Article Evaluation By Autism

Article Review: Autism
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Introduction
The article under evaluation falls in the criteria of social skills and its training groups for
children with Autism. The research is conducted to comprehend the efficacy and effectiveness of the
training groups in assisting the enhancement of social skills for children with the disease. It also aims
to understand if these social skills can be improvised among children that do not have intellectual
disability due to the disease. A deficit theory of the mind is recorded to the foremost problem faced
by people with ASD. Thus, training groups and programs have been started over time to help such
people in resolving these problems. ASD comes along with several other deficits or complexities that
causes problems with the processing of data or creating memories.
The review will include a critical review of the selected article with emphasis on the strengths
and weaknesses of the article and analysis of the ethical issues if any. Conclusions are drawn based
on subsequent research on the same subject and analysis of other articles that outline major factors
that surround social skills of people with Autism. A comparative analysis will also be done to judge
the missing factors in the chosen article and how further improvisations could be done to achieve
improved results at the end of the day.
Critical Article Review
The title of the article is ‘Impact of an Implicit Social Skills Training Group in Children with
Autism Spectrum Disorder Without Intellectual Disability: A Before-And-After Study’. A
comparative analysis of before and after results was done in this study. The journal is PLoS One in
which the article has appeared. The construction and inclusion of theoretical overview is relevant to
the subject of discussion. It includes comprehensive amount of information on explaining the disease
and the importance of the study altogether. The authors of the study are Jokthan Guivarch, Veena
Murdymootoo, Sara-Nora Elissalde , Xavier Salle-Collemiche , Sophie Tardieu, Elisabeth Jouve and
Francois Poinso. The authors are members of faculty at reputed Universities in France.

Strengths of the Article
The major strength of the article is the description of the social cognition in Autism and other
literary findings that shed light on the problems faced by people with the disease. The authors have
used several peer-reviewed articles and studies to specify the theories and describe the actual
condition of the people with the disease. Another major strength is the length of the study. The
authors have used about 22 weeks of rigorous study and noting of the results over time to reach the
conclusions that were attained. Both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis
techniques are used to describe the problem and the possible solutions that can assist in
understanding the social skills of children in an explicit manner. Furthermore, the authors have used
tables, graphs and other illustration to summarize and shed light on the results achieved. These
factors can easily be noted as the strength of the research.
A complete tabular justification on the improvement of the cognitive and social changes was
also showcased that describes the actual achievements that can be received if the right type of
training is given to children with Autism. The authors agree to the limitations that happened to the
study and how further changes can be made by experts to achieve more unbiased results at the end.
Autism includes different types of people. In some cases, the degree of autism is much high when
compared to others. In certain other cases, the autism may be coupled with other disorders that tend
to cause a higher amount of discomfort leading to the limitations on the general social and cognitive
capabilities. The authors understand these factors and thus have filtered the type of patients they
wanted in their study before it was started in the first place.
The research is a benchmark progress in the field of autism. Although similar studies have
been conducted on the subject but the length of duration taken by the authors to reach the
conclusions is also noteworthy. The characteristics are well-defined and the overall structure of the
paper is well-written to communicate the analysis appropriately.