Staying over-optimistic about the future: Uncovering attentional biases to climate change messages is 'optimism bias', where individuals overestimate the likelihood of positive events happening to them and underestimate the likelihood of negative events. Ev... G Beattie,M Marselle,L Mcguire,... - ...
The wide range of intellectual and language skills associated with autism was highlighted in Lorna Wing’s article (1981), “Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account”. This described a group of individuals, many of whom were adults, who, despite showing the core symptoms of autism were of at...
Autism spectrum disorder and separation anxiety are becoming more widely recognized, leading to a better understanding of the challenges they present. Separation anxiety often accompanies autism, causing intense stress when familiar people or environments change....
High levels of anxiety are common and prevent these children from learning, coping with change, and participating in family and community activities. The anxiety associated with autism is likely to persist into adult life.25 Children with autism are also likely to suffer from depression, ...
Persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or intellectual disability (ID) have difficulties in planning, organising and coping with change, which impedes the learning of daily living skills (DLSs), social participation and self-management across different environmental settings. Assistive ...
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Children with level 2 autism have more obvious verbal and non-verbal communication issues. Another hallmark of level 2 autism spectrum disorder is engaging in repetitive behavior. Additionally, children with level 2 autism are challenged by changes in routine and coping with deviating. ...
Behavioral therapy is an umbrella term for different techniques used to change maladaptive or "undesirable" behaviors or skills. Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the main behavior therapy associated with autism. Behavioral therapy and ABA have been critiqued by autistic self-advocates and mental hea...
Autistic people and transgender/gender diverse people experience poorer healthcare experiences and greater risk of diagnosed, suspected, and assessment recommended health conditions, compared to non-autistic and cisgender individuals, respectively. Despi