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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2016

Brief Report: Ages of Language Milestones as Predictors of Developmental Trajectories in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Sara T Kover, Sarah R Edmunds, Susan Ellis Weismer

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Receptive-Expressive Language Phenotypes in Infants and Toddlers With Autism Features.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  8. Trajectory research in children with an autism diagnosis: A scoping review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024
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  9. Utility of the Language Use Inventory in Young Children at Elevated Likelihood of Autism.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2024
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  12. Predictive language processing in young autistic children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sara T KoverDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, 1417 N.E. 42nd St., Seattle, WA, 98105, USA. skover@u.washington.edu.
Sarah R EdmundsDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Susan Ellis WeismerDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

Funding

WISCONSIN CENTER ON MENTAL RETARDATION: CORE SUPPORTP30HD003352 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI MESSING, ALBEE · 1985 to 2015
$25.2M
Interdisciplinary Training in Speech-Language DisordersT32DC005359 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ELLIS-WEISMER, SUSAN · 2002 to 2019
$3.7M
Early Language Development Within the Autism SpectrumR01DC007223 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ELLIS-WEISMER, SUSAN · 2006 to 2010
$2.6M
NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD003352NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC007223NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC005359
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recognizing early risk markers in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is critical for timely diagnosis and intervention. The purpose of this study was to extend previous findings regarding language milestones to a longitudinal design, in which ages of expressive language milestones (i.e., first words, first phrases) could serve as predictors of developmental trajectories in a heterogeneous sample of young children with ASD (N = 98; age at first assessment: M = 32 months, SD = 5). Age of first words predicted trajectories of expressive language and adaptive skills; number of words predicted each outcome examined. Because these aspects of early language show promise as potential indicators of later functional outcomes, future research on developmental processes as they relate to individual differences will be particularly informative.

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LanguageAge FactorsAutism Spectrum DisorderChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantLanguage Development DisordersLongitudinal StudiesMalePredictive Value of TestsFirst wordsLanguage developmentTrajectories

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PMID26936159
PMCPMC4903886

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