Perceived stress among mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder in Egypt
This study aims to assess perceived stress among mothers of children with ASD in Egypt.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt on 94 mothers of children with ASD using a structured questionnaire of the socio-demographic and clinical features of the studied mothers and their children and the perceived stress scale (PSS).
The mean total PSS score of mothers was 31.97 ± 12.39 and the level of autism had a statistically significant relation with stress perceived by the studied mothers.
The findings in this study were based on caregivers’ self-reporting. As such, inacc...
Source: Advances in Autism - May 6, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Ahmed Hashem El-Monshed
Mostafa Amr Source Type: research
The presentation, recognition and diagnosis of autism in women and girls
Bethany Driver, Verity Chester
Advances in Autism, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Autistic women and girls have received comparatively less attention within clinical practice and research. Research suggests women tend to be diagnosed later than men, and are more likely to experience misdiagnosis.
This paper aims to report a narrative literature review that examines research on the presentation, recognition, and diagnosis of autistic women and girls.
Findings suggest that autistic females present differently to males and highlight low recognition of the female presentati...
Source: Advances in Autism - March 11, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Bethany Driver
Verity Chester Source Type: research
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on autistic adults – a survey
This study aims to present the results of a survey of autistic people (n = 51) conducted by a UK specialist autism team.
A cross-sectional online survey.
A total of 72% respondents reported either some or significant deterioration in mental health during the pandemic. The issues that caused most negative impact were uncertainty over what will happen next and disruption of normal routine. Respondents reported a variety of coping strategies to help them through the pandemic.
To date there has been little research looking specifically at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on autistic people. This paper add...
Source: Advances in Autism - February 24, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Conor James Davidson
Keri Lodge
Alwyn Kam Source Type: research
Enhancing the social networks of adults with ASD: a low level community intervention
Roy McConkey, Marie-Therese Cassin, Rosie McNaughton, Elaine Armstrong
Advances in Autism, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to design and evaluate an innovative community-based service for adults with autism in a rural region of Northern Ireland. The goal was to reduce their social isolation through gaining social skills and building social networks.
Over three years, 54 persons with a median age of 21 years received 12 months of one-to-one, personalised support and opportunities to participate in peer groups and social activities which are detailed in the ...
Source: Advances in Autism - February 8, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Roy McConkey
Marie-Therese Cassin
Rosie McNaughton
Elaine Armstrong Source Type: research
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder ’s perception on parent-implemented home-based developmental, individual-difference and relationship (DIR)/Floortime intervention
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder’s perception on parent-implemented home-based developmental, individual-difference and relationship (DIR)/Floortime intervention
Iylia Dayana Shamsudin, Ted Brown, Mong-Lin Yu, Primrose Lentin
Advances in Autism, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The developmental, individual-difference and relationship (DIR)/Floortime® approach is a commonly used parent-implemented intervention with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Currently, no evidence is available about the intervention’s implementation and utility in Malaysia. T...
Source: Advances in Autism - January 25, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Iylia Dayana Shamsudin
Ted Brown
Mong-Lin Yu
Primrose Lentin Source Type: research
Developing a model for mental health services for children and young people with intellectual disability and/or autism in North West England
Christine Wee, Trixie Mottershead, Sarah Wright, Sujeet Jaydeokar, Mahesh Odiyoor
Advances in Autism, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.178-190
This paper aims to improve community care for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and/or autism. Lack of coordination between agencies leads to children and young people with the most complex needs falling between services. The North West Operational Delivery Network (ODN) for learning disability and autism set out to develop a model of care for mental health services for children and young people with ID and/or autism in North West England that would improve co...
Source: Advances in Autism - January 11, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Christine Wee
Trixie Mottershead
Sarah Wright
Sujeet Jaydeokar
Mahesh Odiyoor Source Type: research
Online training for physical activity practitioners on evidence-based practices for clients with autism
Scott McNamara, Melissa Bittner, Sean Healy
Advances in Autism, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Physical activity professionals often lack the experience and knowledge to implement the pedagogical and behavioral strategies required to successfully work with people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To enable individuals with ASD to achieve the benefits of exercise, physical activity professionals must be knowledgeable and skilled in relation to delivering evidence-based practices (EBP). The recent worldwide coronavirus disease pandemic highlights the value and necessity of effec...
Source: Advances in Autism - November 6, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Scott McNamara
Melissa Bittner
Sean Healy Source Type: research
The effectiveness of sensory integration intervention on the emotional-behavioral problems of children with autism spectrum disorder
Ghorban Hemati Alamdarloo, Hasan Mradi
Advances in Autism, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.152-166
Autism spectrum disorder is a kind of neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and interaction across multiple contexts, and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities. The purpose of this paper is to determine the effectiveness of sensory integration intervention on emotional-behavioral problems in children with autism spectrum disorder.
This research was conducted in a pretest-posttest design with control group. The participants we...
