing and employment.
Strengths of this approach	Limitations of this approach
● Many voices working together add strength and weight to a campaign ● Elected spokespeople are responsible to, and scrutinised by, the membership. They can be removed from post if the membership so wish	● Reaching consensus between diverse members is difficult ● Communication between members is time consuming and effortful: multiple methods are used and equal weight must be given to all voices regardless of their method of engagement