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Gillespie-Lynch, Kristen; Hotez, Emily; Zajic, Matthew; Riccio, Ariana; DeNigris, Danielle; Kofner, Bella; Bublitz, Dennis; Gaggi, Naomi; Luca, Kavi – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
The writing skills of autistic university students have received very little empirical attention. Previous research has suggested that autistic people may struggle with writing, in part, due to challenges with Theory of Mind. However, other research indicates that Theory of Mind difficulties are far from universal in autism, varying across…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, College Students
Gillespie-Lynch, Kristen; Hotez, Emily; Zajic, Matthew; Riccio, Ariana; DeNigris, Danielle; Kofner, Bella; Bublitz, Dennis; Gaggi, Naomi; Luca, Kavi – Grantee Submission, 2020
The writing skills of autistic university students have received very little empirical attention. Previous research has suggested that autistic people may struggle with writing, in part, due to challenges with Theory of Mind. However, other research indicates that Theory of Mind difficulties are far from universal in autism, varying across…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, College Students
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Obeid, Rita; DeNigris, Danielle; Brooks, Patricia J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Motor skills have been linked to language and social development with implications for theory of mind. This study examined theory of mind (attribution of intentions task) in school-age children (N = 62, mean age 8 years; 2 months, standard deviation [SD] = 1;3) in relation to fine motor skills (grooved pegboard), receptive vocabulary (Peabody…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Theory of Mind, Correlation
Weissinger, Kristen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated some of the underlying factors that may relate to and predict the reading comprehension of children in fourth through eighth grade (N = 47). A subset of these children previously had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; n = 10); the remainder are classified as typically-developing (n = 37). The participants…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6