Table 1.

Participant Demographic Data (N = 66)

Variable	Category	n	%
Gender	Female (including trans women)	44	66.7
	Male (including trans men)	10	15.2
	Nonbinary	12	18.2
Age, years	18–25	6	9.1
	26–35	18	27.3
	36–45	20	30.3
	46–55	15	22.7
	56–65	6	9.1
	66–75	1	1.5
Location	United Kingdom	41	62.1
	United States of America	13	19.7
	Australia	2	3.0
	Germany	2	3.0
	Ireland	2	3.0
	Malta	1	1.5
	Sweden	1	1.5
	Rather not say	4	6.1
Autism diagnosis	Clinically diagnosed	51	77.3
	Self-diagnosed	8	12.1
	In the process of seeking diagnosis	7	10.6
Employment status	Currently employed	37	56.1
	Self-employed	10	15.1
	Not currently employed	19	28.8
Payment status (for those in employment)	Paid	44	93.6
	Unpaid	3	6.4
Most common current employment sectorsa	Education	15	22.7
	Research	6	9.1
	Administration	5	7.6
	Medicine	4	6.1
	IT	4	6.1
	Care/support work	3	4.5
	Manual labor	3	4.5
	Animal care	3	4.5
	Retail	2	3.0
	Finance	2	3.0
	Psychology	2	3.0
	Photography	2	3.0
	Hospitality	2	3.0
	Childcare	1	1.5
	Police/security	1	1.5
Most common previous employment sectorsa	Education	19	28.8
	Customer service	19	28.8
	Retail	17	25.8
	Administration	10	15.2
	Civil service	10	15.2
	Research	9	13.6
	Management	9	13.6
	Finance	7	10.6
	Medicine	7	10.6
	Library assistant	7	10.6
	Childcare	6	9.1
	Care/support work	5	7.6
	Manual labor	5	7.6
	Police/security	4	6.1
	Management	4	6.1
	Animal care	3	4.5
	Psychology	3	4.5
	Photography	3	4.5
	Library assistant	3	4.5
	Journalism	2	3.0
	Hospitality	2	3.0
	Information Technology (IT)	2	3.0
	Journalism	2	3.0

^a Participants could report more than one sector, therefore, percentages total over 100.