Prevalence in adults project

One of Research Autism’s key priorities for 2008/9 is to get underway the UK’s first major study of the numbers and needs of adults with autism.

Following discussions with the Department of Health, we are currently working with leading academics such as Professor Terry Brugha of Leicester University, Professor Martin Knapp of the LSE and Professor Digby Tantam of the University of Sheffield to scope the best possible framework for this work, to ensure that we capture the true picture of adults with autism across the spectrum.

This is a complex area with people on the autism spectrum across all sectors of society – living with families, living alone, in psychiatric care, care settings, prisons, the homeless and so on – and considerable investment in resources will be needed to assess the numbers and needs of these populations, some of whom will be difficult to identify.

This is an ambitious project that has not been comprehensively addressed before, and we believe it is vital for the targeted and appropriate delivery of public and voluntary sector services.

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Prevalence in adults project

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