Australian Longitudinal Study of Autistic Adults (ALSAA) (25 years+)

This is an ongoing program of research with the long term aims to identify and describe the comprehensive and unique profiles of autistic Australian over the age of 25 years.

Objectives include to:

identify predictors of mental health and quality of life of autistic adults
examine the stability of autism symptomology overtime for autistic adults
identify predictors of carer/support person coping strategies, mental health and wellbeing
explore factors associated with healthy ageing for autistic adults living in Australia.

PUBLICATION

Brief report: Cross-sectional interactions between expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal and its relationship with depressive symptoms in autism spectrum disorder

Neuropsychiatric profile and psychotropic medication use in adults with autism spectrum disorder: results from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Adults with Autism

Aging well on the autism spectrum: The perspectives of autistic adults and carers

Management of mental ill health in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Aging well on the autism spectrum: an examination of the dominant model of successful aging

Publications

Experiences of physical and sexual violence as reported by autistic adults without intellectual disability: rate, gender patterns and clinical correlates
Published 29 Nov 2021
Experiences of physical and sexual violence as reported by autistic adults without intellectual disability: rate, gender patterns and clinical correlates
Published 10 Nov 2021
Employment profiles of autistic adults in Australia
Published 10 Aug 2021
Exploring the relationship between community mobility and quality of life, employment and completing further education: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Autism in Adulthood
Published 12 Jul 2021
Predictors of the mental well-being of informal carers of adults on the autism spectrum
Published 12 Jul 2021
The Impact of Diagnosis Scale – Revised (IODS-R)
Published 3 May 2021
Short Report: Factor structure and psychometric properties of the brief Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) for adults on the autism spectrum
Published 1 Aug 2020
"You have to find it yourself": Experiences of support following adult autism diagnosis
Published 10 Jun 2020
Health services for Australian autistic adults: Commentary on "The experiences, views and needs of health professionals who provide care to adults on the autism spectrum"
Published 6 May 2020
Autism in later life – what is known and what is needed?
Published 30 Apr 2020
“The single most important thing that has happened to me in my life”: Development of the Impact of Diagnosis Scale – Revised (IODS-R)
Published 11 Mar 2020
Cohort profile: the Australian Longitudinal Study of Adults with Autism (ALSAA)
Published 4 Dec 2019
Loneliness in adults on the autism spectrum
Published 11 Nov 2019
Understanding anxiety in adults on the autism spectrum: an investigation of its relationship with intolerance of uncertainty, sensory sensitivities and repetitive behaviours
Published 14 Aug 2019
The mental well-being of informal carers of adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A systematic review
Published 31 May 2019
Neuropsychiatric profile and psychotropic medication use in adults with autism spectrum disorder: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Adults with Autism
Published 13 Nov 2018
Aging well on the autism spectrum: an examination of the dominant model of successful aging
Published 2 May 2018
Aging well on the autism spectrum: The perspectives of autistic adults and carers
Published 11 Aug 2017
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Published 31 Jan 2017
Management of mental ill health in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Published 1 Nov 2015

Program

Adulthood

Project code

3.013RC

Project Leader(s)

Julian Trollor, University of New South Wales

Project status

Active