{"id":17829,"date":"2024-04-10T11:24:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autism.org\/?p=17829"},"modified":"2024-07-08T18:34:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T23:34:40","slug":"aging-cognition-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism.org\/aging-cognition-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism &#038; Aging &#8211; Cognition and Well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:80px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:13.3333%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:80px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:65.3333%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"#AgingAutism\">Hilde Geurts, Ph.D.<\/a>, discusses the impact of aging on health, quality of life, and cognition in autistic adults. She discusses aging in the general population and how it relates to autistic experiences. The speaker considers differences in aging experiences across groups and how they inform autism care and research. Geurts dives into cognition and aging, highlighting potential cognitive aging profiles for autism and what evidence there is to support them. The presenter discusses avenues and caveats for future research before the Q&amp;A. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"323\" alt=\"wao-ari logo images\" title=\"wao-ari-joint &#8211; vertical\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/wao-ari-joint-vertical.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/wao-ari-joint-vertical.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-17830\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27440%27%20height%3D%27323%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20440%20323%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27440%27%20height%3D%27323%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/wao-ari-joint-vertical-200x147.png 200w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/wao-ari-joint-vertical-400x294.png 400w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/wao-ari-joint-vertical.png 440w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:60px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hdoMViwlQ_Y?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2><b>In this webinar:\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>0:00 &#8211; 4:55<\/strong> &#8211; Organization introductions<br \/>\n<strong>4:56<\/strong> &#8211; Speaker and affiliate introduction<br \/>\n<strong>7:20<\/strong> &#8211; Outline<br \/>\n<strong>8:50<\/strong> &#8211; Aging in the general population<br \/>\n<strong>13:15<\/strong> &#8211; Autism and aging<br \/>\n<strong>15:30<\/strong> &#8211; Health and quality of life across groups<br \/>\n<strong>24:10<\/strong> &#8211; Similarities in differences across groups<br \/>\n<strong>30:00<\/strong> &#8211; Aging and cognition<br \/>\n<strong>36:00<\/strong> &#8211; Cognition profiles<br \/>\n<strong>41:45<\/strong> &#8211; What\u2019s next?<br \/>\n<strong>44:50<\/strong> &#8211; Q&amp;A<\/p>\n<h2><b>Aging in the general population<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geurts outlines presentation goals and highlights the overlap of mental health, cognition, and quality of life (QoL) <\/span><b>(7:20)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She briefly describes a ten-year study on autism heterogeneity from which much of the data discussed is drawn <\/span><b>(8:30)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The speaker outlines the three pillars of a successful aging process, as described by Rowe &amp; Kahn in 1997:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimize risk of disease and disability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintain physical and cognitive function<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continue engagement with life<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She explains that our bodies undergo physical and cognitive changes as we age, like brain shrinkage, decreased flexibility, and increased forgetfulness. Conversely, happiness and quality of life (QoL) increase with age in the general population <\/span><b>(9:55)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Geurts lists risk factors for aging, including genetics, poverty, stress, physical and mental health, and a lack of social support. She underscores that many of these are more prevalent in autistic adults and considers whether or not this means that autistic people are at risk for aging faster with a lower QoL <\/span><b>(11:30)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/11\/3\/e040943\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aging<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and heterogeneity regarding autism spectrum conditions: a protocol paper of an accelerated longitudinal study<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Geurts et al., 2020)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/geront\/37.4.433\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Successful Aging<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Rowe &amp; Kahn, 1997)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Autism and aging<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presenter describes patterns of co-occurring conditions in autism. She cites studies showing that those who receive a late autism diagnosis have a higher chance of mental health disorders and that people assigned female at birth have a higher chance of general health problems <\/span><b>(13:15)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Therefore, Geurts considers whether late-diagnosed female-presenting autistic adults are at higher risk for mental health difficulties <\/span><b>(14:45)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rasd.2019.01.001\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The physical and mental health of middle-aged and older adults on the autism spectrum and the impact of intellectual disability<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Bishop-Fitzpatrick &amp; Rubenstein, 2019)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11606-015-3509-x\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health Conditions and Functional Status in Adults with Autism: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Fortuna et al., 2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1750946719300133?via%3Dihub\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General health of adults with autism spectrum disorders\u2013a whole country population cross-sectional study<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Rydzewska et al., 2019)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/13623613211027673\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Objective and subjective psychosocial outcomes in adults with autism spectrum disorder: A 6-year longitudinal study<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Scheeren et al., 2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/aur.2808\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associations between co\u2010occurring conditions