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- Title
Recreational Participation of Children with High Functioning Autism.
- Authors
Potvin, Marie-Christine; Snider, Laurie; Prelock, Patricia; Kehayia, Eva; Wood-Dauphinee, Sharon
- Abstract
The recreation of children with High Functioning Autism (HFA) is not well understood. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to compare the recreational engagement of children with HFA and their typically developing peers. Children with HFA (n = 30) and peers (n = 31) were similar on key characteristics that may impact recreation except those related to the HFA attributes. Children with HFA differed from peers in terms of diversity ( p = .002), social aspects ( p = .006) and locations ( p < .001) of recreation. The two groups were not statistically different in personal intensity ( p = .684), enjoyment ( p = .239) or preferences ( p = .788) of recreation. A recreational profile was developed to benefit parents and clinicians in supporting the recreation of these children.
- Subjects
AUTISM; RECREATION; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; INTELLIGENCE tests; INTERVIEWING; MULTIVARIATE analysis; RESEARCH funding; SCALES (Weighing instruments); STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); U-statistics; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2013, Vol 43, Issue 2, p445
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-012-1589-6