Autism

Papers
(The TQCC of Autism is 13. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Understanding the post-diagnostic support priorities of autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A co-produced modified Delphi study280
‘I live in extremes’: A qualitative investigation of Autistic adults’ experiences of inertial rest and motion235
When Ableism Supplants Evidence: Federal Autism Guidance in the United States209
Short report on navigating access to care for Medicaid-enrolled autistic youth and young adults: Examining accrual of intellectual disability diagnoses in adolescence164
Understanding Social Camouflaging in Autistic Adults: Integrating Cognitive and Psychosocial Predictors128
Scene construction ability in neurotypical and autistic adults107
Psychiatry training in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability: Ongoing gaps and emerging opportunities93
Autistics working in academia: What are the barriers and facilitators?81
Integrating autistic perspectives into autism science: A role for autistic autobiographies72
Psychosocial factors associated with the trajectories of interparental conflict for Australian fathers of autistic children: A longitudinal study across 10 years of child development71
Access to employment: A comparison of autistic, neurodivergent and neurotypical adults’ experiences of hiring processes in the United Kingdom67
Magnitude representation of preschool children with autism spectrum condition66
Rapport in same and mixed neurotype groups of autistic and non-autistic adults66
Trajectories of autism symptom severity for boys and girls across childhood61
A comparison of the presentations of males and females with autism spectrum disorder and those narrowly below the diagnostic threshold61
‘Somali parents feel like they’re on the outer’: Somali mothers’ experiences of parent–teacher relationships for their autistic children56
“From the autistic human books’ stories, I understand their mindset and thoughts”: Pilot development and participatory realist evaluation of Human Library to enhance public understanding of autism56
What are we targeting when we support inclusive education for autistic students? A systematic review of 233 empirical studies and call for community partnerships55
An initial trial of OPT-In-Early: An online training program for caregivers of autistic children54
Intersecting effects of sex/gender and autism on structural language: A scoping review54
Literacy in nonspeaking autistic people52
(Re)thinking about self-harm and autism: Findings from an online qualitative study on self-harm in autistic adults47
Reduced P300 amplitude in children and adolescents with autism is associated with slowed processing speed, executive difficulties, and social-communication problems47
Do you feel me? Autism, empathic accuracy and the double empathy problem47
Provision of Alternative Care for Autistic Adults: A Multi-Stakeholder Qualitative Study in China47
A more holistic approach to autism using the International Classification of Functioning: The why, what, and how of functioning46
A non-systematic overview review of self-focused emotion regulation in autistic individuals through the lens of the extended process model46
A systematic review of the experiences of autistic young people enrolled in mainstream second-level (post-primary) schools44
Corrigendum to “Self-compassion, mental health, and parenting: Comparing parents of autistic and non-autistic children”44
Falls and Fall-Related Injuries and Hospitalizations in Autistic Older Adults: A Medicare Data Study43
Confirming the nature of autistic burnout43
The long-lasting benefits of pre-kindergarten education on autistic children’s working memory development42
Listening in a noisy world: The impact of acoustic cues and background music on speech perception in autism41
Potential association between altered oral microbiota and oxidative stress in individuals with autism41
Facilitators, barriers, and strategies in implementing early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder aged 0–6 years: A multicenter qualitative study using the consolidated framework fo40
Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS)39
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 Singapore39
The impact of COVID-19 on receipt of health services among children with and without autism39
Partner-dependent communication without dynamic adaptation in autism36
Autistic young adults’ routine travel pre- and post-license36
Associations between child characteristics and parent response to emotion differ in young children with and without an autism diagnosis34
‘Feeling constantly kicked down’: A qualitative phenomenological study exploring rejection sensitivity in autistic adults34
The relationship between camouflaging and mental health: Are there differences among subgroups in autistic adults?34
Examining the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of an advocacy program for Latinx families of transition-aged autistic youth33
“Giving the patients less work”: A thematic analysis of telehealth use and recommendations to improve usability for autistic adults33
Conversational topic maintenance and related cognitive abilities in autistic versus neurotypical children33
Autistic experiences of applied behavior analysis33
‘Just knowing it’s there gives me comfort’: Exploring the benefits and challenges of autism alert cards33
Explicit stigma and implicit biases toward autism in South Korea versus the United States32
Children with autism exhibit similar longitudinal changes in core symptoms when placed in special or mainstream education settings31
