later life

Hi 

Are there any useful materials on autism in later life? There was a NAS getting on, getting older publication but I can't seem to locate, can anyone direct me to it please? 

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  • Older Autistic adults shouldn't remain quiet about getting later life Neurodivergent needs met because, as at 2020, about 240,000 UK adults (aged 50 and over) were identified as Autistic.

    Furthermore; "Between 250,000 and 600,000 people over the age of 50 in England may be autistic but undiagnosed, a study of primary care records in England has suggested. That would mean more than 90% of autistic people over 50 were undiagnosed, its researchers have said.".

    Also of concern is the realisation that; "Figures suggest people over 50 are not being diagnosed with autism at anywhere near the rate of children - one in 34 children have an autism diagnosis compared with only 1 in 6,000 adults over 50".

    Source: BBC, 10/11/2025:

    www.bbc.co.uk/.../cy87542l14ro

    I noticed that the Autism and ageing research quoted on the NAS webpage mentioned by overwhelmed & underwhelmed was from 2017 and I wondered what the various UK University Research Team had published, or what further research they had been working on - in the intervening 8 years - about Autism, later life and ageing.

    As I discover relevant material I will continue to highlight it here.

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  • Older Autistic adults shouldn't remain quiet about getting later life Neurodivergent needs met because, as at 2020, about 240,000 UK adults (aged 50 and over) were identified as Autistic.

    Furthermore; "Between 250,000 and 600,000 people over the age of 50 in England may be autistic but undiagnosed, a study of primary care records in England has suggested. That would mean more than 90% of autistic people over 50 were undiagnosed, its researchers have said.".

    Also of concern is the realisation that; "Figures suggest people over 50 are not being diagnosed with autism at anywhere near the rate of children - one in 34 children have an autism diagnosis compared with only 1 in 6,000 adults over 50".

    Source: BBC, 10/11/2025:

    www.bbc.co.uk/.../cy87542l14ro

    I noticed that the Autism and ageing research quoted on the NAS webpage mentioned by overwhelmed & underwhelmed was from 2017 and I wondered what the various UK University Research Team had published, or what further research they had been working on - in the intervening 8 years - about Autism, later life and ageing.

    As I discover relevant material I will continue to highlight it here.

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