Advocates for individuals on the autism spectrum have long emphasised the need for enhanced awareness, understanding, support, and inclusion. Disparities in life outcomes between people with autism and the general population are substantial, with the gap widening as the rate of autism diagnoses rises annually – an increase of 25.1% between 2015 and 2019, and failure to enact meaningful change will only exacerbate this discrepancy.

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