Fig. 1.

Comparison of participation categories (a physical activities, b recreational activities, c social activities, d skill activities, and e jobs/chores) between children with ASD (black bars) and those who without ASD (gray bars) within age groups (6–8, 9–10, 11–12, 13–15, 16–17 years old). The bar graphs indicate means of each age groups between the two comparison groups which accounting for gender, race/ethnicity, having ADHD, current health insurance, living in working poor families, education attainment of adult in household, overall health status of mother and father, supportive neighborhood, and safe neighborhood. High scores reflect a high level of participation. Asterisk indicates statistically significant at an alpha level of 0.05