An international project between Lancaster University, Global Health Uganda, and Women and Children Agenda. The project has been funded by Joy Welch Fund for 12 months and the aims are to:
1. Work with stakeholders in three representative districts in Northern Uganda (Gulu city, Amuru and Pader) to develop culturally-sensitive understandings of autism and community needs using a qualitative methodology.
2. Use participatory methods, to develop accessible resources to explain about autism and address sociocultural misconceptions.
3. Map likely autism prevalence among communities using a brief, low-cost, culturally-sensitive autism screener across three sites
to increase policy justification at a regional level for wider autism support.