Quantifying compensatory strategies in adults with and without diagnosed autism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is growing recognition that some autistic people engage in 'compensation', showing few behavioural symptoms (e.g. neurotypical social skills), despite continuing to experience autism-related cognitive difficulties (e.g. difficulties in social cognition). One way this might be achieved is by individuals consciously employing 'compensatory strategies' during everyday social interaction. However, very little is currently known about the broad range of these strategies, their mechanisms and consequences for clinical presentation and diagnosis.

Methods

We aimed to measure compensatory strategies in autism for the first time. Using a novel checklist, we quantified self-reported social compensatory strategies in 117 adults (58 with autism, 59 without autism) and ex

SUBMITTER: Livingston LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7014718 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature