Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Its Comorbidities as a Co-Occurring Health Issue in Autistic People

• By: Tara J. Marshall, BA, SLPA Aimee Piller, PhD, OTR/L Piller Child Development
• July 19th, 2022
• co-occurring conditions, comorbidities, diagnosis, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, occupational therapy, pain, Summer 2022 Issue, testing, treatment
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) occurs in as many as 8% of autistic individuals with even a higher percentage that may have hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) (Cederlof et al., 2016, Kindgren et al., 2021). This estimate is low since EDS is more commonly diagnosed in females (Castori, 2012), who...