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Autism spectrum disorder in adults: diagnosis and management

  • Clinical guideline
  • Reference number: CG142
  • Published:  27 June 2012
  • Last updated:  14 June 2021
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  1. Implementation support
  2. Education
  3. Audit and service improvement
  4. Research recommendations
  5. Guidance into practice

Tools and resources

Tools and resources to help you put the guidance into practice.

Implementation support

  • NHS England: national framework and operational guidance to deliver improved outcomes in all-age autism assessment pathways

  • Endorsed resource – Checklist for Autism-Friendly Environments (2016)

Education

  • Webinar: Enabling positive lives for autistic adults (NICE/SCIE February 2020)

  • Quick guide: Enabling positive lives for autistic adults - for social workers

  • Online learning resource (Royal College of General Practitioners)

  • Autism in adults: clinical case scenarios - PowerPoint (PowerPoint 594 KB)

    Published:
    27 June 2012
  • Autism in adults: clinical case scenarios - PDF (PDF 542 KB)

    Published:
    27 June 2012
  • Autism Research Centre: autism spectrum quotient (AQ-10) test

Audit and service improvement

  • Baseline assessment tool (Excel 57 KB)

    Published:
    22 July 2020

Research recommendations

  • Research recommendations information

Guidance into practice

  • About the Into practice guide

  • Practical steps to improving the quality of care and services using NICE guidance

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