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Test of verbal and non-verbal communication Humphrey & Lewis (2008) To explore the and everyday experiences of students with AS in mainstream schools, and to identify teaching practices which facilitate or constrain learning and participation of students with AS 20 secondary school students with AS (gender not stated, although only male participants are mentioned) Semi-structured interviews, student diaries and student drawings An awareness of being “different” or “not normal” was a recurring theme Teasing and bullying was experienced regularly Anxiety and stress were common Kalyva (2009) To compare the eating attitudes of adolescent females with AS to typically developing females 56 female adolescents with AS and 56 typically developing controls (and the mothers of the adolescents) Participants (adolescents and mothers) completed the EAT-26 (Garner et al., 1982) 26.8% of the AS group were at risk of developing an eating disorder, in comparison to 7.1% of the control group Kopp & Gillberg (1992) Could the social deficits associated with autism be more common in females 6 female children with Autism, with IQ’s ranging from 60-100 6 case histories reported None of the female children with Autism received a diagnosis prior to the age of 6 despite
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