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de Klerk, Carina C. J. M.; Gliga, Teodora; Charman, Tony; Johnson, Mark H. – Developmental Science, 2014
Face recognition difficulties are frequently documented in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It has been hypothesized that these difficulties result from a reduced interest in faces early in life, leading to decreased cortical specialization and atypical development of the neural circuitry for face processing. However, a recent study…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, At Risk Persons, Responses
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Charman, Tony; Taylor, Emma; Drew, Auriol; Cockerill, Helen; Brown, Jo-Anne; Baird, Gillian – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: To examine the predictive validity of symptom severity, cognitive and language measures taken at ages 2 and 3 years to outcome at age 7 in a sample of children diagnosed with autism at age 2. Method: Twenty-six children diagnosed with autism at age 2 were re-assessed at ages 3 and 7 years. At each age symptom severity, cognitive and…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Autism, Predictive Validity, Clinical Diagnosis