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Autism Vox

May 9th, 2008

Where Are All the Autistic Adults?

The British government has announced that it is planning to calculate the number of autistic adults in England. The £500,000 project is the first to specifically study the number of adults who have autism, the BBC reports.
It will be interesting to see how the study is conducted: The tools for diagnosing autism in adults are […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 103 comments

May 7th, 2008

Supported Living Facility in NJ?

Herb Heflich, executive of 10 NJ properties for senior citizens, has a plan to create a supported living facility for autistic adults—”a group home without the stuffiness of an institution“—in central NJ:
Designed to give adults with autism around-the-clock care — ranging from physical and occupational therapy to “vocational rehabilitation” — the two-story building proposed by […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 6 comments

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