The (a)typical burden of COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

ABSTRACT: Psychological and mental health consequences of large-scale anti-contagion policies are assuming strong relevance in the COVID-19 pandemic. We proposed a specific focus on a large sample of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), developing an ad hoc instrument to investigate changes occurred in specific (sub-)domains during a period of national lockdown (Italy). Our questionnaire, named AutiStress, is both context-specific (being set in the COVID-19 pandemic scenario) and condition-specific (being structured taking into account the autistic functioning peculiarities in the paediatric age). An age- and gender-matched group of neurotypical (TD) controls was also provided. As expected, the severe lockdown policies had a general negative impact both on ASD and TD children, reflecting th

SUBMITTER: Fumagalli L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608876 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature