Adults With Autism May Report Poorer Access To Healthcare, Poorer Communication With Physicians, Higher Prevalence Of Chronic Conditions Compared To Peers Without Autism, Data Indicate

Healio (6/6, Marabito) reports, “Adults with autism reported poorer access to healthcare, poorer communication with physicians and a higher prevalence of chronic conditions compared with adults without autism,” investigators concluded in a study that “administered an anonymized, cross-sectional, self-report questionnaire to 1,285 adults with autism and 1,364 adults without autism in the U.K. between July 2019 and January 2021.” The findings were published online May 26 in the journal Molecular Autism.

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— “Adults with autism report poorer health care “Maria Marabito, Healio, June 6, 2022

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