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?
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?
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.
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.