Source: Advances in Autism - November 6, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Ghorban Hemati Alamdarloo
Hasan Mradi Source Type: research
The trend of association between autism traits in mothers and severity of autism symptomatology in children
This study aims to see the trend of association, if any, between child autism symptom and mothers’ autism phenotype as well as mothers’ theory of mind and to see if mothers’ theory of mind was associated with their own autistic traits.
Data were collected from 96 mothers of children with varying symptom severity of autism (mild, moderate and severe) using Autism Spectrum Quotient and faux pas recognition test. Analysis of variance, trend analysis and t-test were done.
Results showed a linear trend of relationship between mothers’ autism phenotype and child symptom severity. However, the groups did not hav...
Source: Advances in Autism - November 4, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Asmita Karmakar
Manisha Bhattacharya
Jayeeta Adhya
Susmita Chatterjee
Atanu Kumar Dogra Source Type: research
“Recalling hidden harms”: autistic experiences of childhood applied behavioural analysis (ABA)
Owen McGill, Anna Robinson
Advances in Autism, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to investigate the long-term impacts autistic adults experienced from childhood participation in the applied behavioural analysis (ABA).
Possible participants were recruited through advertisements on social media and autism and ABA organisations. Possible participants were given the choice between an online or face-to-face interview or an anonymised online questionnaire.
Reflections from 10 participants were indicative of a predominantly detrimental impact of ABA. Reflections g...
Source: Advances in Autism - October 23, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Owen McGill
Anna Robinson Source Type: research
Public attitudes to people with ASD: contact, knowledge and ethnicity
Eli Gemegah, Dimitra Hartas, Vasiliki Totsika
Advances in Autism, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The increase in autism prevalence and presentation in the media suggests a rise in public awareness. This paper aims to explore what factors (contact, knowledge and ethnicity) may be associated to positive attitudes towards individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
An online survey examined contact with and knowledge of ASD among Black, Asian and White ethnic groups to predict public attitudes to people with ASD.
In multiple regression models, the results suggested th...
Source: Advances in Autism - October 16, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Eli Gemegah
Dimitra Hartas
Vasiliki Totsika Source Type: research
Framing autism in newspaper media: an example from Finland
This study aims to examine the extent to which Finnish print media papers extend medical and societal narration of ASD to other issue domains and the extent to which newspaper stories use a positive, negative or neutral narrative.
The authors analyzed 210 full newspaper reports from the largest daily appearing newspaper by circulation in Finland from 1990 to 2016. The authors used the newspaper’s electronic database to conduct a systematic papers search. The authors then used coding scheme about news story framing, which was followed by a detailed content analysis of the papers.
Approximately two-thirds of the ...
Source: Advances in Autism - October 13, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Henri Pesonen
Tiina Itkonen
Mari Saha
Anders Nordahl-Hansen Source Type: research
Dilemmas of empowering families of children with autism spectrum disorders: a qualitative case study
Rouhallah Khara, Leila R. Kalankesh, Hassan Shahrokhi, Saeed Dastgiri, Kamal Gholipour, Mohammad-Reza Feizi-Derakhshi
Advances in Autism, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.129-140
The purpose of this study was to identify the challenges and solutions in the empowerment of families of children with autism in Tabriz located in the North West of Iran.
In this exploratory and qualitative study, which was conducted from January to March 2019, 14 in-depth face-to-face interviews and 1 focus group (n = 5) were conducted with family empowerment experts. Data analysis was performed based on a content analysis appr...
Source: Advances in Autism - October 5, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Rouhallah Khara
Leila R. Kalankesh
Hassan Shahrokhi
Saeed Dastgiri
Kamal Gholipour
Mohammad-Reza Feizi-Derakhshi Source Type: research
Practitioner experience of the impact of humanistic methods on autism practice: a preliminary study
Anna Robinson, Ian Galbraith, Lorna Carrick
Advances in Autism, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.114-128
Autistic people are subject to having their behaviour shaped from a variety of practitioners predominantly using behaviourist methodologies. Little is known about how learning alternative humanistic methodologies impacts practitioner experiences of relational encounters with autistic people. This paper aims to develop an understanding of practitioner experiences of using person-centred counselling (PCC) skills and contact reflections (CR) when engaging with autistic people.
This qualitative study used...
Source: Advances in Autism - August 20, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Anna Robinson
Ian Galbraith
Lorna Carrick Source Type: research
Commentary on “being diagnosed with autism in adulthood: a personal case study”
Samuel Tromans, Verity Chester
Advances in Autism, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on “being diagnosed with autism in adulthood: a personal case study”.
A commentary on an individual’s personal experiences of being referred to autism assessment services and subsequently receiving a diagnosis of autism in adulthood.
Many individuals are not diagnosed with autism until their adult life, and as a result, miss the benefits of timely introduction of sources of support, such as during their schooling. Receiving an auti...
Source: Advances in Autism - July 8, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Samuel Tromans
Verity Chester Source Type: research
