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Sarah M. Furnier; Susan Ellis Weismer; Eric Rubenstein; Ronald Gangnon; Steven Rosenberg; Cy Nadler; Lisa D. Wiggins; Maureen S. Durkin – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
We examined relationships between measures of adaptive behavior, cognitive ability, and autism symptom severity in 1458 preschool-aged children with autism from the Study to Explore Early Development. While publications commonly describe autistic children as "low-" or "high-functioning" based on cognitive ability, relying…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cognitive Ability, Adjustment (to Environment), Severity (of Disability)
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Soke, Gnakub Norbert; Rosenberg, Steven A.; Rosenberg, Cordelia Robinson; Vasa, Roma A.; Lee, Li-Ching; DiGuiseppi, Carolyn – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
We assessed potential factors associated with "current" or "ever" self-injurious behaviors, reported in the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, among children with autism spectrum disorder (n = 692) from the Study to Explore Early Development. Data on factors examined were obtained from questionnaires, standardized clinical…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Developmental Disabilities
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Hudepohl, Margaret B.; Robins, Diana L.; King, Tricia Z.; Henrich, Christopher C. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Cognitive functioning has historically been used to predict adaptive outcomes of people with autism spectrum disorders; however, research shows that it is not a complete predictor. The current study explored whether emotion perception was a predictor of adaptive outcomes, and more specifically, hypothesized that emotion perception (Diagnostic…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Coping, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders