Without exception, whenever there’s a new, higher autism rate in the U.S, someone from the Centers for Disease Control will be there to reassure us that the new numbers don’t represent a true increase. The mainstream media universally promotes this absurd claim. This has led to seeing au...
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In addition to camouflaging behavior in high functioning females, studies of older children and adults with ASD are finding that autistic females tend to show reduced levels of restricted interests and repetitive behaviors compared with males. A large study of individuals from 970 families enrolled in...
Characteristics of social skills for adults with intellectual disability, autism, and PDD-NOS. Res Autism Spectr Disord. 2009b;3(1):207–13. Article Google Scholar Smith KR, Matson JL. Psychopathology: differences among adults with intellectually disabled, comorbid autism spectrum disorders and ...
work for pay. ü The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 1 in 59 children in the United States is diagnosed with autism. ü Over the next decade, an estimated 500,000 teens with autism (50,000 each year) will enter adulthood. ü Reports suggest that young adults with...
Predictors of quality of life for autistic adults. Autism Res. 2018;11:1138–47. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Treatment and Intervention Services for Autism Spectrum Disorder. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/treatment.html. Accessed 9...
Chapter One: The Call– Dr. Brian Hooker, a university biology professor was working in his office when he got a call from a senior Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist, Dr. William Thompson. The two worked together years earlier when parent groups were clamoring for th...
Another reason I wrote this book is because I know Walker’s story and ours is very much like that of other young adults with autism and their families. As I say in the book, “I’ve written this because nobody would pay attention to me if I stood with a megaphone at the corner of...
A series of sketchesfor parents of children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, their relatives, caregivers, and friends. Chapter 03 (Read 02 and 01 here.) Birthday Party – Texas Roadhouse Angela pulled me aside, concerned. We were by the outdoor grill at Hope Ranch. “Zero woke me...
The diamond centers and corresponding vertical lines represent the value of the summary result. The diamond width represents the 95% CI of the summary result. The white area within the dashed diagonal lines indicates P > .05 to P > .99; the light gray area outside these lines ...