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Do Implicit and Explicit Racial Biases Influence Autism Identification and Stigma? An Implicit Association Test Study
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Obeid, Rita; Bisson, Jennifer Bailey; Cosenza, Alexandra; Harrison, Ashley J.; James, Faith; Saade, Sabine; Gillespie-Lynch, Kristen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Are implicit and explicit biases related to ASD identification and/or stigma? College students (N = 493) completed two IATs assessing implicit stigma and racial biases. They evaluated vignettes depicting a child with ASD or conduct disorder (CD) paired with a photo of a Black or White child. CD was more implicitly and explicitly stigmatized than…
Descriptors: College Students, Racial Bias, Social Bias, Autism
Exploring Predictors of Bullying and Victimization of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Findings from NLTS 2012
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Matthias, Cynthia; LaVelle, John M.; Johnson, David R.; Wu, Yi-Chen; Thurlow, Martha L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Research suggests that bullying victimization occurs at higher rates among students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than among their typically-developing peers. This study used data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 to explore differences in student and family characteristics between students with ASD and students with all…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Circumscribed Interests and Attention in Autism: The Role of Biological Sex
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Harrop, Clare; Jones, Desiree; Zheng, Shuting; Nowell, Sallie; Boyd, Brian A.; Sasson, Noah – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Recent studies suggest that circumscribed interests (CI) in females with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may align more closely with interests reported in "typical" female development than those typically reported for ASD males. We used eye-tracking to quantify attention to arrays containing combinations of "male",…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Gender Differences, Eye Movements
Identifying the Associated Factors of Mediation and Due Process in Families of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Burke, Meghan M.; Goldman, Samantha E. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Compared to families of students with other types of disabilities, families of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are significantly more likely to enact their procedural safeguards such as mediation and due process. However, we do not know which school, child, and parent characteristics are associated with the enactment of safeguards.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Civil Rights, Grievance Procedures
Frequency and Correlates of Service Access among Youth with Autism Transitioning to Adulthood
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Taylor, Julie Lounds; Henninger, Natalie A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
This study examined service receipt and unmet service needs among youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in their last year of high school, as well as the youth (intellectual disability, race/ethnicity, autism severity, comorbid psychiatric diagnoses, behavior problems, adaptive behavior) and family (income, parental health, parental…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Student Needs, High School Seniors
Brief Report: Cognitive Correlates of Enlarged Head Circumference in Children with Autism.
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Deutsch, Curtis K.; Joseph, Robert M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2003
A study examined the frequency and cognitive correlates of enlarged head circumference in 63 children with autism (ages 4-14). Macrocephaly occurred at a significantly higher frequency. Children with discrepantly high nonverbal abilities had a mean standardized head circumference that was more than 1 standard deviation greater than the reference…
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Differences