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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) interferes significantly with how children interact with their relatives. This study focuses on factors involved in social interactions of 10 young children between the ages of 24 to 48 months presenting with ASD in a natural context of interaction with a parent. The study is based on direct observations and aims to analyse social behaviours, measure the social sensitivity of children and to explore individual factors in children that may influence social interaction between the child and his parent. Specifically, this study focuses on the context of intervention, namely free play and intervention targeting social communication, as well as the level of functioning of the children, namely the level of severity of the ASD and the level of adaptive skills. Results suggest that children presenting with ASD are sensitive to social attention from their parent, that the context of parental intervention is beneficial for appropriate social behaviours, and that children's individual characteristics influence social interactions and sensitivity.
Keywords: Trouble du spectre de l'autisme, sensibilité sociale, interactions parent-enfant, loi généralisée de l'appariement, intervention, Autism spectrum disorder, Social sensitivity, Parent-child interaction, Generalized matching law, Intervention