The health of Scotland’s 5,709 people with autism and intellectual disabilities (original) (raw)

Dunn, K., Rydzewska, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9749-3133, Henderson, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6146-3477 and Cooper, S.-A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6054-7700(2016) The health of Scotland’s 5,709 people with autism and intellectual disabilities. 2016 IASSIDD World Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 14-19 Aug 2016. p. 660. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12305)

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Abstract

Aim: Little is known about the self-rated health status of people with co-morbid autism and intellectual disabilities (ID) in whole country populations. This paper will present analysis of: self-rated general health status, demographic factors, and prevalence of other disabilities for people with co-morbid autism and ID, as well as people with autism only. Method: We analysed data from Scotland’s Census 2011, and generated descriptive statistics. Results: People with co-morbid autism and ID (n=5,709)comprised 0.1% of the total population of Scotland (n=5,295,403) and 18 .0% of the whole population of people with autism in Scotland(n=31,712) across all ages. Only 2,863 (50.1%) people with co-morbid autism and ID rated their health as good or very good, compared with 19,97 1 (76.8%) of all people with autism only. Conclusions: Health is poorer for people with c o-morbid autism and ID than for people with autism only. Further analysis will explore the impact of individual and household characteristics on the health o f people with co-morbid autism and ID.

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