ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2023
Structural and Pragmatic Language Impairments in Children Evaluated for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
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- Structural language profiles in children with autism spectrum disorder and developmental language disorder: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Who, when, where, and why: A systematic review of "late diagnosis" in autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Pooled it
- Using Pivotal Response Treatment to Improve Language Functions of Autistic Children in Special Schools: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Trial
- Autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan: Dynamic symptom trajectories and multidimensional support framework.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Review
- The neurocognitive aspects of empathy and theory of mind in pragmatic language processing.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Comprehension of Spatial Demonstratives in 4- to 6-Year-Old Chinese-Speaking Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of psycholinguistic research · 2026Article
- AVATA Cure Digital Therapeutics for Social Communication in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Clinical Trial.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
- Language Subdomains in Children on the Autism Spectrum: Cross-Sectional Study of Morphologically Rich Language.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) · 2026Article
- Binaural Processing Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Audiology research · 2026Review
- Expressive pragmatic language in mood and psychotic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
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- Beyond Mean Length of Utterance: Novel Measures for Characterizing the Spoken Language of Autistic Children.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2026Article
- Investigating the Relationship between Working Memory and Grammar in Children with High-Functioning Autism.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2026Article
- A multi-method phenotypic study of sex differences in pragmatic language in autism.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Communication across autism, ADHD, and non-clinical groups: examining autistic and ADHD traits from a dimensional perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Fostering inclusion in clinical and research procedures in autistic youth through augmentative and alternative communication: a narrative review and a proposal for visual aids application in brain stimulation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Structural and pragmatic language skills in school-age children relate to resting state functional connectivity.Brain imaging and behavior · 2025Article
- Opening New Worlds of Meaning-A Scoping Review of Figurative Language in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Ten years of using the APACS test: a multistudy cross-diagnostic analysis of pragmatic profiles and their relationship with Theory of Mind.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Temporal stability of semantic predictions in subclinical autistic and schizotypal personality traits.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Pragmatic language impairments are common in neurodevelopmental disorders, especially in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The relationship between structural language skills and pragmatic competence in children with autistic symptoms, however, is largely unknown. We investigated this relationship based on the Children's Communication Checklist-2 and early language delay among children (N = 177, 19% females) clinically evaluated for ASD, differentiated into ASD (n = 148) and non-ASD (n = 29). Structural language deficits were common and associated with reduced pragmatic competence in both groups. Pragmatic language impairments were most profound in children with ASD. Early language delay and structural language deficits were less common in females. Our findings suggest that assessment of structural language skills should be included in the evaluation of children with suspected ASD.
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