Associations between co‐occurring conditions and age of autism diagnosis: Implications for mental health training and adult autism research

N Jadav, VH Bal - Autism Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Adult autism studies are increasingly comprised of later‐diagnosed adults, yet little is known
about how these adults compare to those diagnosed earlier in life. The present study …

Health conditions in autism: defining the trajectory from adolescence to early adulthood

BA Malow, Y Qian, JL Ames, S Alexeeff… - Autism …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Autistic adults, as compared to non‐autistic adults, have increased rates of nearly all
medical and psychiatric conditions. Many of these conditions begin in childhood, although …

A retrospective chart study: The pathway to a diagnosis for adults referred for ASD assessment

HM Geurts, MD Jansen - Autism, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Charts of 125 adults (18 to 82 years), referred to an autism expert team for Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD) assessment, were reviewed to explore the pathway to an adulthood ASD …

The symptoms of autism spectrum disorders in adolescence and adulthood

MM Seltzer, MW Krauss, PT Shattuck… - Journal of autism and …, 2003 - Springer
This article describes the symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) manifested by 405
individuals between the ages of 10 and 53 years, all of whom had an ASD diagnosis. Data …

Factors associated with age at autism diagnosis in a community sample of Australian adults

Y Huang, SRC Arnold, KR Foley, LP Lawson… - Autism …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Autism diagnosis in adulthood has become increasingly common due to a range of factors
including changes in awareness, diagnostic criteria, and professional practices. Past …

The influence of sex and age on prevalence rates of comorbid conditions in autism

K Supekar, T Iyer, V Menon - Autism Research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Individuals with ASD frequently experience one or more comorbid conditions. Here, we
investigate the influence of sex and age—two important, yet understudied factors—on ten …

Autism spectrum disorder symptoms from ages 2 to 19 years: Implications for diagnosing adolescents and young adults

VH Bal, SH Kim, M Fok, C Lord - Autism Research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study explored change in social‐communicative symptoms in 140 individuals with
childhood autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses. Trajectories of caregiver‐reported …

The health status of adults on the autism spectrum

LA Croen, O Zerbo, Y Qian, ML Massolo, S Rich… - …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Compared to the general pediatric population, children with autism have higher rates of co-
occurring medical and psychiatric illnesses, yet very little is known about the general health …

[HTML][HTML] Stability of co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses in autistic men and women

V Kentrou, M Oostervink, AM Scheeren… - Research in autism …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Despite a high prevalence of psychiatric conditions in autistic adults, research
examining the diagnostic stability of psychiatric conditions diagnosed prior to autism is …

Secular changes in the symptom level of clinically diagnosed autism

O Arvidsson, C Gillberg, P Lichtenstein… - Journal of Child …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background The prevalence of autism has been reported to have increased worldwide. A
decrease over time in the number of autism symptoms required for a clinical autism …