Advances in Autism

Increasing incidence of autism spectrum disorder: are we over-diagnosing?

Lance Vincent Watkins, Heather Angus-Leppan

In 2016, 1 in 54 children were estimated to have autism in the USA compared to 1 in 2,500 in 1955. This study aims to consider whether there has been a worldwide rise in…

“Iranian family caregivers of autistic children: the experience of stigma”

Nastaran Poorkhorshidi, Sima Zohari Anboohi, Jamile Mohtashami, Hamid Alavi Majd

Autistic children and their family caregivers are impacted widely by the social arrangements, which bring up a variety of problems and make their caregiving duties even…

Suspected feigning of autism in adults: a clinician survey, indications and proposed guidelines

David Murphy, Josephine Grace Broyd

This paper aims to provide a discussion and summary of a clinician survey exploring the experiences of suspected feigned autism.

Assessment and treatment of anxiety in children and adolescents with ASD: a systematic review

Celal Perihan, Mack D. Burke, Lisa Bowman-Perrott, Joel Bocanegra

The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of current studies that assess and treat anxiety symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). More…

The mediating role of parental playfulness on parent–child relationship and competence among parents of children with ASD

Rini Grace Roy, Aneesh Kumar

The difficulties of a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can lead to behaviours that are quite challenging for parents to understand and address. Most of…

The experiences of autistic adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and implications for autism services development

Bettina Riese, Raja A.S. Mukherjee

COVID-19 has been challenging for many in the UK. This is no different to many with autism spectrum disorder. Based on the experiences and issues raised by a small group…

An evaluation of the online post-diagnostic groups facilitated by the autism spectrum condition service at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS

Victoria Anne Hatton, Ming Xuan Lee

Autism spectrum condition (ASC) is a lifelong developmental condition. According to research, it is recommended that those diagnosed with ASC should be offered…

Emotion transformation: a grounded theory for uncovering painful triggers and repairing relational connection for parents of autistic children

Anna Robinson, Ennie Yong

It is often voiced that parents of autistic children are the expert of their child, whereas parenting programmes target them as effective mediators for change. This paper…

Effect of training program on sexual knowledge and social skills of adolescents with high-functioning autism in puberty

Leila Akrami, Mokhtar Malekpour, Salar Faramarzi, Ahmad Abedi

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by repetitive and characteristic patterns of behavior and…

Chemiluminescence analysis of saliva for the assessment of emotional stress in autistic children undergoing a medical examination

Elena Proskurnina, Galina Portnova, Maria Ivanova, Svetlana Sokolova

An electroencephalography (EEG) examination may cause psychological stress in children with autism that can interfere with the examination results. The objective…

The creation of a specializedmedical-dental clinic for adults with developmental disabilities in Montreal, Canada

Melody Blessing Ng, Malvina Klag, Carrie Mazoff, Samantha Sacks, Chantal Czerednikow, Kathryn Borbridge, Terry Broda, Jonathan Lai

There is inadequate health care for patients with developmental disabilities (DD), due to a number of systemic issues. This case study describes the establishment of a…

Health status of people with autism spectrum disorder

Antonio Koceski, Vladimir Trajkovski

The aim of this study is to determine what changes occur in the health status of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to neurotypical controls.

Overlap of anxiety, depression, irritability and aggressiveness in autism spectrum disorder: an exploratory study using cluster analysis

Francois A.M. Jean, Ali Jouni, Manuel P. Bouvard, Guillaume Camelot, Anita Beggiato, Isabelle Scheid, Alexandru Gaman, Celine Bouquet, Myryam Ly-Le Moal, Josselin Houenou, Richard Delorme, Marion Leboyer, Anouck Amestoy

This study aims to explore the overlap between symptoms of depression, anxiety, irritability and aggressiveness in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), to measure specific and…

“We are different, that’s a fact, but they treat us like we’re different-er”: Understandings of autism and adolescent identity development

Sue Mesa, Lorna G. Hamilton

A key development in early adolescence is the active construction of individual identity; for autistic young people, integrating the idea of “being autistic” forms part of…

Portrayals of autism and social awareness: a scoping review

Rosa Fontes, Margarita Pino-Juste

The purpose of this paper is to look at recent trends in scientific literature on the portrayal of autism in published and broadcast media and social awareness of the subject.

Autistic traits in Indian general population and patient group samples: distribution, factor structure, reliability and validity of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient

Asmita Karmakar, Manisha Bhattacharya, Susmita Chatterjee, Atanu Kumar Dogra

The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) is a widely used tool to quantify autistic traits in the general population. This study aims to report the distribution, group…

AAA screening in adults with ASD: a retrospective cohort study

Marios Adamou, Sarah Louise Jones, Stephanie Wetherhill

The Adult Asperger Assessment (AAA), comprising the Autism Questionnaire, the Empathy Quiotient and the Relatives Questionnaire is a commonly used screening tool designed…

Using digital social stories to improve social skills in children with autism: a pilot experimental single-subject study

Mohammed F. Safi, Maitha Alnuaimi, Abdelaziz Sartawi

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face difficulty with educational attainment because of to their inability to interact with others. One intervention that is…

Psychometric properties of the Persian version of social responsiveness scale-second edition (SRS-2)

Navid Mirzakhani Araghi, Mehdi Alizadeh Zarei, Shafagh Saei, Parvin Dibajnia

To quantitatively measure the subtle and general symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), one of the instruments that have been designed and used is the social…