Participant Characteristics for a Study on Autistic Adults' Mental Health Care Experiences

Frederick Taylor published a dataset on figshare in May 2026 containing participant characteristics for a qualitative study. The data includes 13 autistic adults with experience of mental health services in England, who participated in semi-structured interviews. The study investigated their experiences accessing and receiving mental health care and their priorities for improvement.

Use Cases

• Analyzing demographic patterns among autistic adults seeking mental health support based on the participant characteristics.
• Supporting qualitative research on barriers to healthcare access for neurodivergent populations based on the described interview themes.
• Informing policy recommendations for adapting mental health services based on participant-reported priorities for improvement.
• Training healthcare professionals on autism-specific needs using anonymized, real-world participant profiles.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse.
• The study design involved purposive sampling and reflexive thematic analysis, which suggests a structured qualitative approach.
• The dataset focuses on a specific and understudied population: autistic adults accessing mental health services in England.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope and sample size of 13 participants.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Frederick Taylor

Collection Method

Purposively selected participants were interviewed using a semi-structured format; analysis followed reflexive thematic analysis principles.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 17:31:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England