In response to the 2020 global pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), the World Health Organization (WHO, 2020) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC, 2020) recommended a number of guidelines to mitigate the spread of the disease (e.g., social distancing, wearing facemasks). This study replicates previous studies and extends empirical support for the use of DRO without escape extinction interventions for increasing passive compliance with medical devices in children with ASD. Participants' passive compliance generalized across 2 novel settings. The remaining 4 participants acquired mastery level passive compliance following fading intervals within the DRO intervention. Results showed that 2 participants acquired mastery level passive compliance (30 min) without fading during the initial baseline sessions. Terminal probe sessions determined DRO fading intervals. A changing‐criterion design embedded within a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a resetting differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) without escape extinction procedure on passive compliance. The current study taught 6 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to increase passive compliance of wearing a facemask across sequentially increasing durations of time.
