Profound concerns about “profound autism”: Dangers of severity scales and functioning labels for support needs

SK Kapp - Education Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recently the Lancet published a Commission on the future of care and clinical research of
autism, which included a side panel arguing for the adoption of “profound autism”, a term in …

A systematic review and meta-synthesis on perspectives of autistic young people and their parents on psychological well-being

K Cooper, S Kumarendran, M Barona - Clinical Psychology Review, 2024 - Elsevier
Autistic adolescents are at increased risk of developing mental health problems. Improving
psychological well-being could reduce the likelihood of such problems developing …

Autism severity and its relationship to disability

E Waizbard‐Bartov, D Fein, C Lord… - Autism …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Autism severity is currently defined and measured based exclusively on the severity levels of
the two core symptom domains: social‐communication and restricted or repetitive patterns of …

Community member views on autism intervention: Effects of closeness to autistic people with intellectual disabilities and nonspeaking autistic people

L Hersh, P Dwyer, SK Kapp, S Shevchuk-Hill… - Autism in …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Background: Controversy regarding the neurodiversity movement (NDM), the social and
medical models of disability, autism intervention goals, and causal attributions of disability …

Associations between social activities and depressive symptoms in adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder: Testing the indirect effects of …

RE Adams, L Lampinen, S Zheng, V Sullivan… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
To better understand the associations between social activities and depressive symptoms in
adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder, this study utilized …

Telehealth pivotal response treatment parent training: A pilot study

RK Schuck, KL Berquist, A Geng, CM Ardel… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility, benefits, and acceptability of a
telehealth Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) parent training program. Autistic children (N …

What We Know and Do Not Know About Camouflaging, Impression Management, and Mental Health and Wellbeing in Autistic People

V Khudiakova, M Alexandrovsky, W Ai… - Autism …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Camouflaging is an impression management strategy employed by some autistic people,
widely seen as a response to the pervasive stigma surrounding autism in society. Autistic …

“I have to charge my social battery”: Perspectives from autistic young adults on Quality of Life

E Øverland, ÅL Hauge, S Orm, MG Øie, EW Skogli… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Several studies report on lower quality of life for autistic people when compared to non-
autistic people. However, there are ongoing discussions about the conceptualization of …

Trajectories of positive affect in autistic individuals during the transition to adulthood

JB McCauley, EB Clarke, HK Schiltz, C Lord - Autism, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Longitudinal analyses have revealed informative patterns about health, mental health,
adaptive skills, autism symptoms, and social skills during the transition to adulthood for …

SPAN-ASD: Pilot implementation to promote functional goals of autistic adolescents and young adults

E Yaar, E Gal, G Bedell, L Lamash - Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose This concurrent embedded-design study evaluated the initial efficacy of the Social
Participation and Navigation (SPAN-ASD) remote intervention for autistic adolescents and …