A meta-analysis and critical review of metacognitive accuracy in autism.

This study looked at whether autistic people can accurately judge their own thoughts and feelings. The research found that autistic people may sometimes have trouble with this self-awareness, but it depends on what they're trying to judge. Good news: children who struggle with this may get better as they grow up. This skill might be important for school success, so it's worth paying attention to when planning support.

This meta-analysis examined metacognitive accuracy in autism - the ability to make accurate judgements about one's own mental states. The review found that autistic individuals may experience difficulties with metacognitive accuracy, though this varies depending on the specific type of judgement being made. Importantly, while autistic children showed difficulties in some metacognitive areas, these may improve by adulthood, suggesting developmental changes over time. The research highlights metacognitive accuracy as potentially important for academic success and everyday functioning, warranting individual support consideration.

However, the authors emphasize that more research is needed to understand where specific difficulties lie and how they can be addressed.

Metacognitive accuracy should be considered in individual support planning, particularly for academic success. Assessment may need to be domain-specific given variability in difficulties. Early intervention may be beneficial given potential for improvement from childhood to adulthood.

Sample size not reported. Authors explicitly state more research is needed to understand specific difficulties and interventions. Limited detail provided about which metacognitive domains show greatest impairment or improvement trajectories.

The ability to make accurate judgements about our own and others' mental states has been widely researched; however, it is unclear how these two abilities relate to each other. This is important given that there is evidence that autistic individuals can have difficulty with accurately judging others' mental states. Recent evidence suggests that some autistic individuals may also have difficulty accurately judging their own mental states. This may have an impact on various aspects of everyday life but particularly academic success, and therefore it is important that this skill is not overlooked when exploring areas of individual support.

The aim of this article is to bring together the research examining autistic individual's ability of making accurate judgements about their own mental states and to establish whether this is an area that warrants further investigation. The results from this article show that autistic individuals may have difficulty making accurate judgements about their own mental states, although this depends on the type of judgement being made. It also highlighted that while autistic children may have difficulties in some areas, these may improve by adulthood. Overall, this article shows that more research is needed to fully understand where specific difficulties lie and how they may be overcome.