Ogunesan, Oludesola https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9589-9356
Newsom, Cassandra
O’Kelley, Sarah Elizabeth
Guest, Kristi
Wickliffe, Jeffrey K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Civitan International
Article History
Received: 15 December 2025
Accepted: 25 February 2026
First Online: 6 March 2026
Declarations
: Ethical conduct of research statementData was collected under the auspices of IRB approval (IRB-300009712) from children diagnosed with ASD who received research-reliable diagnoses with ADOS-2 at clinics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
: Written informed consent for participation was obtained from parents/legal guardians of all participants in the study.
: Parents or legal guardians provided consent to publish anonymized data and findings.
: The authors declare no competing interests.