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Increasing Physical Activity In Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Katherine B. Lalonde
Increasing Physical Activity In Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Katherine B. Lalonde
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Experts recommend that individuals walk 10,000 steps or more per day and doing so has been shown to have several health benefits. Unfortunately, many people fall short of 10,000 steps per day. Exercise levels are characteristically lower in people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) than in people without ASD. The present study comprised two experiments that used goal setting and reinforcement to increase physical activity in young adults with ASD. The first study employed a multiple-baseline-across-participants design in combination with a reversal design to determine the effects of a treatment package on the number of daily steps taken by young …