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A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Autism among Primary School Teachers in Selected Schools at Kolar District, Karnataka

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Introduction: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder of brain with reported incidence of 1 in 59 children (approximately 1.7%) in the United States. Children with autism have very vague features or symptoms; thus, health professionals think of autism as a spectrum disorder. Most of the children with autism make no eye interaction and look aloof, while others may demonstrate intermittent involvement with the surroundings and may make unreliable eye contact, smile, and hug. Children may also display varying verbal capacities, ranging from being nonverbal to having progressive talk. Materials and methods: Non-experimental descriptive survey design was conducted among 84 primary school children at Kolar District. Non–probability convenient sampling technique was adopted to choose participants. Structured knowledge questionnaire was designed to gather data from the primary school teachers. Results: Overall findings clearly show that 71.42% had inadequate knowledge, 16.66% had moderate knowledge and none of the teachers had adequate knowledge. Conclusion: Study findings show that primary school teachers had inadequate knowledge on autism hence the study concluded that importance and need of adequate awareness on autism. Keywords: Autism, Non-experimental, Descriptive, Primary school teachers

Source: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v15i4.24.100

Authors: Sumalatha CV, Abdul Latif, Lavanya Subhashini

Institutions: University of Rajasthan, Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research

Language: English

Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7124882207