Wear Blue on April 2 for National Autism Awareness Day!
In case you missed it this morning, I was on WINK TV’s XCW discussing Autism and we didn’t have time to get to the two new studies out this week on Autism.
One study was not all that informative in that they were looking at the lack of studies looking at Autism AND racial differences, socioeconomic differences, etc…. They concluded that the best thing for people with autism is to have an individual treatment plan and the typical ‘diversity’ difference doesn’t really apply to those with Autism.
The other study was quite concerning. The title is ‘Autism: early death risk a ‘hidden crisis.” Premature death risk is 2.5 times higher for people with autism. In those with straight autism, and no intellectual disability, death usually occurs 18 years earlier than people without autism. The leading cause of death is suicide.
For those with autism and intellectual disability, they usually die 30 years earlier than those without autism and it is usually from epilepsy. The study concluded that more support is needed for the Autistic Community.