Elderly Autistic Adults Face Increased Risk of Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease — Postmortem Brain Research May Reveal Why

• By: B. Blair Braden, PhD Autism and Brain Aging Laboratory David G. Amaral, PhD Autism BrainNet and UC Davis MIND Institute
• July 9th, 2025
• aging, autistic brain research, cognitive decline autism, dementia, neurodegenerative diseases, parkinson’s disease, research, Summer 2025 Issue
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What is the evidence that autistic individuals are more likely to get an age-related disease? A 2021 study published in Autism Research (1) based on an analysis of Medicaid records in the United States found that autistic individuals were 2.6 times more likely to be diagnosed with early-onset...