Social communication in children with autismAutism - Tập 9 Số 2 - Trang 157-178 - 2005
Courtney M. Hale, Helen Tager‐Flusberg
This longitudinal study investigated the developmental trajectory of discourse skills and theory of mind in 57 children with autism. Children were tested at two time points spaced 1 year apart. Each year they provided a natural language sample while interacting with one parent, and were given standardized vocabulary measures and a developmentally sequenced battery of theory of mind tasks....... hiện toàn bộ
Further understanding of complex information processing in verbal adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disordersAutism - Tập 19 Số 7 - Trang 859-867 - 2015
Diane L. Williams, Nancy J. Minshew, Gérald Goldstein
More than 20 years ago, Minshew and colleagues proposed the Complex Information Processing model of autism in which the impairment is characterized as a generalized deficit involving multiple modalities and cognitive domains that depend on distributed cortical systems responsible for higher order abilities. Subsequent behavioral work revealed a related dissociation between concept formati...... hiện toàn bộ
Willingness to try and lifetime use of complementary and alternative medicine in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in Germany: A survey of parentsAutism - Tập 23 Số 7 - Trang 1865-1870 - 2019
Juliana Höfer, Christian Bachmann, Inge Kamp‐Becker, Luise Poustka, Veit Roessner, Sanna Stroth, Nicole Wolff, Falk Hoffmann
Regardless of their limited evidence and potential adverse effects, use of complementary and alternative medicine is common in children with autism spectrum disorder. Nevertheless, data on complementary and alternative medicine use in children with autism spectrum disorder in Germany are lacking. Therefore, a questionnaire survey on the use of complementary and alternative medicine was di...... hiện toàn bộ
Tics and Tourette syndrome in autism spectrum disordersAutism - Tập 11 Số 1 - Trang 19-28 - 2007
Roberto Canitano, Giacomo Vivanti
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are more frequently associated with tic disorders than expected by chance. Variable rates of comorbidity have been reported and common genetic and neurobiological factors are probably involved. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of tic disorders in a clinical sample ( n = 105) of children and adolescents with ASDs and to describe the clinical ...... hiện toàn bộ
Use of the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year-Olds (STAT) for children under 24 monthsAutism - Tập 12 Số 5 - Trang 557-573 - 2008
Wendy L. Stone, Caitlin McMahon, Lynnette M. Henderson
The study examined the properties of the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year-Olds (STAT) for children under 24 months. The STAT provides a standard context for observing social-communicative behavior in play, imitation, and communication. Seventy-one children received the STAT between 12 and 23 months of age and a follow-up diagnostic evaluation after 24 months. All had an older sibling...... hiện toàn bộ
Deficits in metacognitive monitoring in mathematics assessments in learners with autism spectrum disorderAutism - Tập 20 Số 4 - Trang 463-472 - 2016
Mark Brosnan, Hilary Johnson, Beate Grawemeyer, Emma Chapman, Konstantina Antoniadou, Melissa Hollinworth
Children and adults with autism spectrum disorder have been found to have deficits in metacognition that could impact upon their learning. This study explored metacognitive monitoring in 28 (23 males and 5 females) participants with autism spectrum disorder and 56 (16 males and 40 females) typically developing controls who were being educated at the same level. Participants were asked a s...... hiện toàn bộ
`Hath charms to soothe . . .'Autism - Tập 13 Số 1 - Trang 21-41 - 2009
Rory Allen, Elisabeth L. Hill, Pam Heaton
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 high-functioning adults on the autism spectrum, in order to examine the nature of their personal experiences of music. Consistent with the literature on typically developing people's engagement with music, the analysis showed that most participants exploit music for a wide range of purposes in the cognitive, emotional and social domains, i...... hiện toàn bộ
The role of loneliness as a mediator between autism features and mental health among autistic young adultsAutism - Tập 25 Số 2 - Trang 545-555 - 2021
Hillary K. Schiltz, Alana J. McVey, Bridget Dolan Wozniak, Angela D. Haendel, Rachel E. Stanley, Alexis Arias, Nakia S. Gordon, Amy Vaughan Van Hecke
Autistic adults commonly experience anxiety and depression. These mental health concerns are often tied to social experiences, such that mental well-being can be supported by social connection and deteriorated by loneliness. The mediating role of social and emotional loneliness (i.e. social isolation and lack of emotional attachment, respectively) between autism features and mental health...... hiện toàn bộ