The experience of stigma by autistic people is relatively understudied, despite contributing to
a range of poor outcomes and having an overarching impact on well-being. The current …

Loneliness can be operationalized as the actual or perceived absence of those social
relationships that serve to meet basic emotional needs. In contrast to solitude, a chosen …

When I received the e-mail inviting me to author this editorial, I was halfway through my
second day of selfimposed isolation. A COVID-19-related lockdown was not yet in place in …

Loneliness in Autism and Its Association with Anxiety and Depression: A Systematic Review
with Meta-Analyses | Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Skip to main …

Autistic adults commonly experience anxiety and depression. These mental health concerns
are often tied to social experiences, such that mental well-being can be supported by social …

Many autistic people and people with non-spectrum neurodevelopmental disabilities (eg
intellectual disability) report feeling lonely, which can negatively impact their well-being …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become a critical public health issue that affects more
than 78 million people. In many recent studies, the authors have demonstrated that equine …

Objectives: Although the health consequences of life stress exposure in the general
population are well known, how different stressors occurring over the lifetime cause …

Background: Rates of loneliness are substantially higher among autistic compared with
nonautistic individuals. This observation refutes the persistent stereotype that autistic …

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 …