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Basic Level and Superordinate Level Categorization by Autistic, Mentally Retarded and Normal Children.
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Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Describes three experiments that tested autistic children's nonverbal and verbal categorization abilities. Concludes that autistic children do not suffer a specific cognitive deficit in ability to categorize and form abstract concepts. (HOD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Autism, Classification, Cognitive Ability
Adaptive and Intellectual Functioning in Autistic and Nonautistic Retarded Children.
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Carpentieri, Sarah; Morgan, Sam B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
This study examined the relationship between adaptive functioning and intellectual functioning in 18 children with autism and mental retardation and 20 children with mental retardation. The children with autism showed significantly more impairment in adaptive behavior composite scores, verbal reasoning abilities, socialization skills, and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Autism, Children