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CONCLUSION: These results suggest that tDCS may be a promising intervention for modulating brain functional networks in children with ASD.

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Emotion recognition (ER) deficit in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is widely accepted, and a variety of research was done to assess the deficit in ER under various conditions and intervention research to augment emotion recognition in mostly children with ASD. This scoping review attempted to summarize the diverse research in the context of ER in ASD with a focus on the facial expression databases used for research and intervention. PRISMA-ScR guidelines were followed, and 80 studies were...

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CONCLUSION: This finding indicates that autism diagnosis disclosure could unintentionally strengthen negative stereotypes and increase stigma.

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We aimed to examine the interrelations between motor and communication skills, as well as associations between motor skill subdomains and different communicative functions in minimally speaking children on the autism spectrum, whereas accounting for the child's age, country of residence, educational setting, and communication modalities (covariates). Data from 67 minimally speaking children on the autism spectrum (ages 4-9) from India and the U.S. were analyzed. Motor and communication skills...

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This study measured the effectiveness and feasibility of therapeutic drumming for autistic children, targeting the meaningful occupational components of authentic social and personal participation of children. A 6-week therapeutic drumming intervention was implemented interprofessionally in two early-childhood classrooms with ten autistic children (N = 10), ages two through six. Two outcome measures were completed pre- and post-intervention: the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third...

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CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support the hypothesis that camouflaging is closely related to autism-related stigma and can influence the impact of stigma on mental health. More work around social outreach and addressing autism-related stigma would be beneficial to reduce the negative role of camouflaging.

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CONCLUSION: Findings support the case for diagnostic services to have the resources to address psychoeducational needs across the diagnostic pathway, including the offer of a debrief appointment and group-delivered psychoeducational program (with the option for 1:1 delivery) post-diagnosis. "Experts by experience" should be integral to the development and delivery of psychoeducational care.

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CONCLUSION: Self-developed digitally mediated Social Stories can effectively support autistic adults in reaching their self-set goals. Digitally mediated Social Stories can support reflection on one's goals, increase commitment toward goals, break down tasks into meaningful parts, as well as create meaningful predictions for autistic adults. Thus, digitally mediated Social Stories have the potential to empower autistic adults to self-support reaching self-set goals.

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CONCLUSIONS: The concept of "special interests" meant different things to the autistic people in this study. Even so, participants saw special interests as generally important and an aspect of their lives that should be societally supported. The narratives of special interests collected in this project challenge stereotypes of autistic people as disconnected and asocial. Instead, this study demonstrated how special interests take on increased individual and societal importance for autistic...

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CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the need for changes to treatment of autistic TNB people in primary and mental health care. Future research should explore both individual responses and systematic changes to these challenges.

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CONCLUSION: The validity results are congruent with the historical roots of the neurodiversity movement and the attitudes endorsed by many autistic adults. Given the factor structure and reliability results, researchers can use this scale to assess neurodiversity-affirming attitudes as a unitary construct or can use the anti-stigma subscale to assess stigma-related attitudes toward autism. This scale has utility for researchers that seek to understand and promote well-being in autistic adults,...

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CONCLUSION: Autistic individuals face higher mortality risks across various disease categories, regardless of sex, age, or concurrent ID. Health care policies should prioritize the implementation of specific strategies for the early detection of diseases and health promotion, as well as accident and suicide prevention among autistic women and those without ID. Clinical Trial Registration number: NCT04010422.

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BACKGROUND: Autistic adults are perceived more negatively than neurotypical (NT) adults by NT individuals. These negative perceptions can contribute to discrimination toward and social exclusion of autistic adults, which is detrimental to their mental and physical well-being. This study examined whether reading a vignette and imagining an interaction with a peer labeled as autistic would improve implicit and explicit attitudes toward autistic people.

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One barrier to meeting autistic adults' health care needs is the dearth of physicians with autism training. We developed an adult autism training for residents, who are postdoctoral physicians training to become specialists, in internal medicine or family medicine. We used formative evaluation to design the training with autistic adults and family members of autistic adults, who were paid consultants. The training includes six prerecorded presentations, six case studies, and two standardized...

Le Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0400

BACKGROUND: Growing numbers of adults are seeking and receiving autism diagnoses. This systematic review collates, evaluates, and synthesizes evidence on the lived experiences of receiving a diagnosis of autism in adulthood.