How healthcare systems are experienced by autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A meta-ethnography.

Autistic adults are more likely to experience mental and physical health difficulties, and yet can find it difficult to get the support that they need. A meta-ethnographic approach was used to review the existing research on autistic adults' experiences of accessing healthcare. Four databases were searched for qualitative and mixed-method studies which looked at the experiences of autistic adults who did not also have a learning disability when using healthcare services in the United Kingdom.

The Gestalt of functioning in autism revisited: First revision of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Sets.

Autistic people experience individual strengths and challenges as well as barriers and facilitators in their environment. All of these factors contribute to how well autistic people can cope in everyday life, fulfill the roles they choose, and meet their needs. The World Health Organization has developed a system aiming to capture the many factors within people (like how someone thinks and feels) and outside of people (things around a person) that influence their daily living, called the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

'I'm not just being difficult . . . I'm finding it difficult': A qualitative approach to understanding experiences of autistic parents when interacting with statutory services regarding their autistic child.

Becoming a parent is an important part of adult life for many people, including autistic people. Many parents of autistic children can find getting the right support for their children difficult. Knowledge is currently poor about how this is experienced by parents who are also autistic themselves.

Short report: Behavioural characterisation of SOX11 syndrome.

Background: SOX11 syndrome is a rare condition caused by deletions or de novo point mutations of the SOX11 gene. SOX11 is a transcription factor gene that plays an important role in brain development.

Aims: The aim of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the behavioural profiles of individuals with SOX11 syndrome.

Understanding the post-diagnostic support priorities of autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A co-produced modified Delphi study.

Autistic adults in the United Kingdom report that support for themselves and their peers is not suitable for their needs. There has been an increase in adults receiving an autism diagnosis, which many have reported as having a positive impact on their lives. However, the lack of support and understanding after diagnosis, combined with long wait times for an assessment to obtain a diagnosis and to access follow-on support, is having a negative impact on people's lives.

Sensory processing in Sotos syndrome and Tatton-Brown-Rahman Syndrome.

Sotos syndrome (Sotos) and Tatton-Brown-Rahman Syndrome (TBRS) are two of the most common overgrowth disorders associated with intellectual disability. Individuals with these syndromes tend to have similar cognitive profiles and high likelihood of autism symptomatology. However, whether and how sensory processing is affected is currently unknown.

Social attention patterns of autistic and non-autistic adults when viewing real versus reel people.

Early research shows that autistic adults do not attend to faces as much as non-autistic adults. However, some recent studies where autistic people are placed in scenarios with real people reveal that they attend to faces as much as non-autistic people. This study compares attention to faces in two situations.

I see you, you see me: the impact of social presence on social interaction processes in autistic and non-autistic people.

Environments that require social interaction are complex, challenging and sometimes experienced as overwhelming by autistic people. However, all too often theories relating to social interaction processes are created, and interventions are proposed, on the basis of data collected from studies that do not involve genuine social encounters nor do they consider the perception of social presence to be a potentially influential factor. In this review, we begin by considering why face-to-face interaction research is important in this field.

Autistic women's experiences of self-compassion after receiving their diagnosis in adulthood.

Knowledge of autistic individuals' experiences of self-compassion is very limited. This study investigated autistic women's experiences of self-compassion after receiving their diagnosis in adulthood. Eleven autistic women were interviewed about their experiences of receiving their diagnosis in adulthood and their experiences of self-compassion.

Sensory processing in 16p11.2 deletion and 16p11.2 duplication.

Deletions and duplications at the chromosomal region of 16p11.2 have a broad range of phenotypic effects including increased likelihood of intellectual disability, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), epilepsy, and language and motor delays. However, whether and how sensory processing is affected has not yet been considered in detail.

The Effect of Social Presence on Mentalizing Behavior.

Our behavior is frequently influenced by those around us. However, the majority of social cognition research is conducted using socially isolated paradigms, without the presence of real people (i.e.

SOX11 variants cause a neurodevelopmental disorder with infrequent ocular malformations and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and with distinct DNA methylation profile.

