The broader language phenotype of autism: a comparison with specific language impairment.
BACKGROUND: Some individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience linguistic difficulties similar to those found in individuals with specific language impairment (SLI). Whether these behaviours are indicative of a common underlying genetic cause or a superficial similarity is unclear. ME...
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| description | BACKGROUND: Some individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience linguistic difficulties similar to those found in individuals with specific language impairment (SLI). Whether these behaviours are indicative of a common underlying genetic cause or a superficial similarity is unclear. METHODS: Standardised language assessments were administered to three participant groups: parents of children with ASD (Par-A), parents of children with specific language/literacy impairment (Par-L) and parents of typically developing children (Par-T) (n = 30, in each group). Additionally, the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) was used to assess autism-like tendencies, in particular, social language use. RESULTS: The Par-A group performed better than the Par-L group (and identical to the Par-T group) on all language tests. Conversely, the Par-A group was characterised by higher levels of pragmatic difficulties than the other two groups, as measured by the communication subscale of the AQ. CONCLUSIONS: No evidence was found for a shared phenotype in parents of children with ASD and SLI. A model is presented describing the relation between SLI and ASD. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:4fe3291a-6f1e-4833-b474-937d8c26ea382022-03-26T16:10:15ZThe broader language phenotype of autism: a comparison with specific language impairment.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4fe3291a-6f1e-4833-b474-937d8c26ea38EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Whitehouse, ABarry, JBishop, D BACKGROUND: Some individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience linguistic difficulties similar to those found in individuals with specific language impairment (SLI). Whether these behaviours are indicative of a common underlying genetic cause or a superficial similarity is unclear. METHODS: Standardised language assessments were administered to three participant groups: parents of children with ASD (Par-A), parents of children with specific language/literacy impairment (Par-L) and parents of typically developing children (Par-T) (n = 30, in each group). Additionally, the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) was used to assess autism-like tendencies, in particular, social language use. RESULTS: The Par-A group performed better than the Par-L group (and identical to the Par-T group) on all language tests. Conversely, the Par-A group was characterised by higher levels of pragmatic difficulties than the other two groups, as measured by the communication subscale of the AQ. CONCLUSIONS: No evidence was found for a shared phenotype in parents of children with ASD and SLI. A model is presented describing the relation between SLI and ASD. |
| spellingShingle | Whitehouse, A Barry, J Bishop, D The broader language phenotype of autism: a comparison with specific language impairment. |
| title | The broader language phenotype of autism: a comparison with specific language impairment. |
| title_full | The broader language phenotype of autism: a comparison with specific language impairment. |
| title_fullStr | The broader language phenotype of autism: a comparison with specific language impairment. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The broader language phenotype of autism: a comparison with specific language impairment. |
| title_short | The broader language phenotype of autism: a comparison with specific language impairment. |
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