Associations between co-occurring conditions and age of autism diagnosis: Implications for mental health training and adult autism research.

ABSTRACT: Adult autism studies are increasingly comprised of later-diagnosed adults, yet little is known about how these adults compare to those diagnosed earlier in life. The present study examines medical and psychiatric conditions endorsed by autistic adults and documents differences between those diagnosed with ASD in childhood versus adulthood, as well as across age groups and sex at birth. 4657 legally independent adults (ages 18-85, M = 33.4 years) with professional ASD diagnoses who completed a medical questionnaire were drawn from the Simons Powering Autism Research Knowledge (SPARK) study. Chi square analyses, t-tests, and logistic regressions were used to compare medical and psychiatric conditions between age groups, sex at birth and adults diagnosed in childhood (before age 21) versus ad

SUBMITTER: Jadav N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9637770 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature