Remote vs. In-person Schooling during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Internalizing Symptoms among Children on the Autism Spectrum.

School format did not significantly contribute to variability in children's anxiety and depressive symptoms during the pandemic, over and above their pre-pandemic symptoms. The results contribute quantitative findings to the growing body of research on pandemic-related effects on autistic children, and underscore the need to account for pre-pandemic child functioning when drawing conclusions about pandemic-level effects.