Video example: Uncovering ableist biases
Ableist bias. This is a simulated interaction.
Liliane (non-autistic researcher): “Hey hi Michael I'm so happy you're interested in joining uh this research project. So the autistic participants will meet on Wednesday um around 3 o'clock. Will that work for you?
Michael (autistic research partner): “Yeah I I think I can come Wednesday at 3:00 um. Uh is there any other groups that are happening? You said the autistic participants.”
Liliane: “Yes, well in this project we have autistic people but we also have um a group of researchers and a group of um healthcare providers and a group of parents”
Michael: “Okay that that that's interesting so now if I'm a autistic person and also a uh researcher and a parent how does that work?”
Liliane: “Oh I didn't think about that. I guess I guess you could choose which group you want to be part of. Thank you for making me think about it!”
Narrator: “When setting up focus groups we did not realize that people might have multiple identities.”
Liliane: “So you which group would you like to join?
Michael: Well, I I let let's say how about the the the parent and researcher, I'm sorry the autistic people and researchers groups”
Liliane: “Yes okay so I'll sign you up for uh those two groups.
Michael: “But yeah, that, that's helpful. Yeah, I'm, I just wanted to make sure that that we thought of all our bases.
Liliane: “Yeah, that's you know, how we're really doing things better when we have all our brains together. Thank you for your input on that Michael.”
Michael: “You're welcome.”
An autistic research partner schedules his focus group. He has more than one identity.