A comparison of the content and nature of worries of autistic and neurotypical young people as they transition from school30
Describing (pre)linguistic oral productions in 3- to 5-year-old autistic children: A cluster analysis30
Autistic adults’ inclination to lie in everyday situations30
Sleep disturbances in autistic children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials30
Mindreading beliefs in same- and cross-neurotype interactions30
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 data30
Perception and behavior toward neuropsychiatric disorders in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review and quality assessment30
Short report on a distinct electroencephalogram endophenotype for MTHFR gene variation co-occurring in autism spectrum disorder29
‘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 over29
‘It feels like a blessing’ – The experience of Hebrew-English bilingualism among autistic children: An interpretative phenomenological analysis29
Food selectivity and eating difficulties in adults with autism and/or ADHD29
Direct and indirect costs for families of children with autism spectrum disorder in China29
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 Japan28
Prevalence, incidence, and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder among children in Beijing, China28
Exploring autistic adults’ psychosocial experiences affecting beginnings, continuity and change in camouflaging over time: A qualitative study in Singapore28
Non-pharmacological interventions for autistic children: An umbrella review28
Autistic adults in China and the Netherlands: Proxy-reported community integration and life satisfaction28
Pre-trained artificial intelligence language model represents pragmatic language variability central to autism and genetically related phenotypes27
Understanding autism diagnosis in primary care: Rates of diagnosis from 2004 to 2019 and child age at diagnosis27
Autism in the context of joint hypermobility, hypermobility spectrum disorders, and Ehlers–Danlos syndromes: A systematic review and prevalence meta-analyses27
Mental health service availability for autistic youth in New York City: An examination of the developmental disability and mental health service systems27
Why the Term ‘Virtual Autism’ Warrants Caution27
Factors associated with mental health symptoms among UK autistic children and young people and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic27
Emotion recognition in autism spectrum condition during the COVID-19 pandemic27
Experiences of interpersonal victimization and abuse among autistic people27
Urban and rural differences in needs, service use and satisfaction among caregivers of autistic children in Morocco26
Poor face recognition predicts social anxiety in autism: A short report26
‘We are doing damage control’: Government stakeholder perspectives of educational and other services for children with autism spectrum disorder in South Africa26
Sex-typical toy, activity, and playmate preferences in autistic and non-autistic children26
The (in)visibilisation of ‘ethnicity’, ‘race’ and ‘culture’ as constructs of difference in Global North autism disparities research25
Letter to the editor: Employment of autistic individuals in the age of AI integration: Challenges and opportunities25
How do parents scaffold their autistic children’s bilingual language interactions in everyday settings?25
Sensory subtypes of children on the autism spectrum in Japan: Characteristics of participation and family functioning24
Understanding autistic youths’ menstrual product preferences and caregivers’ product choices24
Trait and state mathematics anxiety in autistic and non-autistic school-aged boys24
Adaptive behavior and its differences between children with autism spectrum disorder and social communication disorder24
Autism presentation in female and Black populations: Examining the roles of identity, theory, and systemic inequalities24
Autistic children who create imaginary companions: Evidence of social benefits24
Conducting Meaningful Participatory Autism Research in Latin America: An Example of Contextual Challenges Identified and Lessons Learned from the Indigenous Support Network In Brazil24
Women seeking an autism diagnosis in Australia: A qualitative exploration of factors that help and hinder24
Short report: Disparities in hours of applied behavior analysis services for Medicaid-enrolled autistic youth23
Associations between autistic and comorbid somatic problems of gastrointestinal disorders, food allergy, pain, and fatigue in adults23
The relationship between newspaper reading preferences and attitudes towards autism23
Emotion dysregulation in autism: A meta-analysis23
The healthcare experiences of middle and older age autistic women in the United Kingdom23
The role of social drivers of health in communication abilities of autistic adolescents and young adults23
Serving the underserved: How can we reach autism families who systemically miss out on support?22
The effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and experiences of interventions to reduce suicidality for autistic people: A scoping review22
Measuring autism-associated traits in the general population: Factor structure and measurement invariance across sex and diagnosis status of the Social Communication Questionnaire21
Provider perspectives on equity in use of mobile health autism screening tools21
Nor weak ties, nor strong ties: Personal support networks and relations between autistic peers21
Gender and family-role portrayals of autism in British newspapers: An intersectional corpus-based study21
Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in a large pediatric primary care network21
