Self-harm in autistic people: meta-analysis confirms higher risk compared to non-autistic people
The Mental Elf,
In her debut blog, Mirabel Pelton summarises a systematic review finding that autistic people are at 3-fold greater risk of self…
‘The Battery’s Dead’: Burnout Looks Different in Autistic Adults
Well - New York Times,
Though little studied, exhaustion among people with autism has become its own pandemic.
Reducing self-harm and suicide in autistic adults
On Medicine,
Suicide risk is much higher in adults who have a diagnosis of autism than it is for people without this diagnosis. Despite this…
"Risk markers for suicidality" and autism: masking or insight as a feature?
Questioning Answers,
The findings reported by Sarah Cassidy and colleagues [1] continue an important research theme in relation to risk of suicide…