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Garcia-Villamisar, Domingo; Dattilo, John – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Using a pre-test, post-test experimental design, effects of a 1-year group leisure program were examined on 31 participants (20 male and 11 female), ages 27-38 (M = 32.05 at start of program), with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis randomly assigned to the experimental condition and a group of 20 adults with ASD randomly assigned to the…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Therapeutic Recreation
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Gabriels, Robin L.; Agnew, John A.; Holt, Katherine D.; Shoffner, Amy; Zhaoxing, Pan; Ruzzano, Selga; Clayton, Gerald H.; Mesibov, Gary – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
This preliminary study examined the effects of 10 weekly lessons of therapeutic horseback riding (THR) on 42 participants diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ages 6-16 years) compared to a subset (n=16) of the total study population who were first evaluated before and after a 10-week waitlist control condition. All participants received…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Autism, Behavior Problems, Daily Living Skills