Mental health challenges faced by autistic people

MC Lai - Nature Human Behaviour, 2023 - nature.com
Mental health challenges impede the well-being of autistic people. This Review outlines
contributing neurodevelopmental and physical health conditions, rates and developmental …

Special education for students with autism during the COVID-19 pandemic:“Each day brings new challenges”

S Hurwitz, B Garman-McClaine, K Carlock - Autism, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disrupted how educators provided supports and services
for students with autism spectrum disorder. School closures and related pivoting between …

Interventions for sensory over-responsivity in individuals with autism Spectrum disorder: a narrative review

HL Yuan, CYY Lai, MNK Wong, TC Kwong, YS Choy… - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often exhibit sensory over-responsivity
(SOR), which is characterized by an overwhelmingly negative reaction to or avoidance of …

[HTML][HTML] Emotional problems in preschool and school-aged children with neurodevelopmental disorders in Spain: EPINED epidemiological project

P Morales-Hidalgo, N Voltas-Moreso… - Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) are often at risk of
developing emotional problems. Aims and methods The co-occurrence of anxiety and …

The relationship between sensory reactivity, intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety subtypes in preschool-age autistic children

K MacLennan, T Rossow, T Tavassoli - Autism, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Sensory reactivity differences are a diagnostic criterion of autism. Sensory hyperreactivity
has been linked to intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety in autistic children. However …

A longitudinal comparison of emotional, behavioral and attention problems in autistic and typically developing children

N Wright, V Courchesne, A Pickles, R Bedford… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
BackgroundMental health problems are elevated in autistic individuals but there is limited
evidence on the developmental course of problems across childhood. We compare the level …

Distinct social attention profiles in preschoolers with autism contrasted to fragile X syndrome

CA Wall, F Shic, S Varanasi, JE Roberts - Autism Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Social attention is a critical skill for learning and development. Social attention difficulties are
present in both non‐syndromic autism spectrum disorder (nsASD) and fragile X syndrome …

Changes in the severity of autism symptom domains are related to mental health challenges during middle childhood

E Waizbard-Bartov, E Ferrer, B Heath, DS Andrews… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Many autistic children experience changes in core symptom severity across middle
childhood, when co-occurring mental health conditions emerge. We evaluated this …

A multidimensional investigation of the relationship between skin-mediated somatosensory signals, emotion regulation and behavior problems in autistic children

I Riquelme, SM Hatem, Á Sabater-Gárriz… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Autistic children may have abnormal sensory perception, emotion dysregulation
and behavior problems. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the relationship …

Measures of tonic and phasic activity of the locus coeruleus—norepinephrine system in children with autism spectrum disorder: An event‐related potential and …

Y Kim, G Kadlaskar, RMN Keehn, B Keehn - Autism Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of research suggests that locus coeruleus‐norepinephrine (LC‐NE) system
may function differently in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Understanding …