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Autistic people have higher rates of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body and are more likely to have complex health needs, according to a study led by researchers at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. Their findings, published in the journal Molecular Autism, have important implications for the clinical care of autistic people.

An international team of researchers has created a series of brain charts spanning our entire lifespan – from a 15 week old fetus to 100 year old adult – that show how our brains expand rapidly in early life and slowly shrink as we age.