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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"autism diagnosis"”.
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Essays in the sociology of autism diagnosis
… and organizational processes that influence the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The diagnosis of ASD, as a research setting, presents a number of empirical puzzles which I investigate using organizational, economic and medical sociology and which generate theoretical insights with …
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The contribution of child psychotherapists within a specialist CAMHS and autism assessment service.
… the child has or is identified at-risk of an autism diagnosis. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six psychotherapists working within a specialist CAMHS and autism assessment service. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and the transcripts were analysed using thematic …
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What Do You Mean I Have Autism? Perspectives of the Impact and Lived Experiences of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum Being Uninformed of Their Diagnosis
Autism (spectrum disorder) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a range of qualitative impairments in social communication across various settings as well as restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviours, interests, or activities. Many autistic individuals go through the diagnostic …
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The Production of Autism Diagnoses within an Institutional Network: Towards a Theory of Diagnosis
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in verbal and nonverbal communication and socialization, and behaviors that are restricted and repetitive in nature. As there is no cure, inherent in an autism diagnosis is a high degree of uncertainty, and prognosis is highly …
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Navigating ‘normal’: the writing lives of students on the spectrum
… appropriate times and places to disclose their autism diagnosis, and sophisticated rhetorical techniques for managing stigma and meeting their needs as learners in classrooms devoid of helpful accommodations. In pursuit of inclusivity, I call for writing classroom practices that decenter …
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Scrambling for Care: Autism in Rural America
The path to autism diagnosis and intervention has always been arduous, but families in small towns with limited access to healthcare services are at a much greater disadvantage. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the surge in virtual services for autism has offered clinicians and researchers a unique …
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The Effect of a Lag Schedule of Reinforcement on Variability in Toy Play in Children with Autism
… formations built by children diagnosed with autism. Napolitano, Smith, Zarcone, Goodkin and McAdam (2010), and Miller (1012) found that a lag schedule of reinforcement increased the variety of block formations built by children diagnosed with autism, both studies used the discriminative …
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Production and Comprehension of Mental State Verbs in Narratives by School-Aged Children with Autism: A Pilot Study
… question was: how do school-aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) generate, retell, and understand MSVs? Participants included four school-aged children with ASD. All participants were monolingual, native English speakers; hearing within normal limits; nonverbal cognition within …
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Using Brain Topological Features Extracted from Resting State fMRI to Classify Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disease manifesting in early childhood and hindering the social and behavioral outlooks of individuals suffering from it. Early identification of this disorder leads to better patient outcome. Many imaging studies have been conducted in order to …
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Discourses in Autism Assessment and Diagnosis
… when a child is assessed and diagnosed with autism. The main focus is on the parents’ meaning-making in recognition of the investment parents have in the topic. It also takes an anti-discriminatory and emancipatory standpoint in recognition of the relative lack of voice parents are awarded in …
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A Mixed-Method Study Exploring the Experiences of Adults with Autism and Co-existing Mental Health Disorder(s), and Professionals' Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Adults with autism are at high risk of experiencing mental health difficulties. It is therefore surprising that very little is known about the needs and experiences of this population in relation to accessing adult mental health services. This study had three aims: (1) to explore the needs and …
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Self-identity insecurity in autistic masking
Individuals with autism often report having difficulties with their sense of self, using terms such as identity crisis and imposter syndrome in relation to their autism diagnosis. To build an understanding of challenged self-identity and the role of masking experienced by those with autism we …
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Using Idiomatic Expressions as a Stimulus for Art Therapy with Adolescents With Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism
… with either Asperger's or High-Functioning Autism diagnosis. The goal of the group is for the participants to better understand their collective experience as individuals with life-long diagnoses of either Asperger's or High-Functioning Autism and promote empathy and understanding of their …
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Adult Independent Living Outcomes for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders
<p>Young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) may benefit from lifelong residential, independent living. Often residential housing for persons with ASDs, other than those isolated in the family home, is institutional in nature. The purpose of this research is to identify aspects of a …
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Social camouflaging and mental health in adolescence: differences by sex and diagnosis
… to 1) compare levels of camouflaging by sex and diagnosis in autistic and neurotypical adolescents and 2) to examine age, sex, autism diagnosis, and camouflaging as predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress levels in autistic and non-autistic adolescents. The first study found that females …
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Parental Age at Conception: An Examination of Risk Factors Related to Autism Severity and Comorbid Psychopathology
… the continuing increase in the prevalence of autism worldwide and have speculated on the potential causes of that increase. One theory that suggests at least a contributory effect is the general trend for parents to have children at later ages. Previous research has begun to examine the …
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Neuromuscular Deficits Associated With KMT5B Haploinsufficiency in Mice
… disorder risk and correlated to an autism diagnosis in patients. Patient symptoms include hallmark autism phenotypes along with additional symptoms such as seizures and motor deficits. These motor deficits are characterized as hypotonia and motor delay. Kmt5b already has a known role …
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Experiences of Parents of Emergent Bilingual Children Facing Autism Inquiry
… deficits are the main diagnostic criteria of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Parents’ perspectives on their children’s SC/I, including language skills, were rarely considered in the ASD evaluation. Informed by sociocultural theory (Vygotsky,1993), translanguaging (Garcia, 2009), and the …
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A grounded theory exploration of how young autistic adults assigned female at Birth (AFAB) make meaning of friendships
… experiences, they remain underrepresented in autism due to historical diagnostic discrepancies. This study aims to address this gap by exploring how autistic AFAB individuals make meaning of their friendships, an area that is relatively unexplored. Using a constructivist grounded theory …
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"""I was like 'oh my God, los dos'"": Code-switching in conversations with a bilingual adult on the autism spectrum"
Faced with an autism diagnosis, parents from ethnolinguistic minorities and the professionals who serve them often experience concerns about the suitability and viability of raising autistic children to be bilingual (Angulo-Jiménez, 2018; Lund et al., 2017; Yu, 2018). They fear that exposing these …
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