title: Autism and learning disability.
abstract: In this article a short overview is given of the relationship between autism and learning disability. Autism exists with any level of intelligence, but many individuals with autism suffer also from learning disability. Although both disorders show overlap in some behaviours they are different in many aspects. Are they distinct syndromes which influence each other, or do they belong to a broad spectrum of a condition?
authors.affiliation: Developmental Psychiatry, University of Northumbria, UK. greg.obrien@nap.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pearson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior