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Characterising Insistence on Sameness and Circumscribed Interests: A Qualitative Study of Parent Perspectives
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Emily Spackman; Alicia Geng; Luke D. Smillie; Thomas W. Frazier; Antonio Y. Hardan; Gail A. Alvarez; Andrew Whitehouse; Rachel K. Schuck; Sue R. Leekam; Mirko Uljarevic – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Manifestations of insistence on sameness (IS) and circumscribed interests (CI) are complex, with individuals varying considerably, not only in the types of behaviours they express, but also in terms of a behaviour's frequency, intensity, trajectory, adaptive benefits, and impacts. However, current quantitative RRB instruments capture only certain…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns
The Association between Autism Symptomatology and Adaptive Functioning over Six Months: Findings from the Pilot Phase of the PARC Study
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Tamar David Cohen; Judah Koller; Eric Duku; Anna Kata; Colleen Anderson; Teresa Bennett; Amber Cauwenbergs; Kathleen Dekker; Briano DiRezze; Irene Drmic; Judy Eerkes; Stephen J. Gentles; Kathy Georgiades; Lorraine Hoult; Olaf Kraus De Camargo; Bill Mahoney; Ronit Mesterman; Olivia Ng; Sue Robertson; Caroline Roncadin; Stelios Georgiades – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: In the context of developmental trajectories, the association between adaptive functioning and core autism symptomatology remains unclear. The current study examines the associations of adaptive behavior with autism symptom sub-domains and with different facets of symptom expression. Methods: Participants include 36 children with a recent…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Children, Behavior Patterns
Conjunction Is Polarity Sensitive in Mandarin
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Na Gao; Peng Zhou; Stephen Crain – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2025
This study investigates how speakers of Mandarin interpret negative sentences with the conjunction ("he" 'and'). Our experiments test three predictions that follow from the proposal that the Mandarin conjunction is a positive polarity item (PPI) for both children and adults. On this account, the Mandarin conjunction should be interpreted…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Prediction, Form Classes (Languages), Phrase Structure
Social-Emotional Functioning and Quality of Life in Language Disorders: A Systematic Review of Development from Childhood to Adolescence
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Mélanie van Barreveld; Annette Scheper; Constance Vissers; Iris Duinmeijer; Britt Hakvoort – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: It is well-established that children and adolescents with developmental language disorder (DLD) have social-emotional difficulties. This is reflected in their behaviour, for instance, by (social) withdrawal, hyperactivity or difficulty with peer relations. Children with DLD are also known to have poorer quality of life (QoL). This is…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Quality of Life, Language Impairments, Research Reports