MedPage Today (1/13, Jackson) reports that children “with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) faced a higher mortality risk through young adulthood compared with people without ASD,” a study published online Jan. 11 in JAMA Pediatrics reveals. The study of 1,912,904 Danish children “born from 1980 to 2010 who were followed through 2013” also suggests that “having both an ASD and the comorbid conditions of epilepsy or intellectual disability was associated with an increased risk of death that ranged from 2.6- to 7.6-fold higher than the general population.”
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— “Autism Spectrum Kids Have Slightly Higher Death Risk,” Kay Jackson, MedPage Today, January 13, 2016.