Objective: This is an unconventional manuscript that attempts to outline a theory of caetextia for adults with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), based on hemispheric dominance due to impaired parallel processing. To take context into consideration, a person must be able to concentrate on and ...
Lau WY, Kelly AB, Peterson CC (2013) Further evidence on the factorial structure of the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) for adults with and without a clinical diagnosis of autism. J Autism Dev Disord 43(12):2807–2815 PubMed Google Scholar Cuccaro ML et al (2003) Factor analysis of restr...
AQ Adult – Autism Spectrum Quotient – 50 items EQ – Adolescent Adolescent Empathy Quotient (EQ ) SQ Adult Systemizing Quotient (SQ) RMET Child Reading The Mind In The Eyes Test Child RMET Adult Reading The Mind In The Eyes Test Adult ...
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterised by social-communication difficulties and restrictive and repetitive patterns of behaviour1. In addition to core ASD symptoms, a large body of research has focused on the associations between ASD and mental health problems, particularly internalising disorder...
(General population (GP) partici- pants, red line; total score range: 25–46; mean total score: 33 (s.d. = 5.4)) and in 24 adults with a confirmed autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis (ASD participants, blue line; total score range: 37–66; mean total score: 50 (s.d. = ...
There is a general lack of information about the economic impact of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), particularly regarding adults and those with high-functioning ASD. In this study, the societal economic consequences of ASD were investigated using a sample of young high-functioning adults in need...
A widely used measure of autistic traits is the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ; Baron-Cohen et al.2001) which was developed to provide a brief, self-report measure of autistic traits for use with adults, rather than for use as a diagnostic tool. When the AQ was initially developed, individua...
problems.) Accurate and in-depth information in this domain, especially concerning autistic girls/women, is essential to the provision of comprehensive and sex- and gender-sensitive health care and is important for elucidating clinically useful subgroups within the autism spectrum. In view of this, ...
We examined to what extent increased parent reports of autistic traits in some children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are the result of ADHD-related symptoms or qualitatively similar to the core characteristics of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Results confirm the presence of ...
This longitudinal study compares trajectories of depressive symptoms from ages 10 to 18 years for children with or without autism spectrum disorders and