Solitary symbolic play, object substitution and peer role play skills at age 3 predict different aspects of age 7 structural language abilities in a matched sample of autistic and non-autistic children

Backgrounds and aims Early symbolic play abilities are closely related to long-term language development for both autistic and non-autistic children, but few studies have explored these relations for different dimensions of pretence and of language. The current study explores carer-reported measures...

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Main Authors: Yiran Vicky Zhao, Jenny Louise Gibson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Autism and Developmental Language Impairments
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23969415211063822