A Brief Report: Community Supportiveness May Facilitate Participation of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Their Community and Reduce Feelings of Isolation in Their Caregivers Devenish, Bethany, Sivaratnam, Carmel, Lindor, E, Papadopoulos, Nicole, Wilson, R, McGillivray, Jane and Rinehart, Nicole 2020, A Brief Report: Community Supportiveness May Facilitate Participation of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Their Community and Reduce Feelings of Isolation in Their Caregivers, Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.583483. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads devenish-briefreport-2020.pdf Published version application/pdf 373.74KB 17 Title A Brief Report: Community Supportiveness May Facilitate Participation of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Their Community and Reduce Feelings of Isolation in Their Caregivers Author(s) Devenish, Bethany orcid.org/0000-0001-6772-5186 Sivaratnam, Carmel orcid.org/0000-0002-0841-1344 Lindor, E orcid.org/0000-0001-6935-047X Papadopoulos, Nicole orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-1672 Wilson, R McGillivray, Jane orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-6488 Rinehart, Nicole orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-3958 Journal name Frontiers in Psychology Volume number 11 Article ID 583483 Publisher Frontiers Media Place of publication Lausanne, Switzerland Publication date 2020-11-10 ISSN 1664-1078 1664-1078 Keyword(s) autism spectral disorder caregivers children community participation stress Social Sciences Psychology, Multidisciplinary Psychology YOUNG-PEOPLE PARENTS ENVIRONMENT ASD Summary Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) participate at lower rates in their community, and their caregivers experience higher levels of stress, in comparison to families of typically developing (TD) children. The social model of disability positions the environment as the central issue when children with disabilities are unable to participate, yet little is known about the relationship between poor community support, reduced community participation in children with ASD, and caregiver stress. This study examined caregiver perceptions of community supportiveness for the community participation of 48 children with ASD (aged 5–12 years), alongside caregiver-reported child ASD symptom severity, adaptive functioning, and caregiver stress. Community supportiveness predicted child involvement, but not attendance, when child characteristics were held constant. Caregiver perceptions of low community supportiveness significantly predicted caregiver feelings of isolation. The importance of modifying community programs to better support inclusion of children with ASD is discussed. Language eng DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.583483 Indigenous content off Field of Research 1701 Psychology 1702 Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2020, Devenish, Sivaratnam, Lindor, Papadopoulos, Wilson, McGillivray and Rinehart Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30145974 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 30 Nov 2020, 06:08:19 EST Tue, 01 Dec 2020, 04:01:19 EST Tue, 01 Dec 2020, 07:02:20 EST Sat, 12 Dec 2020, 01:43:23 EST Sat, 09 Jan 2021, 01:31:38 EST Tue, 12 Jan 2021, 05:19:08 EST Tue, 12 Jan 2021, 14:01:52 EST Tue, 12 Jan 2021, 14:05:58 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 45 Abstract Views, 17 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 30 Nov 2020, 06:08:19 EST

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