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Objective – Identify and describe parents’ strategies used to support mealtime participation for their child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Title: Sensory Subtypes and Associated Outcomes in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Legend: Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale 2nd Edition- adaptive behavior composite score, domains, and maladaptive score by sensory subtype (Mild Subtype, Sensitive-Distressed Subtype, Attenuated-Preoccupied Subtype, and Extreme-Mixed Subtype). Parenting Stress Index 3rd Edition, Short Form- total score, parental distress, difficult child, and parent/child dysfunctional …
Title: Sensory subtypes in children with autism using a latent profile transition analysis Legend: Four clinically distinct and homogeneous sensory subtypes were found to characterize children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a large longitudinal national sample and also shown to be stable (91%) over one year. The Mild Subtype (N = 308, 29%) described …
For many families, the occasional evening out for dinner at a restaurant is an enjoyable treat. But for parents who care for children with autism, the notion of eating out can be panic inducing. “We did not eat out at a restaurant until my daughter was 7 or 8 years old,” says Karl Pierick, whose …