and age of autism diagnosis: Implications for mental health training and adult autism research<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jadav &amp; Bal, 2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Health and quality of life across groups<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geurts details a recent study showing that autistic adults have more mental health conditions compared to controls, with a peak in prevalence between 40 and 54 years old <\/span><b>(15:30)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She describes research that revealed autistic women experience more menopausal problems and depressive symptoms than their non-autistic peers. Therefore, the speaker posits that the observed peak in middle-aged mental health conditions could be in part attributed to the menopausal experiences of female-presenting autistic adults <\/span><b>(17:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10803-016-2722-8\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychiatric Co-occurring Symptoms and Disorders in Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lever &amp; Geurts, 2016).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/13623613211059721\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Menstruation and menopause in autistic adults: Periods of importance?<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Groenman et al., 2022)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The speaker presents data showing a decline in social anxiety with age in autism, where participants reported caring less about what other people think of them and feeling more comfortable in their own skin <\/span><b>(20:15)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She notes the impact of camouflaging on mental health and considers the intersection of age, camouflaging, and mental health in autism <\/span><b>(22:35)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Geurts summarizes that research to date shows both mental and physical health problems are more common in autistic adults, though causes differ across groups (i.e., menopause, camouflaging). She asserts that these differences are essential for understanding autism subgroups <\/span><b>(23:38)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1750946722001593?via%3Dihub\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to measure camouflaging? A conceptual replication of the validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire in Dutch adults<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (van der Putten et al., 2023)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The similarities and differences between autistic profiles are crucial for identifying subgroups of autism and finetuning research and care. Geurts describes a study that revealed autistic adults feel more vulnerable and like they have less control and emotional support compared to non-autistic adults <\/span><b>(24:10)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Feelings of control and emotional support were stable at two and five-year follow-ups and predicted mental health and QoL <\/span><b>(27:50)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The speaker notes that between 14% and 17% of participants switched profiles across time, underscoring the need to study those changes and how they affect QoL and mental health <\/span><b>(28:30)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10803-023-06042-2\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding Similarities in Differences Between Autistic Adults: Two Replicated Subgroups<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Radhoe et al., 2023)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Aging and cognition<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cognition is a predictor of Neurocognitive Disorders (NCD), like dementia, which are diagnosed five times as often in autistic adults compared to the general population <\/span><b>(30:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. NCD diagnoses generally include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cognitive challenges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A significant decline in daily life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low performance in at least one cognitive domain (i.e., memory, flexibility, social cognition).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The speaker cites research revealing more self-reported cognitive challenges and lower performance in social and quick response (flexibility) tests for autistic adults compared to controls <\/span><b>(32:18)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She asserts that although autistic people are more likely to meet phenotypic NCD criteria, the underlying mechanisms may not align.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1362361319890793\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prevalence of physical and mental health conditions in Medicare-enrolled, autistic older adults<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Hand et al., 2020)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0165178123000161\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A longitudinal study on cognitive aging in autism<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Torenvliet et al., 2021)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/aur.1545\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Age-related differences in cognition across the adult lifespan in autism spectrum disorder<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lever &amp; Geurts, 2016)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/aur.2650\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parallel age-related cognitive effects in autism: A cross-sectional replication study<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (van der Putten et al., 2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/aur.2877\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-reported cognitive decline among middle and older age autistic adults<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Klein et al., 2023)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, research shows that depressive symptoms may drive self-reported cognitive challenges in autism, meaning that mood, not memory, is the issue <\/span><b>(34:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Geurts notes that cognitive differences were observed across autism independent of age, meaning that there is no significant evidence that autistic individuals experience faster cognitive decline compared to the general population <\/span><b>(35:24)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0165178124000441\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When mind and measurement diverge; the interplay between subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs), objective cognition, age, and depression in autistic adults<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Torenvliet et al., 2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/aur.2866\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cognitive