adults with autism

6 min read 2022-03-28 18:00:00

Lisa Croen: Autism’s first dedicated epidemiologist

Lisa Croen’s career took a sharp left turn toward autism research about 30 years ago, when she was working as an epidemiologist at the California

4 min read 2022-03-14 18:00:14

My high-support adult autistic son’s many medical appointments have become routine. Even so, I broke into sobs during a recent session. Despite

4 min read 2022-02-15 19:00:11

Last month, Spectrum hosted a webinar with autism researchers Tony Charman and Catherine Lord, who co-chaired the Lancet Commission’s set of

3 min read 2022-02-10 19:00:00

As Null and Noteworthy enters its second year, I’m refocusing on its purpose — and I came across the perfect tweet to express it, courtesy of

2 min read 2022-01-11 19:00:00

Most people who are diagnosed with autism in adulthood were not diagnosed with a psychiatric condition during childhood, according to a new

5 min read 2022-01-04 19:00:12

Eating a delicious meal, ranting to a friend, playing an instrument, tackling that boulder scramble in the middle of your favorite hike — some of

5 min read 2021-12-07 06:30:00

The term ‘profound autism’ should be used to describe autistic people who require round-the-clock, lifelong care, a team of autism researchers,

4 min read 2021-12-02 07:00:00

Last month, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) met for the second time this year. Part of their discussion touched on how to make

1 min read 2021-11-04 18:00:00

The August launch of the U.K.-based autism research project Spectrum 10K sparked a firestorm of negative comments about the study’s aims from

1 min read 2021-10-27 18:00:00

About 15 years ago, psychologist Geoff Bird began to question a long-held tenet in autism research: the idea that all autistic people struggle with

1 min read 2021-10-22 18:00:00

Autistic teenagers with cognitive inflexibility, a rigid thinking style that makes it difficult to switch tasks or adjust goals, are prone to

1 min read 2021-10-18 18:00:00

For Spectrum 10K, the time from launch to limbo was less than three weeks: An online outcry from autistic self-advocates forced the researchers

4 min read 2021-03-10 19:00:00

People with fragile X syndrome in Colombia are diagnosed at age 27, on average, according to the first study to assess diagnosis in the country. By

3 min read 2021-01-12 18:30:00

The population of older people with autism is set to increase dramatically in the coming decades, but there is little research on how autism affects

3 min read 2021-01-05 19:00:00

Autistic people’s skill at managing the demands of daily life starts to decline after they leave high school, according to a new study. But those