Research is the key to developing an understanding of the day-to-day experiences of neurodivergent people and improving their lives.

The increased public awareness of neurodiversity and the growing inclusion of the community in research create a huge opportunity for making a meaningful change. We carried out the Research Priority Setting to identify what areas of research are the most important to neurodivergent people, their families and carers, and all relevant professionals. The process of identifying research priorities included three stages: Participatory Research with the Advisory Group, Research Priority Setting Survey, and Research Priority Setting Workshop. The final outcome of the Research Priority Setting is the list of the Top 10 Priorities for Research on Neurodivergence.

To our knowledge, this is the first research priority-setting focused on neurodivergence, which moves beyond the boundaries of neurodevelopmental diagnostic categories and includes people with different diagnostic statuses. The purpose of the Embracing Complexity research is to identify barriers that lead to the social exclusion of neurodivergent people and effective ways of removing them. We hope that research that moves beyond the boundaries created by diagnostic categories and is informed by the priorities of the community will contribute to making society inclusive for neurodivergent people.

The standard version of the report is available below.

Easy Ready version of the report will be available by the end of April.