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Sexual Abuse Prevention Among Autistic Children : A Narrative Review

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Elsi Rahmadani , Idris Adewale Ahmed
» doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.11.2024.1915-1928

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Background: Autistic individuals report higher rates of bullying, child abuse, sexual victimization, and crime victimization than non-autistic individuals. Restricted and repetitive behaviors can make individuals stand out from their peers, increasing vulnerability to bullying. They may also experience high levels of social isolation. Children with autism face a variety of challenges that fall in the context of social interaction and communication, making them more vulnerable and putting them at a higher risk of being victims of child sexual abuse (CSA). To explore the preventive sexual abuse autistic children. Subjects and Method: A comprehensive search of scientific online databases and reference lists was conducted. Publications based on qualitative and quantitative research, including case studies, were selected.A computerised search was conducted in the following databases : Web of Science, PubMed, Psych Info and Google Scholar. Studies on the screening of autistic prevention sexual child abuse. In addition, reference lists of retrieved publications were examined and we searched for ‘cited by’ publications. Finally, we contacted several experts in the field for relevant publications. Subjeck research is autistic children. Results: seven articles and reports were selected and discussed. The all articles Information was grouped according to program, intervention for preventive autistic sexual child abuse. Conclusion: Education for children and parent with autistic children have benefit to increase knowledge of autistic children. Education can be obtained from parents and schools as well as the use of technology to reduce the risk of sexual violence in autistic children.

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