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. 2023 Dec 6;71(4):626-637.
doi: 10.1080/20473869.2023.2266624. eCollection 2025.

The inquiry of the learning support index connotation of adults with autism spectrum disorder

Xiang Lian  1 , Kimberly Kolletar-Zhu  2 , Xiaoyan Pan  3
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The inquiry of the learning support index connotation of adults with autism spectrum disorder

Xiang Lian et al. Int J Dev Disabil. .

Abstract

In this study, a questionnaire survey using the Delphi Technique was conducted among 22 expert group members. We construct the connotation of learning support indicators for adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on survey results. In this study, there are five levels of significance. After three rounds of questionnaire surveying, the average of all questions was >4.0, with a standard deviation of <1, and 37 questions were reserved. The average opinion of the expert members of the Delphi Technique on the importance of connotation topics increased and the standard deviation decreased sequentially, yielding the result of opinion convergence, indicating that the expert members agreed on the importance of the topic of the survey. The research results indicate that the connotation question is reduced from 52 questions to 37 questions through three aspects: writing and expression, simplification and merging of questions, and consideration criteria for various score indicators of the question. On a theoretical level, this study is expected to provide a reference for the connotation construction of learning support indicators for adults with ASD.

Keywords: Adults with autism spectrum disorder; Delphi technique; index connotation; learning support.

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Delphi method research process (adapted from Mousavi et al. 2020).
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