Brain mechanisms supporting flexible cognition and behavior in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

LQ Uddin - Biological Psychiatry, 2021 - Elsevier
Cognitive flexibility enables appropriate responses to a changing environment and is
associated with positive life outcomes. Adolescence, with its increased focus on transitioning …

Video games for children and adolescents with special educational needs

K Durkin, J Boyle, S Hunter… - Zeitschrift für …, 2015 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Almost all children play video games at some point and many play regularly. Not only are
games ubiquitous in children's leisure environments but the motivational and skill …

Being versus appearing socially uninterested: Challenging assumptions about social motivation in autism

VK Jaswal, N Akhtar - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2019 - cambridge.org
Progress in psychological science can be limited by a number of factors, not least of which
are the starting assumptions of scientists themselves. We believe that some influential …

Effects of autism acceptance training on explicit and implicit biases toward autism

DR Jones, KM DeBrabander, NJ Sasson - Autism, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Non-autistic adults often hold explicit and implicit biases toward autism that contribute to
personal and professional challenges for autistic people. Although previous research …

Higher education experiences of students with autism spectrum disorder: Challenges, benefits and support needs

V Van Hees, T Moyson, H Roeyers - Journal of autism and developmental …, 2015 - Springer
The transition into higher education constitutes a precarious life stage for students with
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Research on how students with ASD navigate college life …

Changing college students' conceptions of autism: An online training to increase knowledge and decrease stigma

K Gillespie-Lynch, PJ Brooks, F Someki… - Journal of autism and …, 2015 - Springer
College students with autism may be negatively impacted by lack of understanding about
autism on college campuses. Thus, we developed an online training to improve knowledge …

Autism goes to college: Understanding the needs of a student population on the rise

R Elias, SW White - Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018 - Springer
Understanding the needs of adolescents and emerging adults with Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD) with respect to transition to postsecondary education is critical to …

Autism and accommodations in higher education: Insights from the autism community

JC Sarrett - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018 - Springer
This article builds on the growing body of research on higher education for autistic students
by soliciting input from autistic adults on their higher education experiences and suggestions …

“For a long time our voices have been hushed”: Using student perspectives to develop supports for neurodiverse college students

K Gillespie-Lynch, D Bublitz, A Donachie… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Although the challenges that autistic students face adapting to college are often
pronounced, they are similar to the challenges that students with other disabilities face (eg …

Designing a summer transition program for incoming and current college students on the autism spectrum: A participatory approach

E Hotez, C Shane-Simpson, R Obeid… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) face unique challenges transitioning from
high school to college and receive insufficient support to help them navigate this transition …