In the published article, there was an error in Table 2, Profound Autism Prevalence Estimates by Sample, Gender, and Race, as published. We have identified several typographical errors in the original Lancet Commission, from which the statistics in Table 2 for the EDX sample were derived. The corrected Table 2, Profound Autism Prevalence Estimates by Sample, Gender, and Race and its caption, appear below.
Table 2
| Sample | Profound Autism Prevalence | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Gender | Race | ||||||
| Male | Female | White | People of Color* | |||||
| Adolescents and Adults with Autism (AAA) | 57% (49 – 64%) | 54% (45 –62%) | 70% (51 – 84%) | 52% (42 – 61%) | 69% (55 – 81%) | |||
| Early Diagnosis Cohort (EDX) | 48% (37 – 58%) | 4% (0 – 11%) | 23% (10 – 36%) | 34% (27 – 42%) | 70% (55 – 81%) | |||
| Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP) | Unweighted | 23% (16 – 30%) | 22% (16 – 30%) | 25% (7 – 52%) | 22% (16 – 30%) | 20% (10 – 37%) | ||
| Weighted | 20% (10 – 36%) | 21% (10 – 39%) | 15% (3 – 50%) | 25% (3 – 65%) | 11% (1 – 55%) | |||
| QUEST | Unweighted | 31% (21 – 43%) | 26% (14 – 41%) | 14% (7 – 26%) | White | Black | Multi | Other |
| 29% (16 – 30%) | 45% (24 – 68%) | 10% (0 – 45%) | 33% (7 – 70%) | |||||
| Weighted | 18% (11 – 28%) | 38% (22 – 56%) | 38% (23 – 56%) | 15% (7 – 29%) | 30% (14 – 55%) | 6% (0 – 44%) | 23% (4 – 69%) | |
| Rhode Island Consortium of Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) | 11% (8 – 15%) | 14% (10 – 19%) | 9% (4 – 17%) | White | People of Color* | |||
| 13% (9 – 18%) | 16% (11 – 22%) | |||||||
| Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort (MoBa) | 18% (12 – 24%) | 17% (12 –24%) | 45% (28 – 63%) | Caregiver Native Language† | ||||
| Native Norwegian Speaker | Non-Native Norwegian Speaker | |||||||
| 23% (17 – 30%) | 22% (11 – 39%) | |||||||
Profound autism prevalence estimates by sample, gender, and race.
*Due to limited numbers of racially and ethnically diverse participants (AAA, SNAP) or the majority of racially and ethnically diverse participants belonging to a single racial/ethnic group (Black, EDX), racial and ethnic prevalence estimates for these samples were collapsed into binary categories.
†For the MoBA sample only, caregiver native language was used as a proxy for measuring racial and ethnic diversity.
In the published article, there was an error the Results, United States Samples Prevalence Estimates, Paragraph 1. In the original Lancet paper, from which Table 2 and some of the Results section were derived, the proportions of individuals with profound autism in the EDX sample were incorrect. This sentence previously stated:
“The proportion of individuals meeting one or both criteria for profound autism criteria was 48% (95% CI 37–58%) in the EDX sample. A higher proportion of females in EDX met profound autism criteria than males, although confidence ranges overlapped (23% vs. 4%, see Table 2 for confidence intervals). Moreover, a higher proportion of participants of color met criteria for profound autism in the EDX sample compared to white participants (70% vs. 34%).”
The corrected sentence appears below:
“The proportion of individuals meeting one or both criteria for profound autism criteria was 57% (95% CI 49–64%) in the EDX sample. A higher proportion of females in EDX met profound autism criteria than males, although confidence ranges overlapped (70% vs. 54%, see Table 2 for confidence intervals). Moreover, a higher proportion of participants of color met criteria for profound autism in the EDX sample compared to white participants (69% vs. 52%).”
The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, profound autism, stigma and awareness, prevalence, mixed method, qualitative interview analysis, autistic adults
Citation
Clarke EB, McCauley JB, Lutz A, Gotelli M, Sheinkopf SJ and Lord C (2024) Corrigendum: Understanding profound autism: implications for stigma and supports. Front. Psychiatry 15:1396556. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1396556
Received
05 March 2024
Accepted
24 May 2024
Published
13 June 2024
Volume
15 - 2024
Edited and reviewed by
Stefan Borgwardt, University of Lübeck, Germany
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*Correspondence: Elaine B. Clarke, eclarke@mednet.ucla.edu
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