Circumscribed interests in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A look beyond trains, planes, and clocks.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a unique developmental period, characterized by physical and emotional growth and significant maturation of cognitive and social skills. For individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it is also a vulnerable period as cognitive and social skills can deteriorate. Circumscribed interests (CIs), idiosyncratic areas of intense interest and focus, are a core symptom of ASD that may be associated with social development. Yet, relatively little is known about the expression of CIs in adolescents with ASD. Many studies investigating CIs have used images depicting items of special interest; however, it is not clear how images should be customized for adolescent studies. The goal of this study was to gain insight into the types of images that may be appropriate for studies of CI

SUBMITTER: Cho IYK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5667845 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature