Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report
Autistic Adults Advise and Advance Research
Have you ever heard of an initiative called “Autistic Adults and other Stakeholders Engaged Together”? If you have, you know their goal is to ensure that autistic perspectives are included in future scientific research. They recently published an article that summarized the research that autistic people feel is critical, and what is missing, and what needs to be done. They concluded most of the research done so far is applicable to males without intellectual disability. That needs to change. Speaking of adults, how many adults are autistic? Is it 5 million? Maybe, maybe not, but it is still unclear even after a recent publication. Listen to hear more.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32390461
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10803-020-04494-4.pdf