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Direct linkYoung, Edna Carter; Diehl, Joshua J.; Morris, Danielle; Hyman, Susan L.; Bennetto, Loisa – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2005
Purpose: Pragmatic language disorders (PLDs) are difficult to diagnose in a cost-effective manner, and there are few assessment tools that yield quantitative data. This investigation was designed to determine whether two formal assessment tools would differentiate PLDs in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) from controls matched on…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Language Tests, Autism, Language Impairments
Download full textLoveland, Katherine A.; And Others – 1989
Sixteen subjects with autism and 16 with Down Syndrome (aged 5 to 27), matched on verbal mental age, watched a short puppet show or video skit and were then asked to tell the story to a listener and answer follow-up questions. The majority of both groups were able to produce recognizable, though primitive, narratives. The groups did not differ in…
Descriptors: Autism, Body Language, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis
