ASD & Sleep

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental disorder which affects one in 59 people in the US (CDC, n.d.). People with ASD present with several co-morbid conditions, one of which is sleep disorder. Approximately 40-80% of those diagnosed with ASD suffer from some sleep form of problem (Cohen, Fulcher, Rajaratnam, Conduit, Sullivan, Hilaire, … Lockley, 2017).