> Statistics I uncovered were deeply disturbing — fewer than 16 percent of adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder were employed full-time, for example.

> Statistics I uncovered were deeply disturbing — fewer than 16 percent of adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder were employed full-time, for example. Autism has changed its definition though. Adults with autism are often diagnosed under the old criteria and are extreme, often barely verbal. Now that Asperger's (and a couple of other milder types) are rolled into autism (stuff that older people didn't bother diagnosing - functional people didn't need diagnoses back before every kid with a diagnosed got funded) you'd expect better outcomes because it's not just the extreme non-functional ones getting diagnosed.