Higher Education Experiences of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Challenges, Benefits and Support NeedsJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Tập 45 - Trang 1673-1688 - 2014
Valérie Van Hees, Tinneke Moyson, Herbert Roeyers
The transition into higher education constitutes a precarious life stage for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Research on how students with ASD navigate college life is needed for the development of adequate support. This study investigated the challenges and support needs of 23 students with ASD in higher education through semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed following the ...... hiện toàn bộ
Psychotropic Medication Use in Children and Youth with Autism Enrolled in MedicaidJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - - Trang 1-9
Rast, Jessica E., Tao, Sha, Schott, Whitney, Shea, Lindsay L., Brodkin, Edward S., Kerns, Connor M., Leonard, Charles E., Murray, Michael J., Lee, Brian K.
Children with autism frequently present with complex mental health diagnoses and psychotropic medications are often a component of comprehensive biopsychosocial treatment plans for these conditions. The purpose of this study is to provide rates and patterns of psychotropic medication use, and predictors thereof, in children and youth with autism enrolled in Medicaid across the US. This study ...... hiện toàn bộ
Symbolic Play in Children with Autism Spectrum DisorderJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Tập 37 - Trang 1215-1223 - 2006
Gillian C. Stanley, M. Mary Konstantareas
The relationship between symbolic play and other domains, such as degree of autistic symptomatology, nonverbal cognitive ability, receptive language, expressive language, and social development, was investigated. The assessment files of 101 children with Autism Spectrum Disorder were studied. Nonverbal cognitive ability and expressive language were both significantly and uniquely related to symbol...... hiện toàn bộ
Readers with Autism Can Produce Inferences, but they Cannot Answer Inferential QuestionsJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Tập 46 - Trang 1025-1037 - 2015
Maria J. Tirado, David Saldaña
Readers with autism (ASD), poor comprehension (PC), and typical development (TD) took part in three reading experiments requiring the production of inferences. In Experiments 1 and 2 reading times for target phrases—placed immediately after text implicitly indicating the emotion of a protagonist or after a number of filler sentences, respectively—were used as measures of inferencing. In Experiment...... hiện toàn bộ
Exploring the Symptom Profiles of Intolerance of Uncertainty in Autistic ChildrenJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Tập 54 - Trang 121-130 - 2022
Amy Keefer, Vini Singh, Yeon Sik Jang, Leigh Alon, Madison Surmacz, Calliope Holingue, Stewart H. Mostofsky, Roma A. Vasa
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 anxiety using the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale for C...... hiện toàn bộ
Early Reading Comprehension Intervention for Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder and HyperlexiaJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - - 2021
Dianne Macdonald, Gigi Luk, Eve-Marie Quintin
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and hyperlexia (HPL) have both advanced word reading skills and a reading comprehension disorder, alongside impaired oral language. We developed a unique, parent-supported, tablet-based intervention aiming to improve oral and reading comprehension at the word-, phrase- and sentence-level, for preschoolers with ASD and hyperlexia (ASD + HPL). English-spe...... hiện toàn bộ