Some autistic people employ strategies and behaviours to cope with the everyday social
world, thereby 'camouflaging'their autistic differences and difficulties. This review aimed to …

Objective: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder often present somatic and/or psychiatric
co-morbid disorders. The DSM-5 allows for consideration of additional diagnoses besides …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder with reported
prevalence in the United States of 1 in 59 children (approximately 1.7%). Core deficits are …

Autism is more commonly diagnosed in males than females. One explanation is the 'female
protective effect': there is something inherent in being female which reduces the likelihood of …

Background Research has shown high rates of suicidality in autism spectrum conditions
(ASC), but there is lack of research into why this is the case. Many common experiences of …

Social camouflaging describes the use of strategies to compensate for and mask autistic
characteristics during social interactions. A newly developed self-reported measure of …

There currently exist no self-report measures of social camouflaging behaviours (strategies
used to compensate for or mask autistic characteristics during social interactions). The …

Background Little is known about the compensatory profile in autism; that is, people with
autism spectrum disorder who show few symptoms in their behavioural presentation, despite …

Across Europe, there is increased awareness of the frequency and importance of autism
spectrum disorder (ASD), which is now recognised not only as a childhood disorder but as a …

The same genetic variant found in different individuals can cause a range of diverse
phenotypes, from no discernible clinical phenotype to severe disease, even among related …