Compensatory strategies below the behavioural surface in autism: a qualitative study

The Lancet Psychiatry

Fecha de publicación: 23 July 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30224-X

Autores: Lucy Anne Livingston, MSc., Punit Shah, PhD., Prof Francesca Happé, PhD.

Background: Little is known about the compensatory profile in autism; that is, people with autism spectrum disorder who show few symptoms in their behavioural presentation, despite continuing to report autism-related cognitive difficulties or differences. Even less is known about the specific compensatory strategies that these individuals use to disguise autism at the behavioural surface, both in the clinic and everyday life.

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