New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline - Ministry of Health

Overview
Overview
Consultation
To finalise the draft New Zealand Autism
Spectrum Disorder Guideline, a four-month
written consultation process was undertaken
from December 2006 to March 2007. Feedback
was sought from across the health, education,
disability and social service sectors.
The consultation process involved a mail-out
on request of the draft ASD Guideline and a
submission booklet. These documents were also
available on the Ministry of Health website, with
links from the Ministry of Education website. At
the same time, an expert peer review process was
undertaken with nine international experts in
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The suggestions
and references from both processes were analysed
to determine whether they provided additional
evidence to inform the recommendations of the
guideline. Where appropriate, modifications
and amendments were made to the draft ASD
Guideline. A report on the analysis of 108
submissions received from the open consultation
process was provided to all submitters on request.
A full list of all individuals and organisations
that consented to have their names published is
provided in Appendix 3.
Acknowledgments
The following individuals and groups made
additional contributions to the development of
the ASD Guideline to those listed in Appendix 2.
They are thanked for their support and advice in
developing this guideline:
• Christina Birkin
• Rowena Cave, NZGG
• Carolyn Dougherty, NZHTA
• Catherine Marshall, NZGG
• Isobel Martin, Omega Research
• Anna Pethig, Ministry of Health
• Hilary Rendell, Ministry of Education
• Mereti Taipana, Tautoko Solutionz
• John Werry
• Tu Williams.
Declaration of competing interests
Contributors to the ASD Guideline were asked
to declare any competing interests. There
were no competing interests declared by any
contributors to the ASD Guideline.
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