ReviewRevista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo2021
Update about "minimally verbal" children with autism spectrum disorder.
Review in Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to Promote Communication in Minimally Verbal Autistic Children: A Systematic Review.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Factors linked to successful brain magnetic resonance imaging scans and data quality in autistic individuals across the functioning spectrum.BJPsych open · 2026Article
- Feasibility and Safety of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound on Language Impairment in a Patient with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Report.International medical case reports journal · 2026Article
- Necessity of an Eclectic Intervention Module to Enhance Emotion Comprehension and Channelization in Minimally Verbal Individuals with Autism.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Assessing Language Skills in Children Aged 4 to 6 Years with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Prospective Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Visual statistical learning and social attention in neurotypical, minimally speaking and speaking autistic preschoolers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Difficult Job of Parenting: Let's Talk about Parents of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorders: a literature review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- The effects of the DHACA method on expressive communication in children with autism spectrum disorder.CoDAS · 2025Article
- A Normative Model Representing Autistic Individuals Amidst Autism Spectrum Phenotypic Heterogeneity.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Theoretical-Methodological Foundations for the Global Integration Method (Método de Integração Global-MIG) in the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- A Prospective, Longitudinal Study of Caregiver-Reported Adaptive Skills and Function of Individuals withAdvances in neurodevelopmental disorders · 2024Article
- Autism Spectrum Disorder in 2023: A Challenge Still Open.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Language in autism: domains, profiles and co-occurring conditions.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2023Review
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- Profiling Language Skills in Minimally Verbal Autism: Findings From Greek-Speaking Preschoolers.Autism & developmental language impairmentsArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo review clinical and neurobiological features of minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder. DATA SOURCE: We carried out a narrative review using the PubMed database. We considered the following search terms combined through the Boolean operator "AND": "autism spectrum disorder"; "minimally verbal." DATA SYNTHESIS: To date, there is no shared definition of minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder. The heterogeneity in intellectual functioning and in linguistic abilities among these individuals suggests there is no single mechanism underlying their difficulties in learning to speak. However, the reasons why these children do not speak and the biological markers that can identify them are still unknown. Language impairment in these children can lead to several unfavorable consequences, including behavior problems (such as self-aggression, hetero-aggression, and property destruction), poorer daily living and social skills. Psychiatric comorbidities (including attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, specific phobias, and compulsions) consist in a serious problem related to the lack of verbal language in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Although in the literature there are very few evidence-based results, several findings suggest that an alternative and augmentative communication intervention, creating an extra-verbal communication channel, may be effective in these individuals.
conclusionsThe exact definition, clinical characteristics, associated disorders, etiology, and treatment of minimally verbal subjects with autism spectrum disorder must still be further studied and understood.
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