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Santoshi Halder; Susanne Marie Bruyere; Wendy Strobel Gower – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
This study is an attempt to bridge the gap between the understanding of strengths and challenges of people with autism to operationalize a strength-based approach to serve people with autism effectively. By virtue of being based on firsthand accounts by parents and practitioners the people who spend prolonged periods with people with autism in…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parents, Health Personnel
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Shemaila Saleem; Syed Hamid Habib – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition. Genetic, environmental, and epigenetic variables are all likely to have a role in the occurrence of ASD. This systematic review was done to determine the implications of genetic factors and modifiers in ASD. Our results show that nearly all human chromosomes have one or more…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Genetics, Genetic Disorders
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Anjalee W. Galion; Justin G. Farmer; Heidi V. Connolly; Virginia D. Allhusen; Amanda Bennett; Daniel L. Coury; Janet Lam; Ann M. Neumeyer; Kristin Sohl; Manisha Witmans; Beth A. Malow; Autism Treatment Network/Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (ATN/AIR-P) Sleep Committee, Contributor – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) report high rates of sleep problems. In 2012, the Autism Treatment Network/Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (ATN/AIR-P) Sleep Committee developed a pathway to address these concerns. Since its publication, ATN/AIR-P clinicians and parents have identified night wakings as a…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sleep, Intervention
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Jennifer Barna; Patricia Arter; Kathleen Arban – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience anxiety at higher rates than their neurotypical peers, which can negatively impact school performance. Anxiety symptoms for these students can be challenging to identify because they mimic diagnostic characteristics. As key intervention team members, school-based mental health professionals…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Mental Health Workers
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Meghan M. Burke; W. Catherine Cheung; Megan Best; Leann S. DaWalt; Julie Lounds Taylor – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
Services are important for many individuals with autism to achieve meaningful post-school outcomes. To understand how to improve service access, it is important to measure services in ways that capture whether an individual's needs are truly being met. Yet, most measures of service access are simplistic, without fully taking into account the vast…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Services, Measurement, Needs Assessment
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Nadson Soares Pimentel Júnior; Sandra Garrido de Barros; Ednaldo de Jesus Filho; Maria Isabel Pereira Vianna; Carla Maria Lima Santos; Maria Cristina Teixeira Cangussu – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Autism spectrum disorder requires a careful approach from professionals and a favorable clinical environment for dental care and assistance. This article aims To perform a literature review about oral health among people with autism spectrum disorder and dental management strategies for this group. An integrative literature review was carried out…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Dentistry, Allied Health Personnel, Children
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Cindy Louis-Delsoin; Ernesto Morales; Alicia Ruiz Rodrigo; Jacqueline Rousseau – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Introduction: The challenges experienced by adults living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) regarding their interaction with their home environment are thinly documented, although these issues persist with age. Based on the Model of Competence, this study aims to explore the human and nonhuman elements of the home environment influencing the…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
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Timothy C. Nielsen; Natasha Nassar; Kelsie A. Boulton; Adam J. Guastella; Samantha J. Lain – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Routinely collected data help estimate the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in jurisdictions without active autism surveillance. We created a population-based cohort of 1,211,834 children born in 2002-2015 in New South Wales, Australia using data linkage. Children with ASD were identified in three datasets -- disability services,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Student Characteristics
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Amy Keefer; Vini Singh; Yeon Sik Jang; Leigh Alon; Madison Surmacz; Calliope Holingue; Stewart H. Mostofsky; Roma A. Vasa – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is a multidimensional construct involving maladaptive responses to uncertainty. IU is strongly associated with autism and anxiety, yet no studies have examined its symptom profile in autistic children. This study compares IU symptom profiles in autistic and NT children and in autistic children with and without…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Children
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Orla C. Putnam; Karen A. Erickson – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2024
Purpose: The purposes of this clinical focus article are to describe differences in expressive prosody among autistic individuals, describe the role of prosody in reading comprehension, highlight the potential contribution of prosody to the reading comprehension difficulties experienced by many autistic individuals, discuss interventions that…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Reading Comprehension, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Prereferral Intervention
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Hickman, Allison R.; Selee, Bradley; Pauly, Rini; Husain, Benafsh; Hang, Yuqing; Feltus, Frank Alex – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by challenges in social communication as well as repetitive or restrictive behaviors. Many genetic associations with ASD have been identified, but most associations occur in a fraction of the ASD population. Here, we searched for eQTL-associated DNA variants with…
Descriptors: Genetics, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Brain, Biochemistry
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Maykel, Cheryl; Kaufman, James C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The term "creativity" can conjure various ideas and meanings. It's no surprise that methods for measuring such a concept vary widely and are not without controversy. This is particularly true among people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who are a unique yet incredibly diverse group of individuals. This article provides an overview…
Descriptors: Creativity, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Measurement Techniques
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Marija Kovacevic; Ivana Zivanovic Macuzic; Jovana Milosavljevic; Tanja Lukovic; Dejan Aleksic; Jagoda Gavrilovic; Milos Milosavljevic; Slobodan Jankovic; Ana Pejcic – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
We conducted meta-analysis in order to determine if there are significant differences in left and right amygdala volume in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared to a control group. Twenty-three studies fulfilled inclusion criteria for our study. Right amygdala volume was significantly larger in ASD patients compared to controls…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Diagnostic Tests, Brain
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Ji Su Hong; Jeremy Perrin; Vini Singh; Luke Kalb; Elizabeth A. Cross; Ericka Wodka; Chana Richter; Rebecca Landa – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder impacting 1 in 44 children and early identification of children with ASD is critical for the intervention. Several screening measures have been developed for early identification, including the "Autism Spectrum Rating Scales, 6-18 years Parent Report (ASRS)." The ASRS has been understudied, and the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Screening Tests, Identification, Test Validity
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Beatrice Rui Yi Loo; Truman Jing Yang Teo; Melanie Jiamin Liang; Dawn-Joy Leong; Diana Weiting Tan; Sici Zhuang; Laura Hull; Lucy A. Livingston; Will Mandy; Francesca Happé; Iliana Magiati – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Camouflaging (or otherwise referred to as masking or passing) involves hiding one's autistic-related characteristics and differences to get by in social situations in predominantly non-autistic societies. Very little is known to date about the course of camouflaging motivations and strategies over time or the psychosocial factors that may…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics, Identification (Psychology)
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