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Sonido, Marisse T.; Hwang, Ye In; Srasuebkul, Preeyaporn; Trollor, Julian N.; Arnold, Samuel R. C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Carers of adults on the autism spectrum often experience high levels of stress, worry, and caregiver burden. There are few studies identifying the predictors of carer mental well-being and none have been conducted in Australia. Data from the Autism Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism's Australian Longitudinal Study of Autism in…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Quality of Life, Caregivers, Adults
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Jones, Sandra C.; Akram, Muhammad; Gordon, Chloe S.; Murphy, Nicole; Sharkie, Fiona – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
This paper presents two studies that explored community attitudes to autism in Australia; and autistic people and their families' perspectives of community attitudes. In Study One 2424 (primarily non-autistic) people completed a survey on autism-related knowledge and attitudes; identifying a number of misperceptions and knowledge gaps in the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Knowledge Level, Misconceptions