Association of labor epidural analgesia exposure with long-term risk of autism spectrum disorder in offspring: A meta-analysis of observational studies21
Enhancing access to autism diagnostic services for children in the community20
Infant responses to direct gaze and associations to autism: A live eye-tracking study20
Global Indigenous perspectives on autism and autism research: Colonialism, cultural insights and ways forward20
Visual abilities and exploration behaviors as predictors of intelligence in autistic children from preschool to school age20
How can psychologists meet the needs of autistic adults?20
“I’m dealing with a health care system that doesn’t get it”: Barriers and facilitators to inclusive healthcare for autistic adults20
Learning from the experts: Evaluating a participatory autism and universal design training for university educators20
Community-guided measurement-based care for autistic youth and adults receiving psychotherapy: A conceptual overview and pilot implementation study of MBC-AUT20
Perspectives and experiences of physical activity among autistic adults in middle adulthood20
Can combining existing behavioral tools improve identification of infants at elevated likelihood of autism in the first year of life?20
A meta-ethnography of autistic people’s experiences of social camouflaging and its relationship with mental health20
Eliciting the views of autistic adolescents attending specialist schools on what friendships mean to them20
‘I feel trapped in my safe clothes’: The impact of tactile hyper-sensitivity on autistic adults20
Scoping review: Facilitators, barriers, and cultural adaptations in the caregiver skills training program for children with developmental concerns20
What are the autism research priorities of autistic adults in Scotland?19
Decision-making in autism: A narrative review19
Occurrence and predictors of lifetime suicidality and suicidal ideation in autistic adults19
Discrepancies between feeling and expressing: Perceptions of autistic and non-autistic emotional expressions by non-autistic observers19
Are Lemons Fast for People With Autism? Semantic and Perceptual Crossmodal Correspondences in Autism Beyond the Kiki–Bouba Effect19
Is there evidence that playing games promotes social skills training for autistic children and youth?19
Psychometric evaluation of the Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory in autistic and non-autistic adults19
‘I felt like my senses were under attack’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiences of hypersensitivity in autistic individuals19
‘A New Pace of Life’: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Retirement Plans, Preparations and Experiences in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults19
Insistence on sameness for food space appropriation: An exploratory study on Brazilians with autism (self-)diagnosis in adulthood19
Quality and accessibility of written development assessment reports provided to caregivers in a publicly funded child developmental assessment service19
Community perspectives on the appropriateness and importance of support goals for young autistic children19
Autistic women’s experiences of self-compassion after receiving their diagnosis in adulthood18
Focusing on autism symptoms masks sex-specific needs of autistic children: An example from the Sydney Child Neurodevelopment Research Registry18
Continuing the conversation about echolalia and gestalt language development: A response to Haydock, Harrison, Baldwin, and Leadbitter18
Theorising autism17
Doing research in services for autistic people with complex support needs: Challenges and considerations based on UK experiences17
Age of autism diagnosis in Latin American and Caribbean countries17
Comparative effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction and psychoeducational support on parenting stress in families of autistic preschoolers17
It’s our job to bridge the gap: Perspectives of bilingual autism providers on heritage language care17
‘Picking the best of a bad bunch’: Exploring stakeholder perspectives of self-harm assessment tools for autistic adults17
Reasons for alcohol use and non-use by underage U.S. autistic youth: A qualitative study17
Self-reported strengths and talents of autistic adults17
Preschool teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and self-efficacy concerning autism: A parallel mixed-methods study of an intervention to improve autism identification17
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
Experiences of interoception and anxiety in autistic adolescents: A reflexive thematic analysis16
Enhancing emotion recognition in young autistic children with or without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong using a Chinese App version of The Transporters16
Examining adaptations necessary to support the implementation of a parent-mediated intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder and moderate feeding problems16
Academic learning challenges and links to vocational outcomes in young autistic adults16
Prevalence of autism in first-episode psychosis in two Hong Kong teaching hospitals16
From humble beginnings: Reflections on 10 years of the Participatory Autism Research Collective16
Knowing and accepting oneself: Exploring possibilities of self-awareness among working autistic young adults16
Exploring camouflaging by the Chinese version Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire in Taiwanese autistic and non-autistic adolescents: An initial development16
Trajectories of positive affect in autistic individuals during the transition to adulthood16
