What Is Distinctive About Autism Arising Following Severe Institutional Deprivation? A Direct Comparison With a Community Sample of Early Diagnosed Autistic People
Researchers compared autism-related questionnaire profiles in 26 ERA adoptees with deprivation-associated autistic characteristics, UK adoptee controls and community samples of autistic young people. Many features overlapped with community autism, while some communication and repetitive behaviours persisted and social reciprocity difficulties declined over time.
Limitations: Small selected comparison groups and questionnaire-based profiles; this does not establish a diagnostic test or a single cause of autism. Extreme early institutional deprivation; results do not represent adoptees generally. Participants overlap with other ERA publications.
- Research type
- Longitudinal cohort analysis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children / Adolescents / Adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children; adolescents; adults
Adoption context: Intercountry adoption after Romanian institutional care; UK comparison groups
Programme: English and Romanian Adoptees Study
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in indexed metadata reviewed. Affiliations, funding and conflicts have not been comprehensively audited; this does not confirm institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adult outcomes, autism, neurodivergence
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom; Romania (origin)
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