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Susumu Yokota; Mari Tanaka – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience stigmatization rooted in negative attitudes or prejudice toward them due to social awkwardness. However, little is known about implicit attitudes toward ASD, especially differences in attitudes compared to those of more visible conditions; physical disabilities. In this study, we implemented…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Bias
Stephanie C. Stern – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This research investigated the impact popular novels have on knowledge about and attitudes towards Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), compared to that of traditional college textbooks. Study 1 found that participants in the novel condition chose fewer correct and fewer incorrect responses to questions about ASD. Participants did not differ in their…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Novels
Bottema-Beutel, Kristen; Kim, So Yoon; Miele, David B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
This study used mixed-effects logistic regression to examine undergraduates' (N = 142) evaluations and reasoning about scenarios involving disability-based exclusion. Scenarios varied by disability [autism spectrum disorder (ASD) versus learning disability (LD)], the context of exclusion (classroom versus social), and whether or not a grade was at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Autism, Learning Disabilities
Dickter, Cheryl L.; Burk, Joshua A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Typically developing young adults perceive their peers with autism more negatively than those without autism, but less so when they have experience with individuals with autism. Study 1 examined whether typically developing university students' (n = 70) judgments of their peers would differ as a function of interpersonal contact and being labeled…
Descriptors: Labeling (of Persons), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Chien, Yi-Ling; Tu, En-Nien; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
This study investigated school functioning among unaffected siblings of youths with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and identified the correlates for school maladjustment. We recruited 66 youths with a clinical diagnosis of ASD, aged 8-19, their unaffected siblings and 132 typically developing controls (TD). We found that ASD youths had poorer…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Siblings, Correlation
Brock, Matthew E.; Dueker, Scott A.; Barczak, Mary A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Many students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) struggle to appropriately interact and play with their peers at recess. In this pilot feasibility study, we tested the efficacy of practitioner-implemented, peer-mediated Pivotal Response Training (PRT) with 11 elementary and middle school students with ASD. Participants were randomly assigned to a…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Play, Peer Relationship
Mavropoulou, Sophia; Sideridis, Georgios D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
This study aimed to measure the effects of contact with integrated students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) on the knowledge, attitudes and empathy of children (n = 224) from grades 4-6. A comparison group of children (n = 251) who had no contact with classmates with ASD was also included. All participants completed self-report instruments.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Knowledge Level, Attitude Measures
Kasari, Connie; Locke, Jill; Gulsrud, Amanda; Rotheram-Fuller, Erin – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
Self, peer and teacher reports of social relationships were examined for 60 high-functioning children with ASD. Compared to a matched sample of typical children in the same classroom, children with ASD were more often on the periphery of their social networks, reported poorer quality friendships and had fewer reciprocal friendships. On the…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Autism, Friendship, Playgrounds

Ousley, Opal Y.; Mesibov, Gary B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
Interviews with 21 high-functioning adults with autism and 20 mildly to moderately mentally retarded adults without autism indicated that the mentally retarded group had more sexual experiences, with no intergroup differences in sexual knowledge or interest. Intelligence quotient was positively correlated with knowledge scores and males had…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Autism, Comparative Analysis