Autism

Papers
(The TQCC of Autism is 11. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Magnitude representation of preschool children with autism spectrum condition194
Corrigendum to “Self-compassion, mental health, and parenting: Comparing parents of autistic and non-autistic children”141
A more holistic approach to autism using the International Classification of Functioning: The why, what, and how of functioning134
Reduced P300 amplitude in children and adolescents with autism is associated with slowed processing speed, executive difficulties, and social-communication problems123
Short report on navigating access to care for Medicaid-enrolled autistic youth and young adults: Examining accrual of intellectual disability diagnoses in adolescence102
Trajectories of autism symptom severity for boys and girls across childhood97
(Re)thinking about self-harm and autism: Findings from an online qualitative study on self-harm in autistic adults87
Intersecting effects of sex/gender and autism on structural language: A scoping review85
A comparison of the presentations of males and females with autism spectrum disorder and those narrowly below the diagnostic threshold84
Scene construction ability in neurotypical and autistic adults81
The use of Multi-Sensory Environments with autistic children: Exploring the effect of having control of sensory changes76
Understanding the post-diagnostic support priorities of autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A co-produced modified Delphi study74
Integrating autistic perspectives into autism science: A role for autistic autobiographies67
Real-world executive functioning for autistic children in school and home settings57
Psychosocial factors associated with the trajectories of interparental conflict for Australian fathers of autistic children: A longitudinal study across 10 years of child development54
A non-systematic overview review of self-focused emotion regulation in autistic individuals through the lens of the extended process model54
An initial trial of OPT-In-Early: An online training program for caregivers of autistic children53
Rapport in same and mixed neurotype groups of autistic and non-autistic adults51
Psychiatry training in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability: Ongoing gaps and emerging opportunities50
Autistics working in academia: What are the barriers and facilitators?50
‘I live in extremes’: A qualitative investigation of Autistic adults’ experiences of inertial rest and motion48
A systematic review of the experiences of autistic young people enrolled in mainstream second-level (post-primary) schools48
‘Somali parents feel like they’re on the outer’: Somali mothers’ experiences of parent–teacher relationships for their autistic children47
Do you feel me? Autism, empathic accuracy and the double empathy problem44
Literacy in nonspeaking autistic people44
Access to employment: A comparison of autistic, neurodivergent and neurotypical adults’ experiences of hiring processes in the United Kingdom43
Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS)42
The relationship between camouflaging and mental health: Are there differences among subgroups in autistic adults?42
Digital health should augment (not replace) autism treatment providers42
Language, interests and autism: A tribute to Dr. Dinah Murray (1946–2021), an autism pioneer41
A comparison of the content and nature of worries of autistic and neurotypical young people as they transition from school40
Perception and behavior toward neuropsychiatric disorders in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review and quality assessment40
Mindreading beliefs in same- and cross-neurotype interactions39
The impact of COVID-19 on receipt of health services among children with and without autism39
Social attention in anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorder: Role of social motivation39
Is parent education a factor in identifying autism/takiwātanga in an ethnic cohort of Pacific children in Aotearoa, New Zealand? A national cross-sectional study using linked administrative data39
Conversational topic maintenance and related cognitive abilities in autistic versus neurotypical children38
“Giving the patients less work”: A thematic analysis of telehealth use and recommendations to improve usability for autistic adults38
Examining the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of an advocacy program for Latinx families of transition-aged autistic youth37
Alexithymic and autistic traits in children and adolescents: A systematic review of the current state of knowledge37
‘Just knowing it’s there gives me comfort’: Exploring the benefits and challenges of autism alert cards37
Autistic adults’ inclination to lie in everyday situations37
Alternative receptive language assessment modalities and stimuli for autistic children who are minimally verbal37
Children with autism exhibit similar longitudinal changes in core symptoms when placed in special or mainstream education settings36
A survey of autistic adults, relatives and clinical teams in the United Kingdom: And Delphi process consensus statements on optimal autism diagnostic assessment for adults36
Explicit stigma and implicit biases toward autism in South Korea versus the United States36
Confirming the nature of autistic burnout35
Autistic experiences of applied behavior analysis35
Validity and feasibility of using the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up (M-CHAT-R/F) in primary care clinics in Singapore34
COVID-19, social isolation and the mental health of autistic people and their families: A qualitative study34
Deceptive behaviour in autism: A scoping review33
The long-lasting benefits of pre-kindergarten education on autistic children’s working memory development33
Loneliness in autistic adults: A systematic review33
Describing (pre)linguistic oral productions in 3- to 5-year-old autistic children: A cluster analysis32
Effects of exercise on sleep, melatonin level, and behavioral functioning in children with autism32
Exploring interpersonal and environmental factors of autistic adolescents’ peer engagement in integrated education31
