The development and utilization of a diversity advisory board in an intervention to support social skill development for autistic transition-aged youth.
Ed-Dee G Williams, Matthew J Smith, Jamie Mitchell, Ty B Tucker, Connie Sung, Kari Sherwood, Sarah Dababnah, Sandy Magaña, Temple Lovelace, Shanna K Kattari, Dale Olsen, Jeff Elkins, Laura Humm, Chris Steacy, Edwina Riddle, Caleb Liggett
PMID 40231706WHAT IT FOUND
This paper describes how a diversity advisory board was formed to help design a virtual work simulation for autistic youth.
It reports no clinical outcomes or effectiveness data, so there are no findings to act on.
What this paper is
This paper describes the process of forming and using a diversity advisory board to help design a virtual work simulation called WorkChat for autistic transition-age youth. It reports no clinical outcomes, no participant data on the effectiveness of the intervention, and no results from a trial. There are no findings here to change clinical practice.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume WorkChat is an evidence-based intervention for social skills or employment support. The paper only describes the advisory board process used to design the tool, not the results of testing it with patients.