4-085_Executive_Summary_National_Guidelines_and_Capacity_Building

The process followed the National Health and Medical Research Council (2016) Guidelines for Guidelines requirements and adhered to the international best practice GRADE methodology for moving from the development and revision of clinical questions, through to evidence gathering and synthesis, and updating of recommendations (Alonso-Coello et al., 2016). [...] The process broadly followed that used to successfully develop resources to support the implementation of the ADAG from 2019 to 2023, with a focus on the development of practical evidence-based resources that could be used by all members of the autistic and autism communities. [...] The process involved collaboration with the ANZG Guideline key stakeholder organisations and extensive community consultation to understand the needs and preferences of the autistic and autism communities regarding support for implementing the Guideline and other approaches. [...] The Guideline Lifecycle features a series of practical Recommendations that draw on the methodological strengths of the individual projects and the experiences and insights of individual team members and complements the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (2016) Guidelines for Guidelines and the GRADE methodology (Alonso-Coello et al., 2016). [...] Furthermore, the development of a Guideline Lifecycle lays the foundation for a synergised system of Guideline development, implementation, and updating that has the potential to benefit autistic people and their families across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand now and into the future.