Dying Young and Misunderstood: Autism in Adulthood | Elizabeth Weir | TEDxCambridgeUniversity

Autism in adulthood is often overlooked, leading to worsened physical and mental health outcomes. Elizabeth argues for a reformation of current support systems to increase safeguarding and support for neurodiverse communities. Elizabeth Weir is a postdoctoral researcher at the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge and a Rokos PDRA Fellow at Queens’ College. Elizabeth strives to fill gaps in current research by highlighting the needs of understudied and underserved groups within the autism community, including middle-aged and older people, those with diverse gender identities and sexual orientations, and those assigned female at birth. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx