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Accessible Skies is a national project working to better understand the barriers people with cognitive disabilities and their support networks experience when travelling through Canadian airports. The project is currently seeking survey responses from adults with cognitive disabilities who travel by air, or who have reduced or stopped flying because of cognitive, intellectual, sensory, or mental health barriers, as well as care partners and family members who have supported s

Summary: We are in the process of designing a measure that assesses the frequency, severity, and function of many common self-injurious and aggressive behaviours that are common to autistic individuals who have difficulty communicating and require significant caregiver support. This measure is designed to be completed by people who work with or provide care for these individuals. We are currently inviting people to complete our measure in order to build our understanding of h

Summary: This Canadian virtual study evaluates a caregiver-led LEGO intervention designed to improve social communication in autistic children aged 3–7. It extends a previous study to test the effectiveness of these play-based strategies across different cultural and developmental contexts. Researchers: Primary Researcher: Reilly Burnett. Masters Student, University of Western Ontario. Who can participate? Participants must be autistic children between 3 and 7 years old who