Daily Living Skills in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder from 2 to 21?Years of Age

Autor/inn/en	Bal, Vanessa Hus; Kim, So-Hyun; Cheong, Daniel; Lord, Catherine
Titel	Daily Living Skills in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder from 2 to 21?Years of Age
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 19 (2015) 7, S.774-784 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361315575840
Schlagwörter	Daily Living Skills; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Children; Adolescents; Young Adults; Predictor Variables; Longitudinal Studies; Child Development; Adolescent Development; Nonverbal Communication; Mental Age; Receptive Language; Intervention; Parent Role; Diagnostic Tests; Observation; Adjustment (to Environment); Behavior Rating Scales; Young Children; Cognitive Ability; Motor Development; Clinical Diagnosis; Skill Development; Semi Structured Interviews; Individual Characteristics; Illinois; North Carolina; Mullen Scales of Early Learning; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alltagsfertigkeit; Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Prädiktor; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Kindesentwicklung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Geistige Beweglichkeit; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Parental role; Elternrolle; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Beobachtung; Frühe Kindheit; Denkfähigkeit; Motorische Entwicklung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	Daily living skills (DLS), such as personal hygiene, meal preparation, and money management, are important to independent living. Research suggests that many individuals with autism spectrum disorder exhibit impairments in daily living skills relative to their cognitive skills. This study examined predictors of daily living skills attainment and trajectories of daily living skills in a longitudinal sample referred for possible autism spectrum disorder and followed from 2 to 21?years of age. Consistent with previous studies, participants with autism spectrum disorder and nonspectrum diagnoses showed continual development of daily living skills throughout childhood and adolescence. Early childhood nonverbal mental age was the strongest predictor of daily living skills attainment for both diagnostic groups. Group-based modeling suggested two distinct trajectories of daily living skills development for participants with autism spectrum disorder. Skill levels for both groups of young adults with autism spectrum disorder remained considerably below age level expectations. Whereas the "High-DLS" group gained approximately 12?years in daily living skills from T2 to T21, the "Low-DLS" group's daily living skills improved 3-4?years over the 16- to 19-year study period. Nonverbal mental age, receptive language, and social-communication impairment at 2?years predicted High- versus Low-DLS group membership. Receiving greater than 20?h of parent-implemented intervention before age 3 was also associated with daily living skills trajectory. Results suggest that daily living skills should be a focus of treatment plans for individuals with autism spectrum disorder, particularly adolescents transitioning to young adulthood. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01