Autistic Input in Social Skills Interventions for Young Adults: a Systematic Review of the Literature

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Monahan, J., Freedman, B., Pini, K., & Lloyd, R. (2021). Autistic Input in Social Skills Interventions for Young Adults: a Systematic Review of the Literature. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-021-00280-9

Publication date: 13 Jul 2021 Added to AutiHub: 22 Sep 2026 Type: Article Article language: English

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Authors

Publication authors
4
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 4 (25.0%)

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These indicators describe the bibliography cited by this publication. An author name is counted each time it appears in one cited reference, so the same person can be counted more than once. Names not yet linked to an author already present in AutiHub are treated as unknown, not as non-autistic. Last computed: 2 Oct 2026 13:58.

Cited references
77
With a DOI
66
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
7
9 / 77 (11.7%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
7 / 77 (9.1%)
References with detected author names
71 / 77 (92.2%)
Without detected author names
6
Without a structured title
7
Without a stable identifier
7
References with raw author names still to review
6
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
These indicators apply to cited references displayed on this page, after technical duplicates have been merged. A reference without a DOI can still support author statistics when a title and author names are available.
Author names detected in the cited bibliography
330
From DOI or external metadata
330
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
17
140 / 330 (42.4%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 190 / 330 (57.6%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
28 / 330 (8.5%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 28 / 140 (20.0%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 22 / 278 (7.9%).
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