Adaptive Response of Children and Adolescents with Autism to the 2009 Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy

The literature offers no descriptions of the adaptive outcomes of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) after natural disasters. Aim of this study was to evaluate the adaptive behaviour of participants with ASD followed for 1 year after their exposure to the 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila (Italy)...

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Autores principales: Valenti, Marco, Ciprietti, Tiziana, Egidio, Claudia Di, Gabrielli, Maura, Masedu, Francesco, Tomassini, Anna Rita, Sorge, Germana
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Publicado: Springer US 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3360871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21717269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1323-9
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author Valenti, Marco
Ciprietti, Tiziana
Egidio, Claudia Di
Gabrielli, Maura
Masedu, Francesco
Tomassini, Anna Rita
Sorge, Germana
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description The literature offers no descriptions of the adaptive outcomes of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) after natural disasters. Aim of this study was to evaluate the adaptive behaviour of participants with ASD followed for 1 year after their exposure to the 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila (Italy) compared with an unexposed peer group with ASD, by administering the Italian form of the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (VABS) at baseline, 6 months and 1 year after the earthquake. Exposed participants declined dramatically in their adaptive behaviour during the first months after the earthquake (p < 0.01 for all VABS dimensions). However, immediate intensive post-disaster intervention allowed children and adolescents with autism showing a trend towards partial recovery of adaptive functioning.
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spelling pubmed-33608712012-06-13 Adaptive Response of Children and Adolescents with Autism to the 2009 Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy Valenti, Marco Ciprietti, Tiziana Egidio, Claudia Di Gabrielli, Maura Masedu, Francesco Tomassini, Anna Rita Sorge, Germana J Autism Dev Disord Original Paper The literature offers no descriptions of the adaptive outcomes of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) after natural disasters. Aim of this study was to evaluate the adaptive behaviour of participants with ASD followed for 1 year after their exposure to the 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila (Italy) compared with an unexposed peer group with ASD, by administering the Italian form of the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (VABS) at baseline, 6 months and 1 year after the earthquake. Exposed participants declined dramatically in their adaptive behaviour during the first months after the earthquake (p < 0.01 for all VABS dimensions). However, immediate intensive post-disaster intervention allowed children and adolescents with autism showing a trend towards partial recovery of adaptive functioning. Springer US 2011-06-30 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3360871/ /pubmed/21717269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1323-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Valenti, Marco
Ciprietti, Tiziana
Egidio, Claudia Di
Gabrielli, Maura
Masedu, Francesco
Tomassini, Anna Rita
Sorge, Germana
Adaptive Response of Children and Adolescents with Autism to the 2009 Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy
title Adaptive Response of Children and Adolescents with Autism to the 2009 Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy
title_full Adaptive Response of Children and Adolescents with Autism to the 2009 Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy
title_fullStr Adaptive Response of Children and Adolescents with Autism to the 2009 Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy
title_full_unstemmed Adaptive Response of Children and Adolescents with Autism to the 2009 Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy
title_short Adaptive Response of Children and Adolescents with Autism to the 2009 Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy
title_sort adaptive response of children and adolescents with autism to the 2009 earthquake in l’aquila, italy
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3360871/
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