Background Autistic adults, particularly women, are more likely to experience chronic ill
health than the general population. Central sensitivity syndromes (CSS) are a group of …

Background: A growing body of research has sought to understand autistic people's
research priorities. Several of these studies have identified employment as a key research …

Los individuos diagnosticados con Trastorno del Espectro Autista (TEA) tienen dificultades
conductuales y de interacción social como características típicas de su síndrome. Quienes …

Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have behavioral and social
interaction difficulties as typical characteristics of their syndrome. For those who require …

People with disabilities owned the same right to obtain employment to be civil servants. The
government had created plenty of regulations to guarantee the right to obtain a job, starting …

Self-advocacy by autistic adults also forged ahead in the 1990s and 2000s. This chapter
explores the history of autism self-advocacy, including the role of the Internet and the …

Parents of autistic adolescents have been reported to experience higher levels of parenting
stress and poor mental health outcomes compared to parents of neurotypical adolescents …

Hallucination and dissociation have been found to be associated with imaginary friend play
in childhood (CIC). Past studies have not investigated how this play relates to adult …

In May 2009, as I began work in earnest on the first edition of this book, my inbox filled up
with a flurry of emails from adults with autism and from researchers who worked closely with …