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"It Is More Important than Food Sometimes"; Meanings and Functions of Music in the Lives of Autistic Adults through a Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Lense
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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
Differential Maturation of Auditory Cortex Activity in Young Children with Autism and Typical Development
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Green, Heather L.; Shen, Guannan; Franzen, Rose E.; Mcnamee, Marybeth; Berman, Jeffrey I.; Mowad, Theresa G.; Ku, Matthew; Bloy, Luke; Liu, Song; Chen, Yu-Han; Airey, Megan; McBride, Emma; Goldin, Sophia; Dipiero, Marissa A.; Blaskey, Lisa; Kuschner, Emily S.; Kim, Mina; Konka, Kimberly; Roberts, Timothy P. L.; Edgar, J. Christopher – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Maturation of auditory cortex neural encoding processes was assessed in children with typical development (TD) and autism. Children 6-9 years old were enrolled at Time 1 (T1), with follow-up data obtained ~ 18 months later at Time 2 (T2), and ~ 36 months later at Time 3 (T3). Findings suggested an initial period of rapid auditory cortex maturation…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Young Children, Auditory Perception
Exploring the Psychosocial Experiences of Individuals with Developmental Language Disorder during Childhood: A Qualitative Investigation
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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
Friendship in Autism Spectrum Disorder Is Related to Diverse Developmental Changes between Toddlerhood and Adolescence
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Ronit Saban-Bezalel; Esther Ben-Itzchak; Ditza A. Zachor – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: Follow-up studies of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in early childhood that focus on friendship formation during adolescence are scarce. The present study focused on exploring characteristics possibly related to the ability to establish friendships during adolescence among children diagnosed with ASD in…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Friendship
Exploring Latine Parent Leaders' and a Program Coordinator's Lived Experiences with a Culturally Adapted Parent-Directed Training Program
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Javier Cavazos Vela; Noe Ramos; Cheryl Fielding; Denisse Elizondo – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The purpose of the current study was to explore the lived experiences among parent leaders and a program coordinator who participated in a parent-directed training program to support other Latine parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. We used qualitative methods to explore 4 Latine parent leaders' and 1 program coordinator's…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Role, Training, Hispanic Americans
Psychometric Properties of Psychosexual Functioning Survey among Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults: Adapting the Self-Report Teen Transition Inventory to the U.S. Context
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Xihan Yang; Linda Dekker; Kirstin Greaves-Lord; Eileen T. Crehan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Psychosexual functioning is an important aspect of human development and relationships. A previous study investigated psychosexual functioning of autistic adolescents using the Teen Transition Inventory (TTI), but there is a lack of comprehensive measurement of psychosexual functioning among autistic and non-autistic (NA) adults. To address this…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Sexuality, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults
Brief Report: Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Minimally Verbal Status in Individuals with ASD
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Maltman, Nell; DaWalt, Leann Smith; Hong, Jinkuk; Mailick, Marsha – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
About 30% of adults with autism are minimally verbal. Past research suggested that after age five, few gain verbal fluency, but studies have rarely investigated whether family environmental factors contribute to the acquisition of verbal fluency. The present study utilized data from the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised to compare changes in…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Socioeconomic Influences, Verbal Ability, Autism
A Meta-Analysis of Outcome Studies of Autistic Adults: Quantifying Effect Size, Quality, and Meta-Regression
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Mason, David; Capp, Simone J.; Stewart, Gavin R.; Kempton, Matthew J.; Glaser, Karen; Howlin, Patricia; Happé, Francesca – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Longitudinal studies have generally reported poor outcomes in adulthood for the majority of individuals (c.50-60%) with autism. Several factors putatively predict outcome (e.g. IQ), but findings remain mixed. This paper presents an updated meta-analysis of autism outcome studies and extends previous findings with additional analyses (including…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intelligence Quotient, Adults
Negative Controlling Parenting and Child Personality as Modifiers of Psychosocial Development in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study at the Level of Within-Person Change
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De Clercq, Lana E.; Dieleman, Lisa M.; van der Kaap-Deeder, Jolene; Soenens, Bart; Prinzie, Peter; De Pauw, Sarah S. W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
This nine-year longitudinal study addresses the joint contribution of parent-rated negative controlling parenting and child personality on psychosocial outcomes in 141 families of children with autism spectrum disorder (83% boys, mean age Time 1 = 10.1). Latent change modeling revealed substantial variation in within-person change in parenting and…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Personality, Individual Development, Youth
Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) in Relation to Longitudinal Cortical Thickness Changes in Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Prigge, Molly B. D.; Bigler, Erin D.; Travers, Brittany G.; Froehlich, Alyson; Abildskov, Tracy; Anderson, Jeffrey S.; Alexander, Andrew L.; Lange, Nicholas; Lainhart, Janet E.; Zielinski, Brandon A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The relationship between brain development and clinical heterogeneity in autism (ASD) is unknown. This study examines the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) in relation to the longitudinal development of cortical thickness. Participants (N = 91 ASD, N = 56 TDC; 3-39 years at first scan) were scanned up to three times over a 7-year period.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Brain, Measures (Individuals)
Personal Growth Experience among Parents of Children with Autism Participating in Intervention
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Liu, Xiao-yu; To, Siu-ming – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Guided by Pals' (in: McStay (ed) Identity and story: Creating self in narrative, American Psychological Association, Washington DC, 2006) model of self-making through a narrative lens in the context of adversity, this study investigated not only the difficulties but also the personal growth that parents have experienced while participating in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Individual Development, Parent Child Relationship
Personal Growth Experiences of Parents to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Waizbard-Bartov, Einat; Yehonatan-Schori, Maya; Golan, Ofer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Experiences of parenting a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have mostly been studied in relation to hardship. The current study explored personal growth experiences of Israeli parents to children with ASD, specifically in relation to Tedeschi and Calhoun's crisis-related growth model. Nineteen parents were interviewed, and qualitative…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parenting Styles
Adaptive Behavior in Toddlers under Two with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Paul, Rhea; Loomis, Rebecca; Chawarska, Katarzyna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale was administered to 54 children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) before age 2, and a matching group of 18 toddlers with developmental delay (DD). The group with ASD was more impaired on all scales of the Vineland than DD peers. When 18 ASD/DD pairs very closely matched on age, verbal and nonverbal…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Adjustment (to Environment)
General Maturational Lag as an Essential Correlate of Early-Onset Psychosis.
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James, Angela L.; Barry, Robert J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1981
Evidence for the increasing recognition of maturational lag in addition to intellectual impairment, associated with the syndrome of early onset psychosis, is presented to indicate that developmental variables play a central role in the behavioral profile of autistic children. (Author)
Descriptors: Autism, Child Development, Individual Development, Intelligence
Impaired Face Processing in Autism: Fact or Artifact?
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Jemel, Boutheina; Mottron, Laurent; Dawson, Michelle – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
Within the last 10 years, there has been an upsurge of interest in face processing abilities in autism which has generated a proliferation of new empirical demonstrations employing a variety of measuring techniques. Observably atypical social behaviors early in the development of children with autism have led to the contention that autism is a…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Autism, Human Body, Hypothesis Testing
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