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Meredith Saletta Fitzgibbons; Amy Buros Stein; Omar M. Khan – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Text comprehension can be facilitated in many ways, including enabling the listener to see pictures illustrating the story, to read along silently, or to read along aloud. The purpose of this study was to determine whether any of these three supports facilitated text comprehension in adults with intellectual and/or developmental disability (IDD).…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
Savage, Melissa N.; Tomaszewski, Brianne T.; Hume, Kara A. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Adults with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability often do not engage in healthy levels of physical activity despite its many benefits. We conducted a randomized control trial to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of the Step It Up program, which used supported self-management strategies, on daily step counts, health…
Descriptors: Measurement Equipment, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Comparative Analysis