Conference PaperAdapting Design Workshops for Autistic AdultsFrisch, Blade (ORCID:0000000201593624); Vertanen, Keith (ORCID:0000000278142450)Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability that impacts one’s social communication and interaction. When left unsupported, this can increase the amount of loneliness felt by autistic people. Communication technology, such as AAC, can be helpful in supporting social communication, especially when co-designed with autistic people. We conducted a series of design workshops to co-design a new AAC system specifically supporting social communication. In this paper, we focus on the accessibility issues that were identified when running our workshops and provide recommendations on how to improve the process. We found that it is critical to build support for information processing time into the workshops, include a variety of AAC stakeholders, and create a shared vocabulary between the workshop participants to make design workshops more accessible to autistic adults.ACM2025-10-26106440181 to 59798400706769https://doi.org/10.1145/3663547.37597531750193; 2402876Denver, CONational Science Foundation