Lived Experience Advisory Group Easy Read Info Sheet A Lived Experience Advisory Group for this study is a group of 6-8 autistic people who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and received treatment. We want to know what went well, what didn’t go well and what could be done to make it easier. We would […]
Lived Experience Advisory Group Information Sheet Purpose of the Lived Experience Group This research project is centred around listening to autistic people with lived experience of breast cancer. By listening and learning about different experiences of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment we can explore what factors worked well, what factors were more challenging or didn’t […]
Lived Experience To fully understand the experience that someone has been through we need to hear it from them directly. Otherwise, we are can only make assumptions or best guesses as to how that experience was felt internally. Historically, autism research has been conducted on autistic people where non-autistic (allistic) researchers will consult other people […]
Lived Experience Advisory Group The Lived Experience Advisory Group will be an important part of the research project. The group will consist of autistic people who have had a breast cancer diagnosis and who have finished hospital treatment and will be involved throughout the 3 year project to advise and ensure that autistic people are […]