Australia's First Ever National Autism Strategy: What You Need To Know 

First, there is NOT a 20-year longevity (age) gap. It's actually about 9 years less. If you add on a lot of other conditions, it might be longer, but Autism alone does not reduce life expectancy that much, nowhere near 20 years. This short video just sounds like a short ad for the Draft Strategy as well. No extra info or any insights into. Nothing on if the Draft is good, ok, or not so good?. The reason for the rather low 200,000 Autistic people in Australia is that figure is from 2018. The U.K. and USA use 2023/2024 figures. We do not have a higher diagnosis rate here than those countries. The reason for the low number of only 205,000 Autistic people is not whar she is saying. Its that the figure is from 2018, that is 6 years out of date. The UK and USA used 2024 figures, where we are using 2018. Hence, why 205,000 is absurdly low.