profile of middle-aged and older adults with high vs. low autistic traits<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Stewart et al., 2023)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0165178123000161\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A longitudinal study on cognitive aging in autism<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Torenvliet et al., 2021)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Cognitive aging profiles<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geurts outlines three cognitive aging profiles comparing autism and controls: Faster, Parallel 1, and Parallel 2, where Parallel 1 has no cognitive difference by age and Parallel 2 does. No conclusive or replicable evidence supports the Faster cognitive aging profile for autism, though comparatively early decline has been found in individual cognitive domains <\/span><b>(36:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The speaker describes recent research suggesting parallel cognitive aging patterns between autism and the general population <\/span><b>(37:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For example, an autistic middle-aged person may have the same cognitive profile as someone who is older and not autistic. Geurts asserts that this could be why some autistic adults feel older or that they are declining faster, though this may not be the case <\/span><b>(38:41)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presenter urges viewers to be careful in diagnosing NCD, especially in autistic adults, where NCD presentations could result from a different, less-understood cognitive profile <\/span><b>(39:53)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She reiterates that little to no evidence exists for accelerated (faster) cognitive aging in autism, though some adults with autism have old-age profiles <\/span><b>(40:30)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/aur.2878\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One size does not fit all: An individualized approach to understand heterogeneous cognitive performance in autistic adults<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Torenvliet et al., 2023)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What\u2019s next?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Future research on the intersection of cognition, aging, and autism must consider how the age of diagnosis and assigned sex seem to play a role. Geurts also underscores the need for research that includes people with intellectual disabilities and early diagnosis <\/span><b>(41:45)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10803-021-05235-x\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Autism Through the Ages: A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding How Age and Age of Diagnosis Affect Quality of Life<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Atherton et al., 2020)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/aur.2808\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associations between co\u2010occurring conditions and age of autism diagnosis: Implications for mental health training and adult autism research<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jadav &amp; Bal, 2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/13623613211027673\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Objective and subjective psychosocial outcomes in adults with autism spectrum disorder: A 6-year longitudinal study<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Scheeren et al., 2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/jcpp.12115\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cognitive and language skills in adults with autism: a 40-year follow-up<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Howlin et al., 2014)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presenter asserts that current avenues of research should focus on the interplay of mental and physical health problems in autistic adults, drivers of seemingly age-related health changes, and subgroups that may be at risk for faster aging. She notes two studies currently under review for publication <\/span><b>(42:30)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Geurts provides thanks and acknowledgments before the Q&amp;A <\/span><b>(44:50)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/aur.2590\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prevalence and incidence of early-onset dementia among adults with autism spectrum disorder<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Vivanti et al., 2021)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1750946719300431\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The influence of age and ASD on verbal fluency networks<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Baxter et al., 2019)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Originally published April 9, 2024<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:80px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:13.3333%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"AgingAutism\" class=\"fusion-container-anchor\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><strong>The speaker:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black; background: white;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-thumbnail wp-image-17831 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/geurts-150x150.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/geurts-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20150%20150%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/geurts-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/geurts-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/geurts-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/geurts-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/geurts-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/geurts.jpg 474w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Hilde Geurts, Ph.D., is currently a professor in clinical neuropsychology and head of the section Brain &amp; Cogntion at the Department of Psychology of the University of Amsterdam. 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href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/age-and-diagnosis\/\">How Age &#8211; and Age of Diagnosis &#8211; Affect Quality of Life<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-01-21T17:00:03-05:00<\/span><span>May 2nd, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/adults-on-the-spectrum\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Adults on the Spectrum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/anxiety\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Anxiety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/autism-spectrum-disorders\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Autism Spectrum Disorders<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/research-webinar\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Research<\/a>, <a 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She provides a brief history of autism understanding and considers<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/beyond-early-intervention\/\" aria-label=\"Behavioral Support &#8211; Beyond Early Intervention\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/aeae71c8-7a64-4238-b79d-8b72b95b0333.