Exploring autistic adults’ psychosocial experiences affecting beginnings, continuity and change in camouflaging over time: A qualitative study in Singapore31
Non-pharmacological interventions for autistic children: An umbrella review31
Revisiting the Link: A qualitative analysis of the diverse experiences of gender dysphoria as a subset of pervasive social dysphoria co-occurring with autism in Japan31
Shorter average look durations to dynamic social stimuli are associated with higher levels of autism symptoms in young autistic children30
Autistic adults in China and the Netherlands: Proxy-reported community integration and life satisfaction30
Short report on a distinct electroencephalogram endophenotype for MTHFR gene variation co-occurring in autism spectrum disorder30
Experiences of interpersonal victimization and abuse among autistic people30
Direct and indirect costs for families of children with autism spectrum disorder in China28
Emotion recognition in autism spectrum condition during the COVID-19 pandemic27
Mental health service availability for autistic youth in New York City: An examination of the developmental disability and mental health service systems27
Pre-trained artificial intelligence language model represents pragmatic language variability central to autism and genetically related phenotypes27
Access, utilization, and awareness for clinical genetic testing in autism spectrum disorder in Sweden: A survey study26
‘It’s designed for someone who is not me’: A reflexive thematic analysis of the unmet healthcare support needs in UK autistic adults aged 65 years and over26
Food selectivity and eating difficulties in adults with autism and/or ADHD26
Provider perspectives on equity in use of mobile health autism screening tools26
Prevalence, incidence, and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder among children in Beijing, China26
Sleep disturbances in autistic children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials26
Understanding autism diagnosis in primary care: Rates of diagnosis from 2004 to 2019 and child age at diagnosis26
Understanding autistic youths’ menstrual product preferences and caregivers’ product choices25
The (in)visibilisation of ‘ethnicity’, ‘race’ and ‘culture’ as constructs of difference in Global North autism disparities research25
Serving the underserved: How can we reach autism families who systemically miss out on support?25
Women seeking an autism diagnosis in Australia: A qualitative exploration of factors that help and hinder25
Autism presentation in female and Black populations: Examining the roles of identity, theory, and systemic inequalities23
Meaningful research for autistic people? Ask autistics!23
Associations between autistic and comorbid somatic problems of gastrointestinal disorders, food allergy, pain, and fatigue in adults23
‘We are doing damage control’: Government stakeholder perspectives of educational and other services for children with autism spectrum disorder in South Africa22
Toward better characterization of restricted and unusual interests in youth with autism22
Factors associated with mental health symptoms among UK autistic children and young people and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic22
Urban and rural differences in needs, service use and satisfaction among caregivers of autistic children in Morocco22
Adaptive behavior and its differences between children with autism spectrum disorder and social communication disorder22
Sex-typical toy, activity, and playmate preferences in autistic and non-autistic children22
Trait and state mathematics anxiety in autistic and non-autistic school-aged boys22
Autistic children who create imaginary companions: Evidence of social benefits22
Poor face recognition predicts social anxiety in autism: A short report21
Stakeholder informed development of the Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement team–based program (EASE-Teams)21
Emotion dysregulation in autism: A meta-analysis21
Greater gender diversity among autistic children by self-report and parent-report21
How do parents scaffold their autistic children’s bilingual language interactions in everyday settings?21
Can combining existing behavioral tools improve identification of infants at elevated likelihood of autism in the first year of life?20
What are the autism research priorities of autistic adults in Scotland?20
Autism in the context of joint hypermobility, hypermobility spectrum disorders, and Ehlers–Danlos syndromes: A systematic review and prevalence meta-analyses20
Community-guided measurement-based care for autistic youth and adults receiving psychotherapy: A conceptual overview and pilot implementation study of MBC-AUT20
“I’m dealing with a health care system that doesn’t get it”: Barriers and facilitators to inclusive healthcare for autistic adults20
Prevalence of epilepsy in autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis20
The use of everyday and assistive technology in the lives of older autistic adults20
Enhancing access to autism diagnostic services for children in the community19
The impact of atypical sensory processing on adaptive functioning within and beyond autism: The role of familial factors19
Infant responses to direct gaze and associations to autism: A live eye-tracking study19
Community perspectives on the appropriateness and importance of support goals for young autistic children19
Visual abilities and exploration behaviors as predictors of intelligence in autistic children from preschool to school age19
Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in a large pediatric primary care network19
Global Indigenous perspectives on autism and autism research: Colonialism, cultural insights and ways forward18
Measuring autism-associated traits in the general population: Factor structure and measurement invariance across sex and diagnosis status of the Social Communication Questionnaire18
Learning from the experts: Evaluating a participatory autism and universal design training for university educators18
How can psychologists meet the needs of autistic adults?18
