A new Griffith University study has found young children with autism display high levels of anxiety symptoms.
“Anxiety symptoms in autistic children can occur early in the life of a child on the autism spectrum and that age is likely to be a factor in the type and severity of anxiety across the lifespan,’’ says lead author Professor Deb Keen from the Autism Centre of Excellence.
“But there has been little research on anxiety and autism in children under eight. Most anxiety measures are for older children and non-autistic populations.”
Anxiety-related symptomatology in young children on the autism spectrum – published this week in the journal Autism – investigated the frequency and range of anxiety symptoms in 95 five and six year-old children on the autism spectrum using an autism-specific measure of anxiety.
The study used data collected through the Longitudinal Study of Australian Students with Autism (LASA). Parents of autistic children aged four-five and
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