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Ashley J. Harrison; Nilofer C. Naqvi; Anne K. Smit; Prisha Nanda Kumar; Noor Azimah Muhammad; Sabine Saade; Luodi Yu; Emilie Cappe; Hui Min Low; Sarah-Jane Chan; Annelies de Bildt – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Substantial variability exists with regard to autism service provision around the world. Service disparities observed in many low- and middle-income countries may be driven, in part, by limited autism knowledge; however, measurement limitations have made it difficult to quantify autism knowledge across countries. The current study uses the autism…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Global Approach, Income, Knowledge Level
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Murphy, Sarah; Flower, Rebecca L.; Jellett, Rachel – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
An autism diagnosis in adulthood can increase women's self-compassion and inform appropriate supports. This study explored what helped and hindered autistic women when accessing an adulthood autism diagnosis in Australia. Ten autistic women diagnosed as adults within the past 5 years participated in a semi-structured interview about their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Females
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Ferenc, Kinga; Byrka, Katarzyna; Król, Magdalena Ewa – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Attitude of mothers towards their children's autism may play a role in mothers' psychological well-being. We investigated the predictive value of how mothers understand autism (as a neurodivergence or a developmental disorder) on their psychological distress. A group of 371 mothers of children on the autism spectrum participated in this study. We…
Descriptors: Mothers, Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Well Being
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Arnold, Samuel R.C.; Higgins, Julianne M.; Weise, Janelle; Desai, Aishani; Pellicano, Elizabeth; Trollor, Julian N. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Autistic burnout is an experience commonly described by autistic people (#AutBurnout and #AutisticBurnout on social media). Recently, two definitions of this syndrome have been published. Both describe debilitating exhaustion with onset related to various stressors including masking, though several differences exist, such as the characteristic of…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Burnout, Stress Variables, Fatigue (Biology)
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Xie, Huichao; Waschl, Nicolette; Zeng, Songtian – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Given the importance of parent involvement and parent-implemented interventions in achieving maximum child outcomes, practitioners need valid measures to assess and monitor family outcomes in developing and delivering effective and sustainable interventions. This study examined the structure of the Family Outcomes Survey, Form A, using a sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness, Intervention
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Taylor, Helen; Ingham, Barry; Mason, David; Finch, Tracy; Wilson, Colin; Scarlett, Clare; Moss, Sebastian; Buckley, Carole; Urbanowicz, Anna; Raymaker, Dora; Seiboth, Charlotte; Lees, Rhianna; Garland, Deborah; Osbourne, Malcolm; Lennox, Nicholas; Cooper, Sally-Ann; Nicolaidis, Christina; Parr, Jeremy R. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Autistic people experience more health conditions and earlier mortality. This study investigated views about a primary care health check for autistic adults to inform its design. Fifty-one people participated in consultation groups and interviews, comprising autistic adults (some with co-occurring intellectual disabilities), adults with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Access to Health Care, Primary Health Care
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Wallace-Watkin, Carla; Sigafoos, Jeff; Woods, Lisa; Waddington, Hannah – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
We surveyed New Zealand parents of autistic children to identify their perceived barriers and facilitators to accessing support services, including the influence of a family's level of financial resourcing. A total of 173 completed surveys were analysed. Service pathway factors were the greatest barrier experienced by participants, whereas…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Barriers
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Ruth James; Jeff Sigafoos; Vanessa A. Green; Giulio E. Lancioni; Mark F. O'Reilly; Russell Lang; Tonya Davis; Amarie Carnett; Donna Achmadi; Cindy Gevarter; Peter B. Marschik – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
We identified, summarized, and appraised the certainty of evidence for 12 studies investigating the use of music therapy for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The studies were summarized in terms of (a) participant characteristics, (b) dependent variables, (c) procedures, (d) results, and (e) certainty of evidence. A total of 147…
Descriptors: Music Therapy, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Individual Characteristics, Children