ArticlePloS one2009
Environmental factors influence language development in children with autism spectrum disorders.
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- Examining the Transition from Single Words to Phrase Speech in Children with ASD: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Pooled it
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- Child and family characteristics associated with verbal communication difficulties in adolescents with autism and other developmental disabilities.Research in developmental disabilities · 2024Article
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- Language in autism: domains, profiles and co-occurring conditions.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2023Review
- Association between neighbourhood socioeconomic status and developmental vulnerability of kindergarten children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A population level study.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Family Factors and Communicative Skills in Children with Autism Without Intellectual Disability.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
- The Interaction of Social, Physical and Nutritive Factors in Triggering Early Developmental Language Delay in a Sample of Egyptian Children.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2019Article
- Distinct ERP profiles for auditory processing in infants at-risk for autism and language impairment.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Autism risk factors: genes, environment, and gene-environment interactions.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2012Review
- Feasibility and Relevance of an Eye-Tracking-Based Assessment of Morphosyntactic Comprehension in Young Autistic Children.Autism & developmental language impairmentsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWhile it is clearly admitted that normal behavioural development is determined by the interplay of genetic and environmental influences, this is much less the case for psychiatric disorders for which more emphasis has been given in the past decades on biological determinism. Thus, previous studies have shown that Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) were not affected by parental style. However, animal research suggests that different behavioural traits can be differentially affected by genetic/environmental factors. METHODOLOGY/ PRINCIPAL
findingsIn the present study we hypothesized that amongst the ASD, language disorders may be more sensitive to social factors as language is a social act that develops under social influences. Using the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, we compared the early characteristics of sensori-motor and language development in a large sample of children with ASD (n = 162) with parents belonging to different levels of education. The results showed that children raised by parents with a high level of education displayed earlier language development. Moreover, they showed earlier first words and phrases if their mother was at a high level of education, which reveals an additional gender effect. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: To our knowledge this study may trigger important new lines of thought and research, help equilibrate social and purely biological perspectives regarding ASD and bring new hopes for environmentally based therapies.
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