There have been several studies published that find the life expectancy of autistics to be staggeringly lower than that of the general population. These findings are shocking, heart breaking, and show that something has to be done NOW to improve the lives of autistic people. In April 2017, the American Journal of Public Health published a study that finds the life expectancy of autistic people to be 36 years old, as compared with 72 years old for the general population (in the US). They list the major cause of death to be injuries (suffocation, asphyxiation and drowning), with about 28...
January 30, 2020
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