‘I felt like my senses were under attack’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiences of hypersensitivity in autistic individuals18
Social support and links to quality of life among middle-aged and older autistic adults18
Gender and family-role portrayals of autism in British newspapers: An intersectional corpus-based study18
A meta-ethnography of autistic people’s experiences of social camouflaging and its relationship with mental health18
Academic learning challenges and links to vocational outcomes in young autistic adults17
‘Someone like-minded in a big place’: Autistic young adults’ attitudes towards autistic peer support in mainstream education17
Preschool teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and self-efficacy concerning autism: A parallel mixed-methods study of an intervention to improve autism identification17
Association of labor epidural analgesia exposure with long-term risk of autism spectrum disorder in offspring: A meta-analysis of observational studies17
Autism interest intensity in early childhood associates with executive functioning but not reward sensitivity or anxiety symptoms17
Reasons for alcohol use and non-use by underage U.S. autistic youth: A qualitative study17
Occurrence and predictors of lifetime suicidality and suicidal ideation in autistic adults17
‘Picking the best of a bad bunch’: Exploring stakeholder perspectives of self-harm assessment tools for autistic adults16
Theorising autism16
Focusing on autism symptoms masks sex-specific needs of autistic children: An example from the Sydney Child Neurodevelopment Research Registry16
Associative learning under uncertainty in adults with autism: Intact learning of the cue-outcome contingency, but slower updating of priors16
How well can commonly used anxiety scales detect treatment outcomes in the context of autism?16
Predicting academic success of autistic students in higher education16
Quality and accessibility of written development assessment reports provided to caregivers in a publicly funded child developmental assessment service16
Continuing the conversation about echolalia and gestalt language development: A response to Haydock, Harrison, Baldwin, and Leadbitter16
Autistic women’s experiences of self-compassion after receiving their diagnosis in adulthood16
Prevalence of autism in first-episode psychosis in two Hong Kong teaching hospitals16
Trajectories of positive affect in autistic individuals during the transition to adulthood16
Is there evidence that playing games promotes social skills training for autistic children and youth?16
The impact of socio-cultural values on autistic women: An interpretative phenomenological analysis16
Short report: Autism diagnostic impressions in young children formed by primary care clinicians and through telemedicine expert assessments16
It’s our job to bridge the gap: Perspectives of bilingual autism providers on heritage language care15
Insistence on sameness for food space appropriation: An exploratory study on Brazilians with autism (self-)diagnosis in adulthood15
Decision-making in autism: A narrative review15
Modality-specific associations between sensory differences and autistic traits15
Age of autism diagnosis in Latin American and Caribbean countries15
Policy gaps and opportunities: A systematic review of autism spectrum disorder and criminal justice intersections15
Short report: Do parents use asynchronous materials in a hybrid coaching via telehealth intervention?15
Exploring camouflaging by the Chinese version Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire in Taiwanese autistic and non-autistic adolescents: An initial development15
Comparative effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction and psychoeducational support on parenting stress in families of autistic preschoolers15
How healthcare systems are experienced by autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A meta-ethnography15
Knowledge of autism gained by learning from people through a local UK Autism Champion Network: A health and social care professional perspective15
Are autistic people disadvantaged by the criminal justice system? A case comparison15
‘A certain magic’ – autistic adults’ experiences of interacting with other autistic people and its relation to Quality of Life: A systematic review and thematic meta-synthesis14
What do we really mean by “inclusion?”: The importance of terminology when discussing approaches to community engagement14
Differentiating early sensory profiles in toddlers at elevated likelihood of autism and association with later clinical outcome and diagnosis14
Examining adaptations necessary to support the implementation of a parent-mediated intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder and moderate feeding problems14
‘I felt like I deserved it because I was autistic’: Understanding the impact of interpersonal victimisation in the lives of autistic people14
Toward deeper understanding and wide-scale implementation of naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions14
Knowing and accepting oneself: Exploring possibilities of self-awareness among working autistic young adults14
Enhancing emotion recognition in young autistic children with or without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong using a Chinese App version of The Transporters14
Specific interests as a social boundary and bridge: A qualitative interview study with autistic individuals14
Conceptualizing and describing autistic language: Moving on from ‘verbal’, ‘minimally verbal’ and ‘nonverbal’14
App-based meditation habits maintain reductions in depression symptoms among autistic adults14
‘Accumulating harm and waiting for crisis’: Parents’ perspectives of accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for their autistic child experiencing mental health difficulties14
Barriers to service and unmet need among autistic adolescents and young adults14
Toward better outcome measurement for insomnia in children with autism spectrum disorder14
Reporting participatory methods and author positionality in autism14
