Friendship Among School-Aged Boys with ASD

• By: Jenna L. Mendelson, MA, LPA, HSP-A University of North Carolina – Greensboro Matthew D. Lerner, PhD Stony Brook University
• October 1st, 2014
• boys, friendships, SIPS, social information processing speed, social skills
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Perhaps the area of challenge most commonly associated with an ASD diagnosis is difficulty with social interaction. Individuals with ASD often struggle to understand and respond to the perspectives of others, and demonstrate differences in their experience of pleasure from social relationships...