Using a collaborative action-research approach, Ontario SLP researchers (AB, JOC), and community partners (SLPs, parents, health system leaders) co-designed the guidelines framework. 

Each step of the guidelines development was guided by an equity, diversity and inclusion approach in an effort to ensure that the participants engaged, the content produced, and the guidelines proposed are relevant to diverse group of clients and families.

Evidence from policy documents and journal articles was synthesized and recommendations were developed with consultation from SLPs, autistic individuals and parents.