More adults are undergoing autism assessment due to recent changes in awareness,
diagnostic criteria and professional practices. This scoping review aimed to summarise …

Introduction 3. Prevalence 4. Research into causation 4.1. Comorbidities 4.2. Genetic risk
factors 4.3. Environmental risk factors 4.3. 1. Prenatal risk factors 4.3. 1.1. Parental age 4.3 …

The current study explored whether people who camouflage autistic traits are more likely to
experience thwarted belongingness and suicidality, as predicted by the Interpersonal …

Many autistic people do not learn they are autistic until adulthood. Parents may wait to tell a
child they are autistic until they feel the child is “ready.” In this study, a participatory team of …

Background Autistic people and those with high autistic traits are at high risk of experiencing
suicidality. Yet, there are no suicidality assessment tools developed or validated for these …

Background The autism diagnosis process can profoundly impact an individual's life. The
purpose of this review is to systematically identify, appraise and synthesise qualitative …

Autistic students are more likely to drop out of university, while facing both challenges and
opportunities within university environments. This study compared the experiences of …

Background Belgium is one of very few countries that legally allow euthanasia for suffering
caused by psychiatric illness. In the first criminal trial in Belgium of physicians involved in …

Background: A population segment of autistic adults are underidentified due, in part, to
historic changes in criteria for diagnosing autism and diagnostic biases related to gender …

Background Sex differences in autistic symptomatology are believed to contribute to the mis-
and missed diagnosis of many girls and women with an autism spectrum condition (ASC) …