ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2020
The effect of school exposure and personal contact on attitudes towards bullying and autism in schools: A cohort study with a control group.
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- Autism, bullying, and mental health: a comprehensive systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of specialist resource centres on autistic pupils' experience of mainstream school.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- First Impressions Matter: Exploring Children's Negative Perceptions of Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Korean autistic persons facing systemic stigmatization from middle education schools: daily survival on the edge as a puppet.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Mental health challenges faced by autistic people.Nature human behaviour · 2023Review
- Negative first impression judgements of autistic children by non-autistic adults.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- 'Someone like-minded in a big place': Autistic young adults' attitudes towards autistic peer support in mainstream education.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Article
- Chinese College Students' Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Social Distance from Individuals with ASD: The Mediating Role of Negative Stereotypes.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Understanding Stigma in Autism: A Narrative Review and Theoretical Model.Autism in adulthood · 2022Review
- Knowledge About Bullying by Young Adults With Special Educational Needs With or Without Disabilities (SEN/D).Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
lay abstractAutistic children are more likely than non-autistic children to be bullied at school. This study therefore explored whether the kind of school setting and the level of personal contact with autistic people can affect children's attitudes towards bullying and autism. Surveys were completed at the beginning and end of the school year by 775 children aged 11-12 years, from six schools: three with specialist centres for autistic children and three without. Participants read stories describing bullying situations, then provided their views in relation to the story and in relation to autism. Children in schools with centres increased their feelings of anger, pity, sadness and shame in response to the bullying situations. In contrast, children in schools with no centre showed less sociable responses to bullying, except in response to a story describing an autistic child, being excluded by classmates. Furthermore, children who increased the time they spent with autistic individuals over the course of the year showed a greater rise in positive attitudes towards autistic people. This highlights the need for both personal contact and an inclusive school environment, to improve attitudes towards autism and reduce tolerance for bullying.
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