Historically, both researchers and the autism community viewed autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) as a childhood developmental disorder, and were not focused on the needs of adults …

About a decade ago, when I mentioned to a colleague that I had received an autism-related
research grant, a perplexed look came across his face.''But you aren'ta pediatrician, are …

In recent years, there has been a noticeable change in the research regarding Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Previously, the majority of studies focused on infancy, childhood …

Research on autism has long been focused on child-hood. However, it is now widely
accepted that autistic children become autistic adults and it is increasingly recognized that …

Recent studies of mortality, illness, and suicide among autistic adults paint an alarming
picture. Autistic people appear to die much earlier than the general population, and they …

Adolescence and young adulthood appear to form the most difficult period in the lives of
high-functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; Tantam, 2003). The …

Notwithstanding progress in understanding of the genetic and neurodevelopmental
processes that lead to autism spectrum disorders (ASD), clinical diagnosis is reliant on the …

516 Autism 20 (5) ignorant of the impact of being autistic. As adults age, it can become
increasingly difficult to change direction and compete with ever-younger applicants, so the …

Over the past four decades there have been significant advances in our understanding of
autism, yet services for autistic adults continue to lag far behind those for children, and …

In the decades since autism was first formally described in the 1940s, there have been major
advances in research relating to diagnosis, causation, and treatment approaches for …