Purpose: This study aimed to undertake a multidisciplinary characterization of the phenotype associated with SOX11 variants.

Methods: Individuals with protein altering variants in SOX11 were identified through exome and genome sequencing and international data sharing. Deep clinical phenotyping was undertaken by referring clinicians.

Investigating neural dynamics in autism spectrum conditions outside of the laboratory using mobile electroencephalography.

There is currently a paucity of neuroscientific data recorded from more severely affected individuals with autism spectrum conditions (ASC). Enabling data collection to take place in a more familiar environment, that is, at home, may increase access to research participation in this group. Here, we present a new accessible method of studying brain activity of autistic individuals outside the laboratory in their home environment, using mobile electroencephalography (EEG) technology.

Gaze cueing, mental States, and the effect of autistic traits.

The ability to interpret and follow the gaze of our social partners is an integral skill in human communication. Recent research has demonstrated that gaze following behaviour is influenced by theory of mind (ToM) processes. However, it has yet to be determined whether the modulation of gaze cueing by ToM is affected by individual differences, such as autistic traits.

Intense connection and love: The experiences of autistic mothers.

For many women, adulthood involves becoming a mother. Knowledge of how motherhood is experienced by autistic women is currently poor. Poor knowledge has a range of negative consequences and can lead to inappropriate support.

Sensitivity to Social Agency in Autistic Adults.

The presence of other people, whether real or implied, can have a profound impact on our behaviour. However, it is argued that autistic individuals show decreased interest in social phenomena, which leads to an absence of these effects. In this study, the agency of a cue was manipulated such that the cue was either described as representing a computer program or the eye movements of another participant.

How accurate are autistic adults and those high in autistic traits at making face-to-face line-of-sight judgements?

In order to effectively understand and consider what others are talking about, we sometimes need to follow their line-of-sight to the location at which they are looking, as this can provide important contextual information regarding what they are saying. If we are not able to follow other people's line-of-sight, this could result in social communication difficulties. Here we tested how effectively autistic and neurotypical adults are at following a social partner's line-of-sight during a face-to-face task.

A thematic synthesis of siblings' lived experiences of autism: Distress, responsibilities, compassion and connection.

Background: Despite increased understandings that the whole family system is influenced by a family member being diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), the experiences of siblings can be overlooked. However, recently understanding of siblings' experiences has begun to develop via qualitative studies.

Aims: This review aimed to systematically identify, appraise and review the qualitative literature investigating the lived experience of siblings of autistic people.

Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome: cognitive and behavioural phenotypes.

The aim of this case series was to assess and characterize cognitive abilities, autistic traits, and adaptive behaviour in Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome (TBRS). The sample included 18 individuals with a clinical and genetic diagnosis of TBRS (11 males, seven females; mean age 17y 7mo, SD 9y 5mo, range 7y 2mo-33y 10mo). The British Ability Scales, Third Edition and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2) were administered to all participants.

Autistic traits and cognitive abilities associated with two molecular causes of Silver-Russell syndrome.

Silver-Russell syndrome is a rare genetic imprinting disorder. Two molecular causes of Silver-Russell syndrome have been identified: loss of methylation on chromosome 11p15 (11p15 LOM) and maternal uniparental disomy for chromosome 7 (matUPD7). Current understanding of the cognitive and behavioral phenotypes associated with these two molecular subtypes is limited.

'I was exhausted trying to figure it out': The experiences of females receiving an autism diagnosis in middle to late adulthood.

Females often receive autism spectrum condition diagnoses later than males, leaving needs misunderstood. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of female adults diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition in middle to late adulthood. Eleven autistic females diagnosed over the age of 40 years completed semi-structured interviews, analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

The Understanding of Communicative Intentions in Children with Severe-to-Profound Hearing Loss.

The ability to distinguish lies from sincere false statements requires understanding a speaker's communicative intentions and is argued to develop through linguistic interaction. We tested whether this ability was delayed in 26 children with severe-to-profound hearing loss who, based on vocabulary size, were thought to have relatively limited access to linguistic exchanges compared to typically hearing peers (n = 93). Children were presented with toy bears who either lied or made a false statement sincerely.