Sanjeev M Choudhary, Sanjay Kubde, Ujwala U Ukey, Sanjay B Agrawal, Rani R Shinde
A community-based, cross-sectional study of gender egalitarianism: A promising scenario from an urban field practice area attached to a teaching institute from Central India
Journal of family medicine and primary care
ecologically valid measurements daily living skills dlsa critical component adaptive functioning affor autistic adolescents young adults particularly important given dls predict outcomes autistic adolescents transition adulthood pilottested assessment section two modules computerized functional skills assessment training program cfsat 25 autistic n 4 female 25 nonautistic n 6 female adolescents young adults evaluate preliminary feasibility autistic sample tasks involved using atm ticketbuying machine also assessed af dls wellvalidated selfreport questionnaire examined group differences performance relationships performance cfsat existing measure af dls also conducted regression analyses investigate associations age iq executive functioning ef cfsat task performance one autistic participant able complete cfsat tasks autistic participants made errors take longer complete task nonautistic participants performance correlated strongly selfreported af generally dls specifically regression analyses revealed task performance associated ef autistic group nonautistic group results provide preliminary support use new performancebased ecologically valid assessment dls autistic population two cfsat modules welltolerated detected differences dls ability strong correlations existing measure af suggest evidence construct validity ef associated cfsat task performance autistic individuals tool could help identify individuals would benefit dls intervention