Residual Language Deficits in Optimal Outcome Children with a History of Autism

Autor/inn/en	Kelley, Elizabeth; Paul, Jennifer J.; Fein, Deborah; Naigles, Letitia R.
Titel	Residual Language Deficits in Optimal Outcome Children with a History of Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36 (2006) 6, S.807-828 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-006-0111-4
Schlagwörter	Semantics; Language Tests; Autism; Clinical Diagnosis; Intelligence Quotient; Language Impairments; Matched Groups; Pragmatics; Grammar; Language Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Semantik; Language test; Sprachtest; Autismus; Intelligenzquotient; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Pragmalinguistik; Grammatik; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	This study examined whether language deficits persist even in children with optimal outcomes. We examined a group of children with prior diagnoses on the autism spectrum who had IQs in the normal range, were in age-appropriate mainstream classes, and had improved to such an extent that they were considered to be functioning at the level of their typically developing peers. Fourteen such children between the ages of five and nine were matched on age and sex with typically developing children, and were given a battery of 10 language tests to investigate their language abilities. Results indicated that while these children's grammatical capabilities are mostly indistinguishable from their peers, they are still experiencing difficulties in pragmatic and semantic language. (Author).
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