autism community research network @ southampton
Eastleigh
The Autism Community Research Network @ Southampton [ACoRNS] is a
research-practice partnership that aims to improve the lives of autistic
children and young people within education through addressing the
marginalisation and underrepresentation of their views and experiences. The
network began in November 2016 with initial funding from the University of
Southampton’s Public Engagement with Research Unit and is co-directed by
Professor Sarah Parsons, from the University’s Education School, and Dr Hanna
Kovshoff from the School of Psychology in partnership with our Steering Group.
More information about the members of the ACoRNS Steering Group can be found
here. Working together with special and mainstream educational settings from
early years through to Higher Education we: focus on the transitions and
trajectories of autistic children and young people decide what questions can be
addressed by research and that matter to practitioners put children’s voices and
experiences at the centre of our work through using collaborative, creative and
participatory methods make a difference to practice Of course, we would not be
able to do this work without our generous funders: University of Southampton
(Impact Acceleration Fund), Froebel Trust, UKRI (ESRC), and the ESRC Festival of
Social Science.
