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August 16, 2026The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter

Researchers find early predictors of low daily living skills in teens with autism

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Overview

Comparative study identifies early language, motor, and attention deficits as predictors of reduced daily living skills in autistic youth, highlighting targets for intervention.

Key Points

  • To characterize differences in daily living skills among adolescents with autism compared to those with other developmental disabilities and identify early developmental predictors of these skills.
  • Comparative analysis evaluating independent daily living skill trajectories in adolescents with autism versus peers with other developmental disabilities.
  • Evaluation of early childhood developmental domains, including expressive communication, fine motor coordination, and attentional capacity, as potential longitudinal predictors.
  • Adolescents with autism demonstrate wide variation in independent daily living skills compared to adolescents with other developmental disabilities.
  • Early childhood difficulties in expressive language, fine motor skills, and attention serve as key predictors of lower adolescent daily living skill attainment.

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Alison Knopf (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817a11f2fb91fc834ada43https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30974
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