Assessing STI and HIV risks among autistic individuals: Implications for healthcare access and intervention.

Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are prevalent in the general population. Autistic individuals, both with and without intellectual disability (ID), are potentially at increased risk due to gaps in sexual health education, increased vulnerability to sexual abuse, victimization, and disparities in access to primary and reproductive health care.

Objective: This study aims to identify the prevalence of STIs and HIV among a national sample of Medicaid-enrolled autistic individuals and their peers, identifying opportunities for intervention.

Methods to reduce fraudulent participation and highlight autistic voices in research.

Over the last decade, especially since the pandemic, more research has been happening online. Conducting research online can create opportunities to include autistic people across the world and make our studies more diverse. However, conducting research online had led to scammers, or people pretending to be autistic, participating in autism research studies.

Challenges and Opportunities in Transitioning Autistic Individuals Into Adulthood.

Background And Objectives: Approximately 1.2 million autistic youth will reach the legal age of adulthood over the next decade. Given dynamic changes in the socioecological context of the transition to adulthood, we produced an updated transitions research agenda reflecting the perspectives of autistic young adults, care partners (parents), and professionals who use autism research.

Inextricably tied: Nonbinary autistic individuals' views on how their gender identity and autism are connected.

This study explores the experiences and identities of nonbinary autistic people. The relationship between autistic and nonbinary identities has not been researched in detail. Few studies focus specifically on nonbinary autistic adults.