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Susumu Yokota; Mari Tanaka – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience stigmatization rooted in negative attitudes or prejudice toward them due to social awkwardness. However, little is known about implicit attitudes toward ASD, especially differences in attitudes compared to those of more visible conditions; physical disabilities. In this study, we implemented…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Bias
Dickter, Cheryl L.; Burk, Joshua A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Typically developing young adults perceive their peers with autism more negatively than those without autism, but less so when they have experience with individuals with autism. Study 1 examined whether typically developing university students' (n = 70) judgments of their peers would differ as a function of interpersonal contact and being labeled…
Descriptors: Labeling (of Persons), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Tipton, Leigh Ann; Blacher, Jan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
This paper reports on a college community's views of the diagnostic characteristics and causes associated with autism spectrum disorders. An anonymous on-line survey of autism knowledge was distributed via campus server university-wide to all undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff. Of the 1,057 surveys completed, 76% of…
Descriptors: Autism, College Students, College Faculty, Student Attitudes
Gardiner, Emily; Iarocci, Grace – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
With growing numbers of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) entering post-secondary institutions, strategies are needed to facilitate the social integration of these students. The goal of this study was to examine the role of various factors in university students' acceptance of, and intention to volunteer with, a peer with ASD.…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Intention, Volunteers, Pervasive Developmental Disorders