Quality of life for older autistic people: The impact of mental health difficulties

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Mason, D., Mackintosh, J., McConachie, H., Rodgers, J., Finch, T., & Parr, J. R. (2019). Quality of life for older autistic people: The impact of mental health difficulties. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 63, 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2019.02.007

Publication date: 4 Apr 2019 Added to AutiHub: 18 Sep 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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6
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 6 (16.7%)
  1. David Mason *
  2. J. Mackintosh
  3. Helen McConachie
  1. Jacqui Rodgers
  2. Tracy Finch
  3. Jeremy R. Parr

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Cited references
49
With a DOI
45
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
3
4 / 49 (8.2%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
0 / 49 (0.0%)
References with detected author names
49 / 49 (100.0%)
Without detected author names
0
Without a structured title
0
Without a stable identifier
3
References with raw author names still to review
0
References with external metadata lookup issues
1
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
163
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163
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
0
52 / 163 (31.9%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 111 / 163 (68.1%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
4 / 163 (2.5%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 4 / 52 (7.7%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 2 / 137 (1.5%).
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