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Iarocci, Grace; Hutchison, Sarah M.; O'Toole, Gillian – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Parents and professionals are concerned that second language exposure may delay communication in children with ASD. In this study 174 youth (6-16 years) with and without ASD, exposed to a second language, were compared on executive function (EF) and functional communication (FC) with their peers without exposure. There were no significant…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Adolescents
Davidson, Meghan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Reading comprehension is a complex interactional process whereby the accumulated meaning of sounds, words, and sentences is integrated to form a meaningful representation of text. It is well established that many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have reading comprehension difficulties, but less is understood about the underlying…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Reading Difficulties