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Direct linkTalcer, Moyna Catherine; Duffy, Orla; Pedlow, Katy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Research has found 96% of autistic individuals experience sensory processing difficulties, and being a parent presents many sensory demands that may be especially challenging for autistic mothers. Despite the high prevalence, no research exists exploring the sensory experiences of autistic mothers, highlighting the gap in current knowledge.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parents with Disabilities, Sensory Experience
Sher, David Ariel; Gibson, Jenny L.; Browne, Wendy V. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Parents of autistic children are routinely advised to raise them monolingually, despite potential negative effects of monolingualism and no evidence of harm from bilingualism. There is, however, limited research on this topic. This study explored experiences and perspectives of educational practitioners ('practitioners') and parents of…
Descriptors: Experience, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience
Hampton, S.; Allison, C.; Baron-Cohen, S.; Holt, R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Qualitative accounts indicate there are sensory and communication related barriers to adequate childbirth and postnatal healthcare for autistic people. However, little quantitative work has explored the topic. This online survey study explored childbirth and postnatal experiences among 384 autistic and 492 non-autistic people. Compared with…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Control Groups, Experience, Birth
Talena C. Day; Isha Malik; Sydney Boateng; Kathryn M. Hauschild; Matthew D. Lerner – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Autistic youth display difficulties in emotion recognition, yet little research has examined behavioral and neural indices of vocal emotion recognition (VER). The current study examines behavioral and event-related potential (N100, P200, Late Positive Potential [LPP]) indices of VER in autistic and non-autistic youth. Participants (N = 164)…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Suprasegmentals, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Experience
Ritwika Vinayagam; Christopher Tanner; David Harley; Shamshad Karatela; Katie Brooker – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Autistic adults experience stark health disparities and difficulties accessing health care. Their realities of managing complex health conditions are unknown. Our research explored the experience of Autistic adults self-managing diabetes. Interviews with Autistic adults with diabetes and their support people were thematically analysed to identify…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Diabetes, Adults, Health Conditions
Munsell, Elizabeth G. S.; Coster, Wendy J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Autistic young adults experience challenges participating in the workforce, post-secondary schooling, and living in the community. We examined how participation outcomes have been measured in autistic young adults. Articles (n = 113) were identified through database searches and citation tracking. Guided by current models in the literature, data…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Young Adults, Experience, Labor Force
Jia Ying Sarah Lee; Koa Whittingham; Rebecca Olson; Amy E. Mitchell – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: Parenting has implications for psychosocial adjustment well into adulthood. While much is known about the parenting behaviors that influence adjustment in autistic children, little is known about how the effects of parenting persist in autistic adults. Further, autistic adults' perspectives on how they were parented have not been…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children
Kim, Tierney; Martinez, Kassandra; Cruz, Breanna Lopez; Huang, Jeannie S.; Stadnick, Nicole A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Limited guidance is available for families of youth with ASD (YASD) to prepare for invasive medical procedures. This study examined caregiver perspectives regarding YASD's gastrointestinal endoscopy (GE) experience to improve the endoscopy experience for YASD. Thirty-four caregivers of YASD, (M = 9.85 years, SD = 4.6) who underwent GE at Rady…
Descriptors: Youth, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Caregiver Attitudes, Medical Services
Atherton, Gray; Edisbury, Emma; Piovesan, Andrea; Cross, Liam – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Many autistic people cite a strong attachment to animals, and some studies suggest they may even show a bias towards animals over people. This mixed-methods study explored companion animal attachment in the adult autistic community. In a quantitative study with 735 people, we found that autistic adults were equally attached to their pets as…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Animals, Ownership
Kaja Korošec; Walter Osika; Eva Bojner-Horwitz – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Subjective experiences of autistic adults remain under-researched, especially in the field of art. To learn more about their uses and functions of music, we interviewed 13 autistic adults and through a hermeneutic-phenomenological analysis found four overarching themes: Well-being, Identity and self-development, Connectedness, and Negative…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Music, Well Being
Annabel Burnley; Michelle St Clair; Charlotte Dack; Hannah Thompson; Yvonne Wren – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) often experience co-occurring psychosocial difficulties, the developmental trajectories of which are still not fully understood. This study sought to explore the manifestation of such difficulties during childhood, through first-hand accounts of those with DLD and their close relatives.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Children, Language Impairments
Christiansen, Audrey; Minich, Nori M.; Clark, Marie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
This piliot study assessed the experiences of police officers related to persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) via a survey assessing prior experience, comfort, knowledge, and ability to identify autistic persons. Fifty-one officers completed the survey: 52.9% reported previous ASD training, 34.8% reported personal experience with ASD, and…
Descriptors: Police, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Prior Learning
Micai, Martina; Ciaramella, Antonio; Salvitti, Tommaso; Fulceri, Francesca; Fatta, Laura Maria; Poustka, Luise; Diehm, Robert; Iskrov, Georgi; Stefanov, Rumen; Guillon, Quentin; Rogé, Bernadette; Staines, Anthony; Sweeney, Mary Rose; Boilson, Andrew Martin; Leósdóttir, Thora; Saemundsen, Evald; Moilanen, Irma; Ebeling, Hanna; Yliherva, Anneli; Gissler, Mika; Parviainen, Tarja; Tani, Pekka; Kawa, Rafal; Vicente, Astrid; Rasga, Célia; Budisteanu, Magdalena; Dale, Ian; Povey, Carol; Flores, Noelia; Jenaro, Cristina; Monroy, Maria Luisa; Primo, Patricia García; Charman, Tony; Cramer, Susanne; Warberg, Christine Kloster; Canal-Bedia, Ricardo; Posada, Manuel; Scattoni, Maria Luisa; Schendel, Diana – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
The Autism Spectrum Disorders in the European Union (ASDEU) survey investigated local services' use experiences of autistic adults, carers and professionals with interventions for autistic adults. The majority of the 697 participants experienced recommended considerations prior to deciding on intervention and during the intervention plan and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults
Huang, Yunhe; Hwang, Ye In; Arnold, Samuel R. C.; Lawson, Lauren P.; Richdale, Amanda L.; Trollor, Julian N. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
As autism is an invisible and often stigmatised condition, disclosing the diagnosis may lead to both support and/or discrimination. This mixed-methods questionnaire study examined autistic adults' experiences of disclosure in various contexts. The sample consisted of 393 participants aged 17-83 years from two longitudinal surveys. Almost all…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Disclosure
Samara M. Wolpe; Amanda R. Johnson; Sunny Kim – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
With many teens having to transition from a mainly educational system of support to a set of health and social service systems (Shattuck et al. in Autism Res Treat https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/924182, 2017), there is a critical need to advance research and support services in the area of autism and transition to aid autistic* individuals and their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Transitional Programs, School Role
