Short report: Evaluation of wider community support for a neurodiversity teaching programme designed using participatory methods.

The analysed sample was 111 adults who responded to social media and neurodiversity-aware advertising. Respondents were mostly white, female and already familiar with neurodiversity, and 70% reported being neurodivergent. The sample was concentrated in autism and Asperger's diagnoses, with other neurodivergent groups and neurotypical people under-represented. Over 80% of excluded respondents stopped after the consent form, and the survey's length and text load may have excluded some neurodivergent groups. Open-ended comments were analysed by one author only. The survey rated planned content before the resource was completed, not pupil outcomes.

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest. The project was supported by the Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre Scientific Advisory Board and the Wellcome Trust, grant 218493/Z/19/Z.

Do not read the high support for the planned LEANS content as proof that the programme works in schools. This was a survey of adults about proposed curriculum components, not a pupil outcome study.