TABLE 1.

Participant demographic information.

	N	%
Country (n = 174)
UK	64	36.8
North America	58	33.3
Australia and New Zealand	23	13.2
Europe other	21	12.1
Asia	3	1.7
Africa	2	1.1
South America	2	1.1
Middle East	1	0.6
Ethnicity (n = 170)
Asian	7	4.1
Hispanic/Latino	4	2.4
Middle Eastern	1	0.6
Mixed/Multi-ethnic	4	2.4
Native people/indigenous	1	0.6
Pacific Islander	1	0.6
White/Caucasian	148	87.1
Prefer not to say	2	1.2
Other	2	1.2
Education (n = 170)
High school qualifications or equivalent	1	0.6
Undergraduate/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent	18	10.6
Masters degree or equivalent	45	26.5
Doctoral degree/MD or equivalent	106	62.4
Employment* (n = 173)
Employed full-time	103	59.5
Employed part-time	28	16.2
Self-employed	4	2.3
Unemployed	2	1.2
Unable to work	2	1.2
Retired	1	0.6
Student	48	27.7
Carer	3	1.7
Personal connections to autistic people* (n = 173)
I am autistic	33	19.1
I have an autistic family member or partner	73	42.2
I have autistic friends, colleagues or family friends’ children	119	68.8
I do not have any personal connections with autistic people	34	19.7

Some participants elected not to provide some demographic information thus total n responses for each question are reported below. *Percentages add up to more than 100% since participants could select more than one option.