Striving to provide conditional access: strategies parents use to mediate the screentime of their children with autism spectrum disorder

The findings of this study, describing the various restrictive strategies parents use to manage the screentime use of their children, were comparable to prior studies. Findings that built on existing evidence, describe the strategies parents used i.e., distraction and preparing for the cessation of screentime, to manage screentime in a way that avoided negative behaviour in their child and parental stress linked to this behaviour. It is certain, that screentime will remain a predominant occupation for children with autism spectrum disorder therefore, early childhood interventionists need to consider how to optimize the nature of engagement of screentime.