High sleep quality in parents has been linked to positive parenting outcomes, including reduced parenting stress and increased life satisfaction. However, the daily dynamics of these factors remain underexplored, especially in families of children …

Hospitals are motivated to create more autism friendly environments to optimise access and experience for the community. However, there is a lack of clarity in what the term autism friendly in hospital settings means. We conducted a scoping review …

This study examined how self-construal, a key aspect of cultural structure, influences teacher training to improve autism awareness and reduce stigma. It explored autism awareness, self-construal, and stigma levels among potential educators, as …

Identifying a “core deficit” is essential for early detection and intervention in developmental disorders among children. However, the presence of a core deficit within autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continues to be unclear. Therefore, the purpose …

This study investigates a longitudinal cross-lagged relationship between social support and resilience among parents of autistic children within the framework of conservation of resources theory. It also examines the mediating role of active …

There is a gap in autism research from Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) where most children with autism live. This has contributed to a lack of culturally validated diagnostic instruments for autism and is a major barrier to early …

Family navigation (FN) has emerged as a promising intervention for reducing barriers and addressing social and economic inequities in autism service delivery. Little is known regarding the implementation and effectiveness of FN for children with …

Children with pediatric feeding disorder often engage in inappropriate mealtime behavior (e.g., pushing the utensil away) that can interfere with food or liquid consumption. Researchers have found that some children with pediatric feeding disorder …

As autism prevalence reaches 1 in 36 children (Maenner et al., 2023 ), routine pediatric healthcare practice increasingly involves the management of medical conditions that highly co-occur with autism (Micai et al., 2023 ). Sleep disorders and …

As autistic young adults increasingly enter into higher education, many are faced with difficult social adjustment (e.g., making friends, acquiring social support) in college (McLeod et al. McLeod et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental …

Despite the relatively high rates of intellectual disability (ID) in autism, research studies and clinical trials commonly exclude autistic participants with below-average IQ. This study aimed to characterize the effect of intellectual ability on …

We used a person-centered approach to: (1) elucidate distinct configurations of social and motor skills across subgroups of children, (2) determine how profiles map to autistic traits and behavioral tendencies, and (3) identify how children with …

The aim of the present longitudinal study was to identify malleable factors during the last year of high school that predicted post-school outcomes in autistic youth one year after high school graduation. We then explored whether depressive …

The autism social motivation hypothesis suggests that diminished reward value of social stimuli contributes to deficits in social motivation. Research indicates that autistic individuals show decreased neural responding to both social and …

This review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in improving the mental health of parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs), specifically focusing on outcomes such as parental …