ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2022
Healthy Relationships on the Autism Spectrum (HEARTS): A feasibility test of an online class co-designed and co-taught with autistic people.
Article in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- 'A certain magic' - autistic adults' experiences of interacting with other autistic people and its relation to Quality of Life: A systematic review and thematic meta-synthesis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Online Dating as a Middleman: Autistic Young Adults' Pursuit of Romantic Connection.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Unheard Voices: A Systematic Literature Review of Studies Using Self-Report Methods to Gather the Perspectives of Autistic Adults with Intellectual Disability.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Using State Administrative Data to Examine Aspects of Autistic Adult Life: A Comparative Analysis of Identification, Voting, Marriage, and Parenting.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Associations between Social Experiences and Psychological Health for Autistic Youth with Low IQ.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Applied Behavior Analysis and the Abolitionist Neurodiversity Critique: An Ethical Analysis.Behavior analysis in practice · 2023Review
- Reductions in Depression and Anxiety Among Autistic Adults Participating in an Intervention to Promote Healthy Relationships.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association · 2023Article
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Abstract
lay abstractThe Healthy Relationships on the Autism Spectrum class is unique because autistic people helped to develop it and co-taught it. It is an online, six-session class. The class was piloted in 2020-2021 with 55 autistic people who were ages 18-44 years old. This feasibility study found that most people who took the class liked it. Surveys filled out by the students before and after the class showed that they became less sensitive to rejection, used more positive thinking skills, and were more interested in being social. However, the class may not have made them feel less lonely. The team that invented the class is using the feedback to improve it. The class holds promise for improving the quality of friendships and dating relationships for autistic adults and should be tested further.
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