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Renate Bosman; Jochem Thijs – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This research examined the preference for identity-first language (IFL) versus person-first language (PFL) among 215 respondents (M[subscript age] = 30.24 years, SD = 9.92) from the Dutch autism community. We found that a stronger identification with the autism community and a later age of diagnosis predicted a stronger IFL preference and a weaker…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Language Usage, Adults
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Dubey, Indu; Ropar, Danielle; de C. Hamilton, Antonia F. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
The recently proposed Social Motivation theory (Chevallier et al., Trends in cognitive sciences 16(4):231-239, 2012) suggests that social difficulties in Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) might be caused by a difference in the motivation to engage with other people. Here we compared adolescents with (N = 31) and without (N = 37) ASC on the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis