Funding for this research was provided by:
UK Big Lottery
Article History
Accepted: 7 September 2020
First Online: 18 September 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: AM was the manager of the project and KB provided overall oversight of it. RM was commissioned by AutismNI to undertake an independent evaluation of it for which he received a fee.
: All procedures performed in the study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from parents for the project to obtain and retain information in line with EU Data Protection Procedures. Assurances of confidentiality were given and parents were told that they can refuse to provide any or all information without it affecting their participation in the service.