Aging and Autism Study
This line of research aims identifies risk and resilience as well as novel avenues for support and intervention within the underserved and understudied population of autistic adults and adults who report elevated autism characteristics. You can read more about our work on autism and aging at canisius.edu/iar_aging.
Learn more and check out the Aging and Autism Study Data Repository & Codebook on OSF - we are always interested in new collaborations!
Relevant publications
Lodi-Smith, J., Rodgers, J.D., Kozlowski, K.F., Khan, S., Marquez Luna, V., Long, C., Donnelly, J.P., Lopata, C., & Thomeer, M.L. (2021). Autism characteristics and self-reported health in older adulthood. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 76, 1738-1744. OSF
Lodi-Smith, J., Rodgers, J.D., Marquez Luna, V., Khan, S., Long, C., Kozlowski, K.F., Donnelly, J.P., Lopata, C., & Thomeer, M.L. (2021). The relationship of age to the Autism-Spectrum Quotient Scale in a large sample of adults. Autism in Adulthood, 3, 147-156. OSF
Lodi-Smith, J., Rodgers, J.D., Cunningham, S., Lopata, C., & Thomeer, M.L. (2019). Meta-analysis of Big Five personality traits in autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 23, 556-565. OSF
Rodgers, J.D., Lodi-Smith, J., Hill, P.H., Spain, S.M., Lopata, C., & Thomeer, M.L. (2018). Personality traits and self-concept clarity mediate the relationship between autism spectrum disorder characteristics and well-being. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 307-315.
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