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Autism and intellectual disability are differentially related to sociodemographic background at birth

We used population data on Western Australian singletons born from 1984 to 1999 (n = 398,353) to examine the sociodemographic characteristics of children...

Authors:
LEONARD H, GLASSON E, NASSAR N, WHITEHOUSE A, BEBBINGTON A, BOURKE J, JACOBY P, DIXON G, MALACOVA E, BOWER C, & STANLEY F

Authors notes:
PloS ONE, 6 (3) PMID: 21479223

Keywords:
sociodemographics, autism spectrum disorder, ASD, inconsistent, presence of intellectual disability, ID

Abstract:
We used population data on Western Australian singletons born from 1984 to 1999 (n = 398,353) to examine the sociodemographic characteristics of children diagnosed with ASD with or without ID, or ID without ASD compared with non-affected children.