Authors: Micah O Mazurek Paul T Shattuck Mary Wagner Benjamin P Cooper
Publish Date: 2011/12/08
Volume: 42, Issue: 8, Pages: 1757-1767
Abstract
Anecdotal reports indicate that individuals with autism spectrum disorders ASD are often preoccupied with television computers and video games screenbased media However few studies have examined this issue The current study examined screenbased media use among a large nationally representative sample of youths participating in the National Longitudinal Transition Study—2 NLTS2 The majority of youths with ASD 642 spent most of their free time using nonsocial media television video games while only 132 spent time on social media email internet chatting Compared with other disability groups speech/language impairments learning disabilities intellectual disabilities rates of nonsocial media use were higher among the ASD group and rates of social media use were lower Demographic and symptomspecific correlates were also examined
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