Abstract：
UNASSIGNED: Play is often included in autism diagnostic assessments. These assessments tend to focus on negatives and how people who are not autistic interpret observable behaviours. It is important to take a neurodiversity-affirmative assessment approach. This involves focusing on what autistic people say and looking at strengths and needs. We wanted to find out how autistic adults experience diagnostic assessments that include play. We asked autistic and non-autistic people to help us design our study and interview questions. We then interviewed 22 autistic adults to find out what they think about the use of play in assessments. We used a qualitative method called interpretative phenomenological analysis to analyse the data. Autistic adults told us about the different ways play was included in their diagnostic assessments. For example, some completed a diagnostic tool called the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule. Autistic adults also talked about the importance of considering how autistic people are different to each other. For example, we found that play may not be useful for assessing women or girls who mask. This suggests that professionals should adopt a personalised approach to diagnostic assessments that use play catering to each person\'s needs. Our findings also suggested that professionals should assess strengths and differences as well as needs.
摘要：
■游戏通常包括在自闭症诊断评估中。这些评估倾向于关注负面因素以及非自闭症患者如何解释可观察到的行为。重要的是采取神经多样性肯定评估方法。这涉及专注于自闭症患者的言论，并着眼于优势和需求。我们想了解自闭症成年人如何经历包括玩耍在内的诊断评估。我们要求自闭症患者和非自闭症患者帮助我们设计研究和面试问题。然后，我们采访了22名自闭症成年人，以了解他们对评估中使用游戏的看法。我们使用了一种称为解释现象学分析的定性方法来分析数据。自闭症成年人告诉我们，他们的诊断评估中包括了不同的游戏方式。例如,一些人完成了一项称为自闭症诊断观察计划的诊断工具.自闭症成年人还谈到了考虑自闭症患者彼此不同的重要性。例如,我们发现，游戏可能对评估戴面具的女性或女孩没有帮助。这表明专业人员应该采用个性化的诊断评估方法，使用游戏迎合每个人的需求。我们的发现还表明，专业人士应该评估优势和差异以及需求。
