Healthcare Students' Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Peers with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Purpose: The present study investigates healthcare students' affective, behavioral, and cognitive attitudes toward hypothetical peers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the effect of the ASD label on their attitudes. Methods: The MAS scale for ASD persons in the postsecondary education (Matthew...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 55; no. 7; pp. 2492 - 2503 |
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Springer Nature
Jul2025
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