Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder occurring with or without mental retardation and defined by extreme social deficits, delayed development and bizarre use of language, and unusual sensory responses, with onset before 30 months of age (American Psychiatric Association, 1980). Difficulties in ...
We evaluated early pragmatic language skills in preschool-age siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and examined correspondence between pragmatic language impairments and general language difficulties, autism symptomatology, and clinical outcomes. Participants were younger siblings of childre...
Background The diagnostic boundaries between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and specific language impairment (SLI) are not clear-cut. Evidence of the lack of distinct boundaries between these disorders comes from research identifying a group of children who have pragmatic language difficulties that can...
Developmental language disorder is characterized by persistent difficulties arising during early childhood in the acquisition, understanding, production, or use of language which causes significant limitations in the ability to communicate. From: Positive Mental Health, Fighting Stigma and Promoting Resiliency...
Deficits in auditory short-term memory have been widely reported in children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI), and recent evidence suggests that children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and co-morbid language impairment (ALI) experience similar difficulties. Music, like language relies on auditory ...
Pragmatic Deficits in Autism Relationship Between Cognitive and Pragmatic Deficits in Autism Brain Anomalies and Pragmatic Difficulties in Autism Implications for Further Research Key Terms Key Facts of Pragmatic Characteristics in Autism Key Facts of Findings Related to Pragmatic Deficits in Autism...
Speech, language and communication needs are over seven times more common thanautism, but teachers and parents can still struggle to understand how to help. How speech and language difficulties affect children at school Problems with speech, language and communication can affect children in many ways...
Autism, primary pragmatic difficulties, and specific language impairment: can we distinguish them using psycholinguistic markers? Three groups of children with communication disorders were examined using a series of psycholinguistic markers to explore whether the tasks could identify ... Nicola,Botting,Gina...
The comprehension of language is one of the most difficult constellations of skills for children and adults with autism to acquire and to use. Yet our knowledge of what we can do about these difficulties is at an extraordinarily rudimentary level. Part o
Developmental language disorder (DLD) is an extremely common disorder, affecting approximately two children in every classroom. Children with DLD struggle to comprehend and use their native language, facing trouble with grammar, vocabulary, and holding conversations. Their language difficulties considerably ...