The phrase "profound autism" was coined last year as part of a Lancet Commission on the Future of Care and Clinical Research in Autism report, and the Autism Science Foundation has just announced the recipients of its first round of profound autism pilot grants.
Four projects will receive a total of $415,000 to study sleep, neuropsychiatric regression, and self-injurious behaviors in people with profound autism.
"The time has come to recognize that profound autism is drastically different than the autism represented on sitcoms and in movies and to fund research studies that focus specifically on the needs of this significantly underfunded and underrepresented population," Alison Singer, co-founder and president of the foundation, says in a press release.
"These new projects will ensure that those across the spectrum are represented in autism research."
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