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Are Autistic Children with Theory of Mind Delays Unexpectedly Competent at Moral Reasoning?
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Candida C. Peterson; Virginia Slaughter – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2025
Moral reasoning and theory of mind (ToM) are two distinct but related aspects of social cognition. While past research has clearly documented serious delays in ToM development for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) both cross-sectionally (e.g. Happe, 1995) and longitudinally (Peterson & Wellman, 2020) much less is known about the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Elementary School Students, Special Needs Students