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11 Oct 2016, 12:41 am

What happens when people with autism grow old?

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Our analysis showed that age and severity of autism were linked; that is, as age increased so did the severity of autism symptoms in social situations, communication and flexible thinking (such as coping with change or generating new ideas or solutions). We also found that older people with autism were more likely than younger people to extract rules from situations or prefer structure (for example, wanting to know how committees are organised or always following the same routine during a task).


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DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.