Facilitating Interaction with Police During Routine Traffic Stops for Persons with ASD.
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| Title: | Facilitating Interaction with Police During Routine Traffic Stops for Persons with ASD. |
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| Authors: | Grindle, Harry, Sassu, Kari A., Dooley, Joseph M., Farmer, Eileen B., Volkmar, Fred R. |
| Source: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders. Jun2025, Vol. 55 Issue 6, p2115-2123. 9p. |
| Subjects: | Police education, Traffic safety, Intellect, Curriculum, Autism, Automobile driving, Questionnaires, Legal liability, Anxiety, Descriptive statistics, Simulation methods in education, Pre-tests & post-tests, Longitudinal method, Communication, Asperger's syndrome, Human comfort, Data analysis software, People with disabilities, Psychosocial factors |
| Abstract: | A product of ASD socio-communicative-deficits and insufficient police training related to autism, ASD-police interactions have the potential to become problematic, with negative outcomes for ASD individuals and police alike. Thus, the combination of police acclimation, simulatory experience for drivers with ASD and the introduction of Connecticut's recent Blue Envelope could improve overall experiences for drivers. A simulated routine traffic stop practice event, utilising pre- and post- measures was conducted in an effort to quantify drivers' feelings about current and future interactions with police. Our prediction that participants would experience a statistically significant improvement in anxiety, comfort and self-perceived knowledge levels about future ASD-police interactions immediately following the intervention was confirmed. Our prediction that initially significant disparities between participants with and without police experience – those with previous police encounters versus those that don't - would become not significant immediately following the intervention was disconfirmed. While the longitudinal data suggested that improved post-intervention ASD psychological measures remained statistically significant in the long-term, the sample responses to our long-term questionnaire were too few in number to make any definitive conclusions. It is suggested that practice traffic stops such as these could benefit both drivers with ASD and law enforcement nationwide. It is further suggested that police officer curriculums should include additional training regarding special populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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