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ArticleAutism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research2025

Maximizing the Quality and Reporting Standards of Autism Intervention Science.

Shannon LaPoint, Claire Brito Klein, Micheal Sandbank, Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Sue Fletcher-Watson, Gauri Divan, Dagmara Dimitriou, Evdokia Anagnostou, Mette Elmose Andersen, Amanda Binns and 15 more

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Article in Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Maximizing the Quality and Reporting Standards of Autism Intervention Science.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Shannon LaPointSchool of Teacher Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6184-8636
Claire Brito KleinTEACCH Autism Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3480-2066
Micheal SandbankSchool of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6562-8267
Kristen Bottema-BeutelLynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0009-9464
Sue Fletcher-WatsonSalvesen Mindroom Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2688-1734
Gauri DivanSangath, Badez, Goa, India.ORCID 0000-0001-6212-8358
Dagmara DimitriouPsychology and Human Development, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6856-0595
Evdokia AnagnostouHolland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mette Elmose AndersenDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-4112-9890
Amanda BinnsDepartment of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1510-020X
Tony CharmanInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1993-6549
Jasper A EstabilloSemel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2905-7273
Stephanie M FecteauDepartment of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Saint-Jerome, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5321-6612
Anna FerrariDepartment of Psychology, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-5852-0408
Marie-Maude GeoffrayRESHAPE, INSERM U1290, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5528-3613
Lauren H HamptonThe University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7016-1067
Sabri HergünerAnkara Autism Center, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0001-5971-9413
Emily S KuschnerChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1251-1468
Jia Ying Sarah LeeQueensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre, UQ Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0186-8701
Julie SegersFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2442-6180
Deanna SwainDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1527-2944
Sarah VejnoskaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis MIND Institute, Sacramento, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7915-8702
Giacomo VivantiAJ Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4034-9157
Chongying WangAutism Research Center, School of Sociology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5303-0831
Jonathan GreenDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0143-181X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although there are clear international standards for intervention science and reporting in healthcare, implementation and uptake have been limited within autism intervention research. To address this concern, a Special Interest Group (SIG) was convened at the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meetings in May 2023 and May 2024. This SIG comprised members of the autistic community, senior clinical scientists, clinicians, advanced researchers, and early career researchers, who discussed and debated quality standards for autism intervention trials. This commentary summarizes relevant literature highlighted by SIG panelists and recommendations generated from small breakout groups and larger group discussions with SIG attendees. We recommend that all journals publishing autism intervention findings, especially autism-focused journals, institute mandatory reporting practices (e.g., trial registration, protocol, analysis plan) to facilitate transparency and rigorous autism intervention science, as well as related education initiatives in support of this goal. Findings from the SIG offer practical, actionable recommendations that we advocate be systematically adopted across autism-focused journals.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderResearch DesignHumansautismINSARinterventionreporting standardsspecial interest grouptrial

Identifiers

PMID41070555
PMCPMC12661279

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