Sleep Habits of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically Developing Children.

Approval from the Departmental Research Committee of Occupational Therapy, and the Institutional Research Committee has been obtained. Permission to use the Children Sleep Habit Questionnaire has been given from the author. Permission from the special school and the mainstream schools has been taken. The Children Sleep Habit Questionnaire has been translated. Approval will then be taken from the Institutional Ethics Committee of Kasturba Hospital. Following which, registration will be done in the Clinical Trial Registry of India. The participants will be contacted through the school authorities, they will then be selected according to the selection criteria; the written informed consent will be obtained from the parents of typical children and from the parents of ASD children and they will then be provided with the subject information sheet.

Demographic form, and the CSHQ will then be given to the selected parents through the children during the school hours through the school authorities based on their convenience. Language (English/Kannada) and the mode of communication (google form or a hard copy) will be based on the convenience of the parents. 3 reminders will be given to parents who are yet to return the questionnaire after first 2 weeks. The data will then be collected and analyzed; the results be interpreted followed by manuscript writing and submission of both.