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The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group Intervention (Navigator ACT) for Parents of Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High levels of parental stress and psychological inflexibility are common among caregivers raising children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Navigator ACT is a group‐based treatment developed to increase psychological flexibility and reduce the impact of stress among parents of children with various disabilities (e.g., autism spectrum ...
T. Holmberg Bergman, P. Lappalainen, A. Ghaderi, T. Hirvikoski   +3 more
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Atypical Predictive Processing Is Associated With Sensory Over‐Responsivity in Autism

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autism is characterized by sensory processing atypicalities including sensory over‐responsivity (SOR), a heightened negative response to sensory stimuli. Although the neural mechanisms underlying SOR are not fully understood, SOR has been associated with sensory‐limbic hyper‐reactivity during sensory stimulation.
Bar Yosef, Valerie Burgess, Megan Banchik, Joshua Ceballos, Mirella Dapretto, Shulamite Green   +5 more
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Apraxia and autism spectrum disorder ASD

Revista Română de Terapia Tulburărilor de Limbaj şi Comunicare, 2022
This article, Apraxia and autism spectrum disorder focuses on detailing apraxia symptomatology with the main elements of this pathology. In the first part of the article terminology is approached, distinguishing between apraxia and dyspraxia. In the second part of the article the main symptomatology apraxia features are discussed and afterward they are
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Informational and Normative Influence on Conformity in Autism

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This preregistered study examined whether adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show reduced social conformity and whether any such reduction depends on the type of social influence. Social conformity—the tendency to adjust one's judgments to align with those of others—is typically driven by normative (acceptance‐seeking) and ...
Akiko Kobayashi, Takuya Makino, Yuka Mizuno, Hirotaka Kosaka, Keise Izuma   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Ongoing Task Load Influence Prospective Remembering in Autism Spectrum Disorders?

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prospective memory (PM) refers to the cognitive ability to remember to carry out intended actions in the future. The present study investigated PM performance in autistic and non‐autistic adults as well as the impact of the cognitive load of the ongoing task on PM performance.
Daniela Nürnberg, Mareike Altgassen
wiley   +1 more source

Autism Spectrum Disorder Categories and Social Responsiveness among Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2022
Introduction: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication.
Akanksha Roy, Farhaat Jahan
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Nature as a healer for autistic children

Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2019
The reason of many symptoms of autistic children is sensory integration, it is the power to understand, organize and feel sensory data from the environment and body.
Hadeer Abd-El-Razak Barakat, Ali Bakr, Zeyad El-Sayad   +2 more
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Lower Striatal and Cortical Calretinin Interneuron Density Associated With Altered Social Behavior in Cntnap2 Knockout Mice

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Variants in the CNTNAP2 gene, encoding the cell adhesion molecule CASPR2, have been identified as genetic risk factors for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the mechanisms through which CNTNAP2 dysfunction alters circuit function remain unknown.
Krisztina Sáfár, Vivien Szendi, Paulina Hoppa, Yutong Wang, Fanni Á. Seres, Szilvia Bartók, Tyler Teadora, Lei Shi, Árpád Dobolyi, Gina Puska, István Adorján   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of ADOS‐2 scores in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder

PCN Reports
Aim Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms persist significantly into adulthood; however, only a few studies have examined the overlap between ADHD and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms in adults.
Yoichi Hanawa, Wakaho Hayashi, Dan Nakamura, Hirohisa Suzuki, Keisuke Aoyagi, Yuriko Iwami, Misato Yamauchi, Shizuka Seki, Akira Iwanami   +8 more
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Beyond the Outburst: Charting a New Frontier for Understanding and Treating Irritability in Autistic Adults

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Irritability is a prevalent and impairing feature associated with autism, yet remains poorly understood, particularly in adults. Drawing heavily on insights translated from pediatric and transdiagnostic literatures, we propose that irritability in autistic individuals often reflects a psychophysiological stress or threat response, rooted in a ...
Hsiang‐Yuan Lin, Arthur N. Westover, Amy S. F. Lutz, Manish K. Jha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source