ERIC Number: EJ1302652
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Publication Date: 2021-Aug
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A Preliminary Epidemiologic Study of Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder Relative to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Disability without Social Communication Deficits
Ellis Weismer, Susan; Rubenstein, Eric; Wiggins, Lisa; Durkin, Maureen S.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v51 n8 p2686-2696 Aug 2021
The goal of this preliminary investigation was to compare demographic and clinical characteristics in a sample of children with likely Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SCD) (N = 117) to those in children with possible (N = 118) and some (N = 126) SCD traits, other developmental delay (DD) (N = 91) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (N = 642). We used data from the Study to Explore Early Development (SEED), a multi-site case-control study. Items reflecting SCD DSM-5 criteria were selected from an autism diagnostic measure, with SCD categories identified by creating quartiles. Our results suggest that SCD may fall along a continuum involving elevated deficits (in comparison to DD with no SCD) in social communication and restricted and repetitive behavior that do not reach the clinical threshold for ASD.
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Interpersonal Communication, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Behavior Problems, Children, Individual Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS/PHS); National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: U10DD000180; U10DD000181; U10DD000182; U10DD000183; U10DD000184; U10DD000498; K18DC017111; T32HD007489; U10DD001215; U54HD090256
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