%0 Journal Article %T Participant characteristics in autism intervention studies %A Christine Silva %A Emily Feinberg %A Michael Silverstein %A Sarabeth Broder-Fingert %J Autism %@ 1461-7005 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1362361317722306 %X The purpose of this Letter to the Editor is to discuss the recent paper, ¡°Lessons learned: Engaging culturally diverse families in neurodevelopmental disorders intervention research¡± by Ratto et al. Specifically, we are interested in further exploring the question of ¡°who participates in autism spectrum disorder intervention research,¡± and how this question may impact interpretation of Ratto and colleagues¡¯ paper %K autism spectrum disorders %K education services %K family functioning and support %K health services %K interventions¡ªpsychosocial/behavioral %K policy %K pre-school children %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361317722306