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Person in need having a counseling session\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27298%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20298%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27298%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/aeae71c8-7a64-4238-b79d-8b72b95b0333.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/aeae71c8-7a64-4238-b79d-8b72b95b0333-66x66.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/aeae71c8-7a64-4238-b79d-8b72b95b0333-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/aeae71c8-7a64-4238-b79d-8b72b95b0333-200x199.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/aeae71c8-7a64-4238-b79d-8b72b95b0333.jpeg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-11-04T12:32:24-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/beyond-early-intervention\/\">Behavioral Support &#8211; Beyond Early Intervention<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-11-04T12:32:24-05:00<\/span><span>November 1st, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/educational-therapies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Educational Therapies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/parenting-webinar\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Parenting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/autism-spectrum-disorders\/ways-to-help\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ways to Help<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/webinars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webinar<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p> Due to technical difficulties, playback has been delayed. Check back later.\u00a0     About the speaker: Dr. Melissa Olive\u2019s brother, Mac, is the foundation of her mission. In her early teens Missy,<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/behavioral-support-2021\/\" aria-label=\"ABCs of Behavioral Support in 2021\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2a4edb8d-6010-44b8-b575-add39b5d4498.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Woman and child playing with emotion cards, exploring feelings\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27612%27%20height%3D%27408%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20612%20408%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27612%27%20height%3D%27408%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2a4edb8d-6010-44b8-b575-add39b5d4498.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2a4edb8d-6010-44b8-b575-add39b5d4498-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2a4edb8d-6010-44b8-b575-add39b5d4498-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2a4edb8d-6010-44b8-b575-add39b5d4498-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2a4edb8d-6010-44b8-b575-add39b5d4498-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2a4edb8d-6010-44b8-b575-add39b5d4498.jpeg 612w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-10-16T15:54:15-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/behavioral-support-2021\/\">ABCs of Behavioral Support in 2021<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-10-16T15:54:15-05:00<\/span><span>October 6th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/educational-therapies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Educational Therapies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/parenting-webinar\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Parenting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/autism-spectrum-disorders\/ways-to-help\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ways to Help<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/webinars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webinar<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>   Melissa Olive, Ph.D., BCBA-D describes the components of a quality behavioral support program. She discusses controversial characteristics of applied behavioral analysis (ABA) and outlines current ABA best practices. 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The talk underscores the importance of recognizing<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/aba-in-schools\/\" aria-label=\"ABA in Schools &#8211; Quality Education Programs in Schools\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Untitled-design-64-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"A young child engaging in therapy with a female therapist\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271280%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201280%20720%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271280%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Untitled-design-64-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Untitled-design-64-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Untitled-design-64-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/firespringint\/\" title=\"Posts by firespringInt\" rel=\"author\">firespringInt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-02-03T09:40:55-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/aba-in-schools\/\">ABA in Schools &#8211; Quality Education Programs in Schools<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/firespringint\/\" title=\"Posts by firespringInt\" rel=\"author\">firespringInt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-02-03T09:40:55-05:00<\/span><span>March 25th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/back-to-school\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Back to School<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/educational-therapies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Educational Therapies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/webinars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webinar<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>  Presented by Ron Leaf, PhD It's Time for School: Building Quality Education Programs for Students with ASD Presented by Ron Leaf, PhD at the Fall 2012 Autism Research Institute Conference School Districts across<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,9449,32,21,20,19,9816,9703,9475,24],"tags":[4711,4921,9818,9817,9819,8903],"class_list":["post-17829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adults-on-the-spectrum","category-anxiety-2","category-assessment","category-autism-spectrum-disorders","category-news","category-research","category-seniors","category-wao","category-ways-to-help","category-webinar","tag-aging","tag-autism-symptoms","tag-cognitive","tag-dementia","tag-memory","tag-seniors","webinar-author-hilde-geurts-phd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Autism &amp; 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