Sex and gender in neurodevelopmental conditions

S Bölte, J Neufeld, PB Marschik, ZJ Williams… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Health-related conditions often differ qualitatively or quantitatively between individuals of
different birth-assigned sexes and gender identities, and/or with different gendered …

[HTML][HTML] A capabilities approach to understanding and supporting autistic adulthood

E Pellicano, U Fatima, G Hall, M Heyworth… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
There is little comprehensive research into autistic adulthood, and even less into the
services and supports that are most likely to foster flourishing adult autistic lives. This limited …

Autismrelated language preferences of Englishspeaking individuals across the globe: A mixed methods investigation

CT Keating, L Hickman, J Leung, R Monk… - Autism …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past two decades, there have been increasing discussions around which terms
should be used to talk about autism. Whilst these discussions have largely revolved around …

Reconsidering animal models used to study autism spectrum disorder: Current state and optimizing future

JL Silverman, A Thurm, SB Ethridge… - Genes, brain and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and
intellectual disability (ID), are pervasive, often lifelong disorders, lacking evidencebased …

Mental health challenges faced by autistic people

MC Lai - Nature Human Behaviour, 2023 - nature.com
Mental health challenges impede the well-being of autistic people. This Review outlines
contributing neurodevelopmental and physical health conditions, rates and developmental …

Autistic perspectives on the future of clinical autism research

H Pukki, J Bettin, AG Outlaw, J Hennessy… - Autism in …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Heta Pukki, MEd, MSc, 1 Jorn Bettin, 2 Avery Grey Outlaw, 3 Joshua Hennessy, MA, 4 Kabie
Brook, 4 Martijn Dekker, 5 Mary Doherty, MB ChB FCARCSI, 6 Sebastian CK Shaw, BM BS …

[HTML][HTML] Profound concerns about “profound autism”: Dangers of severity scales and functioning labels for support needs

SK Kapp - Education Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recently the Lancet published a Commission on the future of care and clinical research of
autism, which included a side panel arguing for the adoption of “profound autism”, a term in …

Autism severity and its relationship to disability

E WaizbardBartov, D Fein, C Lord… - Autism …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Autism severity is currently defined and measured based exclusively on the severity levels of
the two core symptom domains: socialcommunication and restricted or repetitive patterns of …

Early intervention for very young children with or at high likelihood for autism spectrum disorder: An overview of reviews

L Franz, CD Goodwin, A Rieder… - … Medicine & Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To identify which interventions are supported by evidence and the quality of that
evidence in very young children with or at high likelihood for autism spectrum disorder …

[HTML][HTML] The foundations of autistic flourishing

E Pellicano, M Heyworth - Current Psychiatry Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review All people—including Autistic people—deserve to live
flourishing lives. But what does a flourishing life look like for Autistic people? We suggest …