Youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at nearly twice the risk of experiencing obesity, compared to youth without ASD. Wellness Education to Create Healthy habits and Actions to Thrive (WE CHAT) is a novel chatbot that engages participants …

There is a substantial time gap between when parents develop concerns about their child (ages 1–2) and when they receive a diagnosis of autism (ages 3–5), delaying the onset of critical interventions. Few studies have examined how the timing …

The Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) was originally developed to evaluate interventions, and is a well-established assessment tool for challenging behaviours in people with intellectual disabilities and autistic people. However, whether the ABC …

To examine the effect of using Virtual Reality distraction on salivary cortisol levels in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) during routine dental treatments. A randomized cross-over study was designed and children with a known …

Parent-led cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an efficient, promising form of therapy that may be well suited for autistic youth with anxiety disorders. A recent clinical trial found that parent-led CBT – in which parents led their child …

Individuals on the autism spectrum are disproportionately likely to be victimized (Brown et al., 2017 ; Cazalis et al., 2022 ; Collins et al., 2022 ; Hoover & Kaufman, 2018 ; Weiss & Fardella, 2018 ) and may encounter difficulties recognizing or …

Purpose: Autistic adults experience high rates of traumatic events and PTSD. However, little work has evaluated motor vehicle accident (MVA) related trauma symptoms. The goal of this brief report was to provide pilot data characterizing …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been reported to exhibit altered local functional consistency. However, previous studies mainly focused on male samples and explored the temporal consistency in the ASD brain ignoring the spatial consistency. In …

Parental stress can be debilitating for parents and their families. This is particularly true for parents who have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or other intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD). Effective screening and …

Sleep problems are common in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with potential repercussions on neurobehavioral functioning exacerbating socio-communicative impairments and aggressive behaviors. Parent reports are the most used method …

This study aimed to investigate the influence of metaphoric language intervention (MLI) on students’ psychological perception in bilingual learning, focusing on both autistic and students with non-autism. Students with autism often exhibit …

During emergencies like wartime, parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) face heightened challenges, potentially leading to Parental Burnout (PB). Wartime conditions can exacerbate children’s behavioral difficulties, contributing …

This study aimed to validate the Mandarin translation of the Stanford Social Dimensions Scale (SSDS). The initial validation sample consisted of 480 children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (Mage = 9.35). Discriminant validity was appraised by …

Young autistic children often struggle to learn language, making measuring receptive vocabulary skills critical in this population. Adding visual movement of the correct target at the end of trials as done in the Killing and Bishop ( 2008 ) study …

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) encompasses a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impaired social communication skills and restricted repetitive behaviors (Association, 2015 ). Autistic individuals may experience communication …

This study explored parents’/carers’ knowledge, interest, and preferences towards technology devices as support mediums for autistic children, the reasoning behind any choice and the factors associated with the most preferred technology device.

Autism is observed across all racial and ethnic groups. In the early years of surveillance starting in 2000, the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) network reported that White children were diagnosed with autism 50% more …

Children with neurodevelopmental disorders tend to have more social difficulties than typically developing children. The aim of the current study was to examine parent and teacher-reported effects of age and gender on social functioning in a large …