Autism and Developmental Disorders journal - new issue/

A special issue of “Autism and Developmental Disorders” (№1-2023) has been published on the portal of psychological publications PsyJournals.ru

This issue focuses on information accessibility for people with autism and other developmental disorders. The “Education & Intervention Methods” section features articles examining aspects of the accessibility of educational test materials and medical texts. They are followed by papers on alternative and augmentative methods of communication (AACs) – the PECS IV+ app, gadgets for teens with developmental disorders, and opportunities to use AACs to help young people with speech impairments assess their skills. The section concludes with a review of recent research on visual forms of support.

The regular rubric “Research of ASD” brought together several applied and seminal papers on the topics of oral discourse research, teachers’ emotional burnout, and intrafamilial relationships.