Background Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are characterised by impairments in
communication and reciprocal social interaction. These impairments can impact on …

Background Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to use
healthcare than their counterparts without disabilities, which imposes high medical costs to …

Recently, the identification and detection of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
has become an essential issue under ASD intervention services. The high percentage of …

Background For families of typically developing children, extremes of family cohesion
(enmeshed and disengaged) and flexibility (rigid and chaotic) are associated with negative …

This paper discusses different frameworks for understanding imagination and metaphor in
the context of research on the imaginative skills of children with autism spectrum disorder …

Family therapy improves communication between autistic people and their families. It
introduces a relational perspective to the individualizing discourse of autism. Accounts of …

This study utilized a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design in understanding the
secondary system of therapeutic alliance from the perspectives of parents and caregivers of …

Objective: To evaluate data on the preliminary efficacy of and collect participant feedback
about the Maximizing Adolescent Post-Secondary Success (MAPSS) intervention. Design …

Parenting is almost always a lifelong role, and that is especially true for parents of children
with IDD who may continue as caregivers of their adult offspring into their own old age. In …

Prior research on autistic sibling relationship quality largely ignored autistic sibling
perspectives. Researchers continue to prioritize allistic (non-autistic) siblings' notions of …