... with a speech and language disorder. A survey designed to assess perceived stigma was implemented to accumulate data. A comparison was conducted using Kruskal-Wallis and correlation analysis. Results: Parents with children with autism experienced the greatest level of perceived stigma, followed by parents...

...Christine Holyfield; Tara O’Neill Zimmerman; Stephen MacNeil; Nicolette Sammarco Caldwell; Parth Patel; Brenna Griffen; Elizabeth Lorah; Eduard Dragut; Slobodan Vucetic Introduction: Social participation for emerging symbolic communicators on the autism spectrum is often restricted. This is due...

...Yvette Hus; Osnat Segal Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) entails varied developmental pathways along the entire lifespan, demanding early and ongoing diverse and responsive interventions to children’s needs. This study examined in situ education and development attained by children...

...Katandria Love Johnson Objectives: Few, evidence-based programs have been developed to prepare social skills for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) transitioning to the workplace or college setting. This article describes a pilot curriculum developed for Tarrant County College (TCC...

...Skye Nandi Adams; Attiya Dadabhay; Joanne Neille Objectives: To explore the experiences of mothers feeding their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in South Africa as well as to better understand the impact of context and culture on feeding disorders. Participants and Methods...

...Carol Westby Background: Research is increasingly raising concerns regarding the negative consequences of children’s use of screens. Summary: This article reviews the literature on the benefits and risks of screen time with attention to explaining possible reasons that children with autism are more...

...Lara Emilia Mendonsa; Shivani Tiwari Background: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are significant team members in the identification, assessment, and rehabilitation of children with autism. With a recent upsurge in the number of children with autism, there arises a need to examine SLPs knowledge...

...Marleen Westerveld; Anne K. van Bysterveldt Aims: This exploratory study investigated if there were differences in the home literacy environment of preschool children on the autism spectrum and preschool children with Down syndrome to determine if the home literacy environment may potentially...

...Gail Gillon; Yvette Hyter; Fernanda Dreux Fernandes; Sara Ferman; Yvette Hus; Kakia Petinou; Osnat Segal; Tatjana Tumanova; Ioannis Vogindroukas; Carol Westby; Marleen Westerveld Objective: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental impairment. To better understand the role...

...Yvette Hyter; Ioannis Vogindroukas; Evripidis-Nikolaos Chelas; Konstantinos Paparizos; Eleni Kivrakidou; Vasiliki Kaloudi Objective: A social pragmatic communication disorder is one of the primary characteristics of children with autism. Although several measures of pragmatics and social...

...Ingrid Ya I. Sun; Cristina Andrade Varanda; Fernanda Dreux Fernandes Aims: Identifying effective methods for stimulating language and communication of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is fundamental to the effective use of available resources to support these children. This pilot study...

... of functional networks are expected to accompany such a neurodevelopmental disorder. The aim of this study was to delineate the brain neuroanatomical changes in Egyptian children with autism and to compare them with previous studies in order to add more insight into the global brain imaging deviations linked...

...Tony Charman Over the past decade our understanding of early social communication development in young children with autism has undergone a remarkable change. We now know something about how young children with autism process the social world in a very different way from typical children. This has...