Caregiver Perspectives on Unintentional Injury Risk in Children With an Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cavalari, Rachel N. S.; Romanczyk, Raymond G.

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2011.07.013

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“…These teachers indicated safety skills instruction for children whit mild autism is appropriate and easy, whereas the same type of instruction becomes more difficult for children with severe ASD. Calavari and Romanczyk (2012) indicated the risk of injury in the home is lower in children with ASD who have receptive and expressive language skills while there is a higher risk for those children with moderate to severe autism. On the other hand it is quite interesting that none of the teachers mentioned about the possibility of teaching safety skills using evidence-based practices.…”

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“…Many children each year face the risk of injury, lost or death due to unintentional accidents (i.e., crossing the street, abduction, electric shock; Bergstrom et al 2012;Istre et al 2002;Phelan et al 2001;Runyan et al 2005;Tinsworth and McDonald 2001) as well as intentional accidents (i.e., physical and sexual abuse; Clees and Gast 1994;Dixon et al 2010;Pereda et al 2009). Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities face two to three times the risk of injury or abuse compared with those of their same age peers in the general population (Agran and Krump 2010;Calavari and Romanczyk 2012;Koller 2000;Lee et al 2008;McEachern 2012;Strickland et al 2007;Volkmar and Wiesner 2009;Yildirim-Sari and Girli 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Calavari and Romanczyk (2012) investigated the perspectives of 79 caregivers (both parents and service providers) regarding the risk of unintentional injury in children with ASD. Results showed children with ASD exhibit a higher rate of risk-taking behaviors.…”

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Opinions of Turkish Parents and Teachers About Safety Skills Instruction to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Investigation

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2016

J Autism Dev Disord

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Safety skills instruction should be regarded as one of the important teaching areas. A descriptive study was designed to reveal the opinions of Turkish parents and teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders regarding safety skills instruction. Data were collected through interview and analyzed descriptively. Findings showed that (a) both parents and teachers were able to define safety skills, (b) they found safety skills instruction important and necessary, (c) rather than providing systematic instruction they use natural occurrences as teaching opportunities and prevention behaviors, (d) parents have never had a conversation with teachers about safety skills instruction, and (e) neither parents nor teachers have enough knowledge and experience for teaching safety skills. Implications for implementing safety training are discussed.

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Opinions of Turkish Parents and Teachers About Safety Skills Instruction to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Investigation

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“…However, there were several incidents in which parents felt that their suggestions on how to meet their child's needs were ignored. Given the challenges individuals with ASD might face in the emergency situations due to communication difficulties, sensitivity to overstimulating environments,4 22 and complex psychiatric and medical presentations,6 7 23 proactive care plan tools may be especially important. Another study found that not having a care plan predicted ED use in adults with intellectual disability 13.…”

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“…It has been reported that mental health issues account for 13% of ED visits among children with ASD,4 with over 10% of youth with ASD experiencing at least one psychiatric hospitalisation before the age of 21 5. Individuals with ASD are also known to have higher rates of comorbid medical disorders (such as seizures and gastrointestinal problems),6 sustain more frequent injuries than typically developing peers,7 and have a higher risk of having medical emergencies that require hospital treatment 8. However, because of the socio-communicative impairments associated with ASD, differentiating between medical and psychiatric causes of behaviour is a significant challenge in these patients.…”

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Predictors of emergency service use in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder living with family

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Assessment of medical morbidities in a rhesus monkey model of naturally occurring low sociality

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People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit a variety of medical morbidities at significantly higher rates than the general population. Using an established monkey model of naturally occurring low sociality, we investigated whether lowsocial monkeys show an increased burden of medical morbidities compared to their high-social counterparts. We systematically reviewed the medical records of N = 152 (n = 73 low-social; n = 79 high-social) rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) to assess the number of traumatic injury, gastrointestinal, and inflammatory events, as well as the presence of rare medical conditions. Subjects' nonsocial scores, determined by the frequency they were observed in a nonsocial state (i.e., alone), and macaque Social Responsiveness Scale-Revised (mSRS-R) scores were also used to test whether individual differences in social functioning were related to medical morbidity burden. Medical morbidity type significantly differed by group, such that low-social monkeys incurred higher rates of traumatic injury compared to high-social monkeys. Nonsocial scores and mSRS-R scores also significantly and positively predicted traumatic injury rates, indicating that monkeys with the greatest social impairment were most impacted on this health measure. These findings from low-social monkeys are consistent with welldocumented evidence that people with ASD incur a greater number of traumatic injuries and receive more peer bullying than their neurotypical peers, and add to growing evidence for the face validity of this primate model. Lay Summary: People with autism exhibit multiple medical problems at higher rates than the general population. We conducted a comprehensive medical record review of monkeys that naturally exhibit differences in sociality and found that low-social monkeys are more susceptible to traumatic injuries than high-social monkeys. These results are consistent with reports that people with autism also incur greater traumatic injury and peer bullying and add to growing evidence for the validity of this monkey model.

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Caregiver Perspectives on Unintentional Injury Risk in Children With an Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cited by 29 publications

References 26 publications

Opinions of Turkish Parents and Teachers About Safety Skills Instruction to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Investigation

Opinions of Turkish Parents and Teachers About Safety Skills Instruction to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Investigation

Predictors of emergency service use in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder living with family

Assessment of medical morbidities in a rhesus monkey model of naturally occurring low sociality

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