The (a)typical burden of COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract Psychological and mental health consequences of large-scale anti-contagion policies are assuming strong relevance in the COVID-19 pandemic. We proposed a specific focus on a large sample of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), developing an ad hoc instrument to investigate changes...

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Autores principales:	Lucia Fumagalli, Monica Nicoli, Laura Villa, Valentina Riva, Michele Vicovaro, Luca Casartelli
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:138bae1be2b54f3887001f7f59048aea2021-11-28T12:18:57ZThe (a)typical burden of COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Autism Spectrum Disorder10.1038/s41598-021-01907-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/138bae1be2b54f3887001f7f59048aea2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01907-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Psychological and mental health consequences of large-scale anti-contagion policies are assuming strong relevance in the COVID-19 pandemic. We proposed a specific focus on a large sample of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), developing an ad hoc instrument to investigate changes occurred in specific (sub-)domains during a period of national lockdown (Italy). Our questionnaire, named AutiStress, is both context-specific (being set in the COVID-19 pandemic scenario) and condition-specific (being structured taking into account the autistic functioning peculiarities in the paediatric age). An age- and gender-matched group of neurotypical (TD) controls was also provided. As expected, the severe lockdown policies had a general negative impact both on ASD and TD children, reflecting the obvious burden of the pandemic situation. However, our findings also indicate that children with ASD experienced more positive changes than TD ones. Noteworthy, we report a thought-provoking double dissociation in the context-specific predictor (i.e., accessibility to private outdoor spaces), indicating that it impacts differently on the two groups. Focusing on the ASD group, results suggest a condition-specific impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on core autistic (sub-)domains. Taken together, our data call for a multi-layered, context- and condition-specific analysis of the pandemic burden beyond any oversimplification.Lucia FumagalliMonica NicoliLaura VillaValentina RivaMichele VicovaroLuca CasartelliNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Lucia Fumagalli Monica Nicoli Laura Villa Valentina Riva Michele Vicovaro Luca Casartelli The (a)typical burden of COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Autism Spectrum Disorder
description	Abstract Psychological and mental health consequences of large-scale anti-contagion policies are assuming strong relevance in the COVID-19 pandemic. We proposed a specific focus on a large sample of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), developing an ad hoc instrument to investigate changes occurred in specific (sub-)domains during a period of national lockdown (Italy). Our questionnaire, named AutiStress, is both context-specific (being set in the COVID-19 pandemic scenario) and condition-specific (being structured taking into account the autistic functioning peculiarities in the paediatric age). An age- and gender-matched group of neurotypical (TD) controls was also provided. As expected, the severe lockdown policies had a general negative impact both on ASD and TD children, reflecting the obvious burden of the pandemic situation. However, our findings also indicate that children with ASD experienced more positive changes than TD ones. Noteworthy, we report a thought-provoking double dissociation in the context-specific predictor (i.e., accessibility to private outdoor spaces), indicating that it impacts differently on the two groups. Focusing on the ASD group, results suggest a condition-specific impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on core autistic (sub-)domains. Taken together, our data call for a multi-layered, context- and condition-specific analysis of the pandemic burden beyond any oversimplification.
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author	Lucia Fumagalli Monica Nicoli Laura Villa Valentina Riva Michele Vicovaro Luca Casartelli
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title	The (a)typical burden of COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_short	The (a)typical burden of COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_full	The (a)typical burden of COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_fullStr	The (a)typical burden of COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_full_unstemmed	The (a)typical burden of COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_sort	(a)typical burden of covid-19 pandemic scenario in autism spectrum disorder
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/138bae1be2b54f3887001f7f59048aea
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The (a)typical burden of COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Autism Spectrum Disorder

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