Autism Surprise

New research offers some surprising insights. More than one-third (36%) of all admissions for autistic adults in 2019 were for mental health. This compares to 23% for adults with I/DD and 41% for adults with ADHD (see;Mental Health Hospitalization And Readmission In Autistic Adults A National U.S. Sample).;

And schizophrenia was the most common reason for mental health hospitalizations among autistic adults and adults with I/DD—30.4% and 51% of all mental health hospitalizations in autistic adults and adults with I/DD, respectively, had schizophrenia as the principal diagnosis.;Trauma and . . .