From humble beginnings: Reflections on 10 years of the Participatory Autism Research Collective14
Dropping the mask: It takes two13
Addressing disruptive behaviors within naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions: Clinical decision-making, intervention outcomes, and implications for practice13
Anthropomorphic tendencies in autism: A conceptual replication and extension of White and Remington (2019) and preliminary development of a novel anthropomorphism measure13
Experiences of interoception and anxiety in autistic adolescents: A reflexive thematic analysis13
Thanks to reviewers13
Embracing gestalt language development as a fundamental neurodiversity-affirmative practice13
Understanding feeding problems in autistic children: Exploring the interplay between internalizing symptoms and sensory features13
The experiences of autistic adults who were previously diagnosed with borderline or emotionally unstable personality disorder: A phenomenological study13
‘I shouldn’t have to educate their school about what autism is’: Community attitudes and parent reports of autistic primary and secondary school experiences in Australia12
Prevalence of current smoking and association with meeting 24-h movement guidelines: Results from a national convenience sample of autistic adults12
Longitudinal psychometric evaluation of the developmental disorder parenting stressor index with Japanese parents of children with autism12
First things first: An exploration of the effects of psychoeducation for older autistic adults12
Understanding the barriers to hiring autistic people as perceived by employers in the United Kingdom12
Explaining differences in autism detection timing: Age of diagnosis and associated individual and socio-familial factors in Chinese children12
Opening up autism research: Bringing open research methods to our field12
Effects of an acceptance and commitment-based parenting program for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder on parenting stress and other parent and children health outcomes: A pilot randomi12
Inextricably tied: Nonbinary autistic individuals’ views on how their gender identity and autism are connected12
‘You feel part of something bigger’: Stakeholders’ experiences of a long-term community–academic participatory research partnership12
“I have to charge my social battery”: Perspectives from autistic young adults on Quality of Life12
The world is nuanced but pixelated: Autistic individuals’ perspective on HIPPEA12
Methods to reduce fraudulent participation and highlight autistic voices in research12
Post-diagnostic support for adults diagnosed with autism in adulthood in the UK: A systematic review with narrative synthesis12
Atypical development of sequential manual motor planning and visuomotor integration in children with autism at early school-age: A longitudinal kinematic study12
Adults with autism spectrum disorder and the criminal justice system: An investigation of prevalence of contact with the criminal justice system, risk factors and sex differences in a specialist asses12
Social media shaping autism perception and identity12
Diabetes mellitus in privately insured autistic adults in the United States12
Gastrointestinal concerns in children with autism spectrum disorder: A qualitative study of family experiences12
A mixed-methods study of autistic and non-autistic community member participation in autism research12
Social connectedness and loneliness in school for autistic and allistic children12
Feasibility and acceptability of a low-resource-intensive, transdiagnostic intervention for children with social-communication challenges in early childhood education settings12
Community-guided, autism-adapted group cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in autistic youth (CBT-DAY): Preliminary feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy12
The Suicide Assessment Kit-Modified Interview: Development and preliminary validation of a modified clinical interview for the assessment of suicidal thoughts and behavior in autistic adults12
Innovation through neurodiversity: Diversity is beneficial12
Factors underlying differences in knowledge, explicit stigma and implicit biases towards autism across Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States12
‘The key to this is not so much the technology. It’s the individual who is using the technology’: Perspectives on telehealth delivery for autistic adults during the COVID-19 pandemic12
Autistic young people adaptively use gaze to facilitate joint attention during multi-gestural dyadic interactions11
Short report: Associations of family characteristics and clinicians’ use of caregiver coaching in early intervention11
Understanding decision-making in autistic children and adolescents: Insights from deliberative processes and behavioral economic paradigms11
Career progression for autistic people: A scoping review11
‘I don’t think they understand the reality of autism’: The lived experiences of autistic adults in Japan11
Remembering Dr Li-Ching Lee, a pioneer of global autism research11
Autistic young people’s experiences of remote psychological interventions during COVID-1911
Self-perceived bullying victimization in pre-adolescents on the autism spectrum: EPINED study11
Neurotypical, but not autistic, adults might experience distress when looking at someone avoiding eye contact: A live face-to-face paradigm11
‘If I’m just me, I doubt I’d get the job’: A qualitative exploration of autistic people’s experiences in job interviews11
Healthcare service use patterns among autistic adults: A systematic review with narrative synthesis11
Social motor synchrony in autism spectrum conditions: A systematic review11
Social attention patterns of autistic and non-autistic adults when viewing real versus reel people11
Effects of autism spectrum disorder on parents labour market: Productivity loss and policy evaluation in Kazakhstan11
One size does not fit all for parent-mediated autism interventions: A randomized clinical trial11
Measuring autistic burnout: A psychometric validation of the AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure in autistic adults11
0.13534092903137