Background Suicidality is highly prevalent in autistic people without co-occurring intellectual
disabilities, and high autistic traits are found in adults who have attempted suicide. However …

Persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) may have difficulties providing reliable and valid
accounts of their personal experiences through self-report measures. The aim of the current …

In response to Vivanti's 'Ask The Editor…'paper [Journal of Autism and Developmental
Disorders, 50 (2), 691–693], we argue that the use of language in autism research has …

Background: Although autistic adults often discuss experiencing “autistic burnout” and
attribute serious negative outcomes to it, the concept is almost completely absent from the …

Autistic burnout is an experience commonly described by autistic people (# AutBurnout and#
AutisticBurnout on social media). Recently, two definitions of this syndrome have been …

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 …

When disability is defined by behavior, researchers and clinicians struggle to identify
appropriate measures to assess clinical progress. Some choose the reduction or elimination …

Several measures have been developed to assess loneliness in the general population.
Here, we examined if, and how accurately, widely-used measures capture the experience of …

In this systematic review, we examined quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies
on loneliness in autistic adults. A total of 1460 articles were identified, and 34 of these met …

Background Views can be collected from individuals (self‐report) or others on their behalf
(proxy‐report). Objective We aimed to review the literature on methods and statistical …