The design of the "autistics in (educational) space: building our own futures" doctoral project.

The research was only partially completed at the time of writing. There were only four participants. All participants were university students who had already found ways to meet high school requirements and enter post-secondary education, so their accounts may not represent autistic students who did not. Only one of 23 Ontario universities forwarded the recruitment call, so three participants came from one university. The study did not collect data on socioeconomic status. The author was an autistic doctoral student and high school teacher, so positionality may have shaped the research design and interpretation.

The author declared no potential conflicts of interest. Funding was provided in part by the author's Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship.

Do not read these four students' accounts as evidence that cultural probes or shared reading improve educational, communication, or sensory outcomes. The study is qualitative and partially completed, so it describes experiences and methods, not a tested treatment.