Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of L'Aquila, Coppito Hospital Building Delta 6, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2012 Jun;42(6):954-60. doi: 10.1007/s10803-011-1323-9.
The literature offers no descriptions of the adaptive outcomes of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) after natural disasters. Aim of this study was to evaluate the adaptive behaviour of participants with ASD followed for 1 year after their exposure to the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila (Italy) compared with an unexposed peer group with ASD, by administering the Italian form of the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (VABS) at baseline, 6 months and 1 year after the earthquake. Exposed participants declined dramatically in their adaptive behaviour during the first months after the earthquake (p < 0.01 for all VABS dimensions). However, immediate intensive post-disaster intervention allowed children and adolescents with autism showing a trend towards partial recovery of adaptive functioning.
文献中没有描述自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)患者在自然灾害后的适应结果。本研究的目的是通过在基线、地震后 6 个月和 1 年时使用意大利文版的 Vineland 适应行为量表(VABS)评估暴露于 2009 年意大利拉奎拉地震后的 ASD 参与者与未暴露于地震的 ASD 同龄人的适应行为。暴露于地震的参与者在地震后的头几个月中其适应行为显著下降(所有 VABS 维度的 p < 0.01)。然而,灾后立即进行密集干预,使自闭症儿童和青少年的适应功能有部分恢复的趋势。