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Melogno, Sergio; Pinto, Maria Antonietta; Levi, Gabriel – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2015
This study analyses the case of a gifted child (9;6 year) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who had a particularly high verbal IQ (146) and a specific cognitive, linguistic, and metalinguistic profile. A description of some salient behavioral characteristics of the child is provided. A metalinguistic ability test assessing metagrammatical,…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Gifted, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Burger-Veltmeijer, Agnes E. J.; Minnaert, Alexander E. M. G.; Van Houten-Van den Bosch, Els J. – Educational Research Review, 2011
This systematic literature review explored the state of the art concerning the theoretical and empirical knowledge of the twice-exceptionality of Intellectual Giftedness and Autism Spectrum Disorders (IG + ASD), in relation to diagnostic and assessment issues. After searching and examining publications in peer-reviewed journals and dissertations,…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Research, Autism, Gifted
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Drake, Jennifer E.; Redash, Amanda; Coleman, Katelyn; Haimson, Jennifer; Winner, Ellen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
We investigated whether typically-developing children with a gift for drawing realistically show the local processing bias seen in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Twenty-seven 6-12 year-olds made an observational drawing (scored for level of realism) and completed three local processing tasks, and parents completed the Childhood…
Descriptors: Autism, Talent, Asperger Syndrome, Cognitive Processes