Discusses the potential effectiveness of social skills groups for adults with autism and Asperger syndrome. Previous reports of social skills training; Description of a social skills group held at a hospital in London, England; Goal of the group to provide participants with a better understanding of...
We investigated differences in visual attention during activity monitoring in children and adult participants with autism compared to a control group of participants without autism. Methods Eye movements of participants with autism (n = 122; mean age [SD] = 14.5 [8.0] years) and typically...
Molecular Autism Home About Articles Submission Guidelines Submit manuscript Research Open access Published: 19 October 2020 Social attention to activities in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder: effects of context and age Dzmitry A. Kaliukhovich, Nikolay V. Manyakov, Abigail ...
Despite the psychosocial difficulties common among young adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), little to no evidence-based social skills interventio
As many have recently discovered, social connections are vital to a person's wellbeing. While social isolation is a core challenge associated with autism, researchers from Drexel University's A.J. Drexel Autism Institute have laid the groundwork to show
Autism is a lifelong developmental disorder, referred to as a 'spectrum condition' since some people with autism have profound difficulties and require specialist support, while others live largely independent lives. Autism: Improving access to social care for adults. Available from: https://www....
autism spectrum disorderintellectual disabilitiesmental health servicesThere is little information on the mental health needs of adults with intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Such evidence is much needed for the development of more effective mental health services for this...
Through her work as a clinical psychologist 15 years ago, Micah Mazurek first became interested in understanding the role of technology in the lives of teens and adults on the autism spectrum. At the time,online gamingwas growing in popularity, and many of the teens she worked with were espec...
Josephine,BarbaroCheryl,Dissanayake - 《Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders》 被引量: 55发表: 2007年 [Social skills training groups for children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome: A review]. Andanson J, Pourre F, Maffre T, Raynaud JP: Social skills training groups for children and...
In order to screen for global level of autism symptom severity, the Dutch self-report version of the Social Responsiveness Scale for Adults (SRS-A; Constantino and Todd 2005) was administered to all participants. An additional exclusion criterion for both groups was an Intelligence Quotient (IQ)...