Autistic children and adolescents with frequent restricted interest and repetitive behavior showed more difficulty in social cognition during mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multisite survey

Abstract Background The public health measures enacted in order to control the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have caused considerable changes to daily life. For autistic children and adolescents, adapting to the “new normal,” including mask-wearing, may be difficult because of their restri...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Tamon, Takashi Itahashi, Sosei Yamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Tachibana, Junya Fujino, Miki Igarashi, Makiko Kawashima, Riina Takahashi, Nozomi A. Shinohara, Yoshihiro Noda, Shinichiro Nakajima, Tomoya Hirota, Yuta Y. Aoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04249-8