Autism diagnostic impressions in young children formed by primary care clinicians and through telemedicine expert assessments16
How healthcare systems are experienced by autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A meta-ethnography16
Toward deeper understanding and wide-scale implementation of naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions16
‘Accumulating harm and waiting for crisis’: Parents’ perspectives of accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for their autistic child experiencing mental health difficulties16
Modality-specific associations between sensory differences and autistic traits16
Knowledge of autism gained by learning from people through a local UK Autism Champion Network: A health and social care professional perspective15
Reporting participatory methods and author positionality in autism15
Differentiating early sensory profiles in toddlers at elevated likelihood of autism and association with later clinical outcome and diagnosis15
Sleep and activity patterns in autism15
Pharmacological or non-pharmacological therapies? The impact of different therapies on sleep in children with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and network meta-analysis15
What is autism? Identity in jeopardy and the collaborative way ahead15
App-based meditation habits maintain reductions in depression symptoms among autistic adults15
‘I felt like I deserved it because I was autistic’: Understanding the impact of interpersonal victimisation in the lives of autistic people15
Embracing gestalt language development as a fundamental neurodiversity-affirmative practice15
Barriers to service and unmet need among autistic adolescents and young adults15
Are autistic people disadvantaged by the criminal justice system? A case comparison15
Specific interests as a social boundary and bridge: A qualitative interview study with autistic individuals15
Short report: Do parents use asynchronous materials in a hybrid coaching via telehealth intervention?15
Toward better outcome measurement for insomnia in children with autism spectrum disorder15
‘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-synthesis15
Conceptualizing and describing autistic language: Moving on from ‘verbal’, ‘minimally verbal’ and ‘nonverbal’14
Community-guided, autism-adapted group cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in autistic youth (CBT-DAY): Preliminary feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy14
A double-masked randomised actively controlled trial of KONTAKT™ social skills toolbox for Australian autistic children14
Atypical development of sequential manual motor planning and visuomotor integration in children with autism at early school-age: A longitudinal kinematic study14
Good intentions are not enough: Autistic perspectives on structural ableism within the walls of our classrooms14
A mixed-methods study of autistic and non-autistic community member participation in autism research14
Social connectedness and loneliness in school for autistic and allistic children14
‘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 pandemic14
‘You feel part of something bigger’: Stakeholders’ experiences of a long-term community–academic participatory research partnership14
Explaining differences in autism detection timing: Age of diagnosis and associated individual and socio-familial factors in Chinese children14
‘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 Australia14
Sleep problems and the occurrence of dangerous behavior within autistic people: A retrospective community-based sample14
Addressing disruptive behaviors within naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions: Clinical decision-making, intervention outcomes, and implications for practice14
Short report: Autistic adults’ perceptions of gender, autism, and policing in the United States14
Dropping the mask: It takes two14
Understanding and measuring caregiver-reported quality of life among minimally verbal autistic children with intellectual disability14
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 adults14
“I have to charge my social battery”: Perspectives from autistic young adults on Quality of Life13
Opening up autism research: Bringing open research methods to our field13
Thanks to reviewers13
First things first: An exploration of the effects of psychoeducation for older autistic adults13
Diabetes mellitus in privately insured autistic adults in the United States13
Social motor synchrony in autism spectrum conditions: A systematic review13
Understanding the barriers to hiring autistic people as perceived by employers in the United Kingdom13
Methods to reduce fraudulent participation and highlight autistic voices in research13
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 randomi13
Innovation through neurodiversity: Diversity is beneficial13
Prevalence of current smoking and association with meeting 24-h movement guidelines: Results from a national convenience sample of autistic adults13
Inextricably tied: Nonbinary autistic individuals’ views on how their gender identity and autism are connected13
Factors underlying differences in knowledge, explicit stigma and implicit biases towards autism across Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States13
Post-diagnostic support for adults diagnosed with autism in adulthood in the UK: A systematic review with narrative synthesis13
Social media shaping autism perception and identity13
The experiences of autistic adults who were previously diagnosed with borderline or emotionally unstable personality disorder: A phenomenological study13
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