Awareness and knowledge of autism and autism interventions: A general population survey

Dillenburger, Karola; Jordan, Joanne; McKerr, Lyn; Devine, Paula; Keenan, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2013.09.004

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“…The autism knowledge in a health care seting [16], experiences of autism diagnosis [17], lay beliefs, and the role of cultural values [18]. A general population survey assessed autism awareness, knowledge about autism, and perceptions about autism interventions in Northern Ireland using a digital instrument and had similar results to those found in this study [19].…”

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Information and Impression Regarding ASD Questionnaire Answered by Foreigners Living in Brazil

Amato¹,

Molini-Avejonas²,

Varanda³

2017

Advances in Speech-Language Pathology

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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) constitute a group of disorders characterized by changes present at early ages and manifesting in the areas of development of communication, behavior, and interpersonal relationship. Because ASD signiicantly afects communication and the social skills, all multicultural context needs to be beter investigated. There is an urgent need to understand the impact of migratory process, bilingual environment exposure on the language development of children with ASD. The present study aims to present the results of 657 foreign residents in Brazil that answered an online questionnaire to know the consolidated information about ASD. Participants from 23 countries responded to the survey. Bolivia and Argentina were the countries with the highest number of participants. The present study found that 100% of the participants have heard of autism. About 80.6% of the sample had a family member with autism. The sociodemographic diversity identiied in this study relects the sociocultural diversity present in Brazil, besides reinforcing the importance of considering this population when thinking about strategies and behaviors directed at individuals with ASD.

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confidence: 58%

Information and Impression Regarding ASD Questionnaire Answered by Foreigners Living in Brazil

Amato¹,

Molini-Avejonas²,

Varanda³

2017

Advances in Speech-Language Pathology

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“…However, as such our results which may be considered reasonable are less than the 80% and 100% reported for Northern Ireland, and France respectively. 7,10 The majority of respondents believed that family history increases the risk of developing child autism. However, similarly high percentage of participants disagreed with the statements that poor parenting, vaccination and environmental factors are causes of autism.…”

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“…[4][5][6] Awareness has been suggested to be a reason among others that contributed to the increased prevalence of ASD. 7 Various studies reported different levels of awareness. General population surveys in Northern Ireland reported that 82% of the public have heard of autism while in UK a 92% of the public exhibited awareness of autism.…”

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“…General population surveys in Northern Ireland reported that 82% of the public have heard of autism while in UK a 92% of the public exhibited awareness of autism. 7,8 The high level of awareness in the first study has been claimed to be a reflection of the fact that nearly two thirds of the sample had a family member with autism or knew someone with autism in their wider social circle. 7 The objective of this preliminary study was to assess the knowledge of childhood autism among university students in United Arab Emirates.…”

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Childhood autism: knowledge and perception among university students in United Arab Emirates

Sharif

Bughaigis

Salah

et al. 2016

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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“…While the level of awareness of autism within the general population has recently been reported to be high (Dillenburger, Jordan, McKerr, Devine, & Keenan, 2013), aspects of public perceptions of autism can be negative and inaccurate (Huws & Jones, 2010). Negative behaviour towards autistic people is also prevalent -bullying is widely reported (Humphrey & Lewis, 2008;Huws & Jones, 2008).…”

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Students’ Stereotypes of Autism

Wood

Freeth

2016

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This research aimed to ascertain the contents (Study 1) and valence (Study 2) of the stereotype associated with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) in university students. Study 1 used a free-response methodology where participants listed the characteristics that they thought society associates with individuals with ASC. This study revealed that the stereotypic traits most frequently reported by students without personal experience of ASC were poor social skills, being introverted and withdrawn, poor communication and difficult personality or behaviour. Study 2 had participants rate the valence of the 10 most frequently mentioned stereotypic traits identified in Study 1, along with additional traits frequently used to describe disabled and non-disabled people. This study found that eight of the ten most frequently listed stereotypic traits from Study 1 were seen as negative, and were rated significantly more negatively than traits used to describe non-disabled people. The knowledge of the contents and valence of the stereotype of ASC gained from this research can be used to tackle negative aspects of this stereotype.

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Awareness and knowledge of autism and autism interventions: A general population survey

Cited by 100 publications

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Information and Impression Regarding ASD Questionnaire Answered by Foreigners Living in Brazil

Information and Impression Regarding ASD Questionnaire Answered by Foreigners Living in Brazil

Childhood autism: knowledge and perception among university students in United Arab Emirates

Students’ Stereotypes of Autism

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