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Jesus Alfonso D. Datu; Randolph Chun Ho Chan – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2025
There is growing traction regarding the valuable effects of kindness on well-being and positive interpersonal functioning. However, existing literature has paid little attention to the association of kindness with discriminatory attitudes toward people with special educational needs (SEN). This research examined the link of kindness to stigma…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Altruism
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Fletcher-Watson, Sue; Leekam, Susan R.; Findlay, John M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are principally characterized by impairments in social functioning. Experimental investigation often is conducted using methods measuring social attention, social cognition, and social communication. In this study, we instead measured interest in social information, making a distinction between basic-level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Interpersonal Competence