Robertson, Rachel and Vogel, Marissa and Conner, Caitlin and Mazefsky, Carla and Sherman, Sally
(2023)
YOWB: Supporting Mental and Physical Wellbeing in Autistic Adults through Community-Based Mindful Movement.
In: Pitt Momentum Fund 2023.
Abstract
Autistic adults experience greater mental, emotional, and physical health (MEPH) challenges and engage in less physical activity than non-autistic adults. One approach to supporting MEPH is yoga or mindful movement (MM). The aim of this teaming project is to develop and evaluate a community-based MM program with and for autistic adults to support their MEPH. In phase one, we will create a development team consisting of 1) our community partner, Open Up Pittsburgh (OUP); 2) autistic adults who currently participate in OUP’s MM programming; and 3) an interdisciplinary team of University of Pittsburgh researchers specializing in autism and MEPH. The development team will use a mixed methods approach to gather evidence on the features of OUP’s ongoing MM classes that are most beneficial for supporting MEPH in autistic adults, and use the findings to develop a MM program specifically for supporting autistic adults’ MEPH. In phase two, the pilot MM program will be tested at OUP in a randomized waitlist-controlled trial. Further, we aim to develop a program that is a) manualized, b) feasible to implement in-person and online, c) rigorously evaluated for potential effectiveness, and d) highly likely to attract follow-on external funding.
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