The webinar will launch this year’s series on using participatory research approaches with autistic adults. Dr. Nicolaidis will start with an overview of different types of participatory models, and how they may be applied to conduct research in partnership with autistic adults and other stakeholders. She will then offer practical examples, lessons learned, and recommendations from her work with the Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE; www.aaspire.org) and other participatory research projects over the past two decades.