It is not only in comparison with the general population that adults with autism fare poorly. Using data from the US National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2; n > 11,000 adults) Orsmond et al. (2013) compared rates of participation in social activities among young adults with aut...
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Sam Thompson: ‘I really don’t think there is a distinction to be made between writing for adults and writing for children’ Thompson’s new book, The Forest Yet to Come, is part of the Wolfstongue saga, which began as a direct response to his son’s difficulty with speech Wed Oct ...
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 ...
I’ve gotten my son to show it to his Autism school, Pathlight School, the only dedicated-autism school in Singapore and they are interested to get copies of this to either sell or have in their library – am waiting for them to tell me what they intend to do – but so many ...
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She is currently a Research Associate in the Clinic for Affective Disorders and General Psychiatry at the Psychiatric University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. The focus of Dr. Spinelli's research is to advance understanding of the possible endophenotypes of anxiety and depression....
guaranteed vaccine program. I believed in those vaccines. I trusted those people who told me that my child needed them. Life was easier not knowing the truth. But once I knew to question what I had been told, it was too late. It was too late to trust and also too late for my son...
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...
“Trying to find answers for the millions of children with autism apparently “rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.” Given the lack of interest, and even outright hostility expressed by those at the Cleveland Clinic conference on XMRV, it’s difficult to understand what part of the “...