Twenty-year outcome for individuals with autism and average or near-average cognitive abilities

Autism Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-118

  Farley, Megan A ^a,b,g   McMahon, William M ^a,b   Fombonne, Eric ^c   Jenson, William R ^b   Miller, Judith ^a   Gardner, Michael ^b   Block, Heidi ^b   Pingree, Carmen B ^d   Ritvo, Edward R ^e   Ritvo, Riva Arielle ^f   Coon, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Carmen B Pingree Center for Children with Autism   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Autism; Longitudinal; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349117041     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.69     Document Type: Article

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