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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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  • Information for the public
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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 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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