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Altered sense of gaze leading in autism
ConclusionsThese results suggest that adults with ASD fail to sense themselves as agents leading the attentional focus of others during joint attention episodes. Practitioners should not expect individuals with ASD to spontaneously understand the contingency between their attentional focus and someone else’s, even if the link is highly ostensible. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - August 8, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

A full-body interactive videogame used as a tool to foster social initiation conducts in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
ConclusionsConsidering all these results, the videogame could be considered as an appropriate tool to foster social behaviors but future work is needed in order to obtain further data that supports this hypothesis. Finding new attractive types of treatment would be useful to complement more traditional therapies. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - August 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Background and enrollment characteristics of students with autism in higher education
ConclusionsThese quantitative insights are a valuable addition to the more qualitative evidence so far. For parents of children with ASD and individuals with ASD, these findings could help to adjust lower expectations. As this kind of administrative data is available to most institutions in higher education in day-to-day information systems, this study is promising for institutions to gain better insights in the enrollment of their students with ASD, and improve transition support. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - August 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Child-directed communication behaviours during mother-child interaction in children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing children in south India
This study compared child-directed utterances and pragmatic acts used by mothers of 2-4 year old children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (n =50) with that of two groups of typically developing (TD) children: one matched for chronological age (TD-CA; n = 50) and other for language level (TD-LL; n=50). Forty minutes mother-child interaction during free play at home was analysed. Results indicated that the the number of utterances used by mothers in the three groups were similar. However, the type of sentences used by each group varied distinctly. Mothers in the ASD (49.1%) and TD-LL group (35.47%) predominanlty used imp...
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - August 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

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Publication date: October 2019Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Volume 66Author(s): (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - July 23, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

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Publication date: October 2019Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Volume 66Author(s): (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - July 23, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Feasibility of an emotion regulation intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder: A brief report
ConclusionsResults support the feasibility of using a parent-mediated approach to supporting ER skills in young children with autism spectrum disorder. Though RELACS shows promise in improving parent support for ER and children’s ER capacity, further research is necessary to establish its efficacy. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - July 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Exploring receptive and expressive language components at the age of 36 months in siblings at risk for autism spectrum disorder
ConclusionsLanguage delays are highly prevalent in HR-sibs and their representation resembles the language profile of children with ASD. Evaluation of language at the level of phonology, grammar, semantics and pragmatics will detect considerably more children experiencing delayed language than holistic approaches. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - July 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Parents’ experiences of an early autism diagnosis: Insights into their needs
ConclusionsParents highlighted that receipt of an early diagnosis triggered an array of emotions, which influenced their coping. Charting parents’ lived experiences following an early diagnosis provides valuable insights that have important implications for the development of resources and supports for families at this time. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - July 8, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Disembedding performance and eye gaze behavior of adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
ConclusionsResults suggest that while altered visual perception was observed, this did not contribute to superiority in disembedding tasks in adolescents with ASD. Future research is required to elucidate conditions under which altered visual perception may contribute to behavioral superiority. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - July 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Injury-related treatments and outcomes in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder: Study to Explore Early Development (SEED)
ConclusionsInjured children with ASD received fewer medications/injections than children with non-ASD developmental delays/disorders and more surgical treatments than general population children. Injury management was otherwise similar between groups. Understanding whether these results reflect child or injury characteristics or provider perceptions about behaviors and pain thresholds of children with ASD, and how these may influence care, requires further study. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - July 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Parent-mediated intervention tends to improve parent-child engagement, and behavioral outcomes of toddlers with ASD-positive screening: A randomized crossover trial
ConclusionsThis study highlights potential benefits in motor and social skills for children at risk of ASD, as well as in parent-child engagement. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - July 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

A systematic review and meta-analysis of social emotional computer based interventions for autistic individuals using the serious game framework
ConclusionOverall, findings suggest that the Serious Game design framework has utility in guiding the development of social emotional CBI which improve the social emotional skills of autistic individuals. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - July 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Struggling with alternative descriptions: Impaired referential processing in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
ConclusionReferential processing in ASD is compromised by impaired ability to confront alternative conceptual perspectives. A potential executive source for these difficulties is discussed. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - June 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Social validation of an online tool to support transitions to primary school for children with autism
ConclusionsThese findings highlight the potential value and appropriateness of combining and presenting the identified factors in tools to support transitions to primary school for students with autism. (Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - June 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research