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Researchers

Sara Ryan
Lead researcher: Sara Ryan
Sara Ryan is a senior researcher at Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford. Sara obtained her PhD from the University of Warwick in 2006. She has a sociological background and her main research interests are disability, difference and social interactions.
Abi Coleman
Research Assistant: Abi Coleman

Research Assistant: Abi Coleman, Health Experiences Research Group 

Advisory Panel

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all those who took part in the research and shared their experiences so openly and enthusiastically.  Thanks also to Mark Smyth, Anup Apadhyaya, Andy Bell and Joan Mansfield at My Life My Choice for their support during the project.  

Professor Anthony Bailey

Head of the Autism Research Group
Department of Psychiatry,
University of Oxford

Professor Gillian Baird
Consultant Developmental Paediatrician, Guys Hospital

Sara Candy

Wellcome Trust

Katrina Dare

Parent representative

Dr Kate Field

Senior Researcher, Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford.

Dr Nick Hodge

The Autism Centre
Sheffield Hallam University

Dorothy McDowell

Parent representative

Steven McGuinness

Parent representative

Nicholas Miller

Department of Health

Dr Rachel Miller

Health Experiences Research Group

Laurie Morgan

Lay member and parent representative

Liz Osman

Parent Support Project Manager
The Treehouse

Rachel Pike

Regional Area Co-ordinator, National Autistic Society

Dr Alex Popescu

OBMH

Dr Clare Robertson

Consultant, Children's Hospital, John Radcliffe

Dr Melissa Rodd

Lecturer in Mathematics Education
Institute of Education, University of London

Dr Mitzi Waltz

Lecturer in Autism Studies, University of Birmingham

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