Table 5.

Percentage of participants that reported using each tool before and after the pandemic, per usage frequency*, for delivering mental health interventions directly to autistic individuals (n = 21, Full¹).

Notes. ‘Every 6 months’ was not included as an option for since lockdown as data collection started too close to lockdown, participants had the option to comment here. Frequencies for never used include the 1 participant who had never delivered interventions remotely and filled out the full questionnaire. No participants used the telemedicine tool ‘Chat room or instant messaging’ at any timepoint. Other tools specified only included paper. Higher numbers are in darker shades. 1. Full = participants who completed the full version of the questionnaire (i.e. only this version included these questions; more details in Table 2).