Re-Examining the Core Features of Autism: A Comparison of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Bishop, Somer; Gahagan, Sheila; Lord, Catherine
Titel	Re-Examining the Core Features of Autism: A Comparison of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48 (2007) 11, S.1111-1121 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01782.x
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Autism; Interpersonal Relationship; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Comparative Analysis; Measures (Individuals); Behavior Problems; Interpersonal Competence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Autismus; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Alkoholembryopathie; Messdaten; Interpersonale Kompetenz
Abstract	Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) are both characterized by social difficulties, but overall clinical descriptions of the two disorders are different. Method: Twenty-nine children with autism and 33 children with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) were compared to 29 children with FASD of equivalent age and full-scale IQ. To isolate social deficits that are most unique to ASD, all participants were administered the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). Parents of the children completed the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R). Results: Difficulties in initiating social interaction, sharing affect, and using nonverbal communication were common in children with ASD but rare in children with FASD. Socially inappropriate behaviors and difficulty with peers were common in both groups. Conclusions: These findings suggest that whereas propensity for social interaction appears to be a differentiating factor between children with ASD and those with non-spectrum disorders, impaired quality of social interaction may be less diagnostically discriminative. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10