'Form is easy, meaning is hard'revisited:(re) characterizing the strengths and weaknesses of language in children with autism spectrum disorder

LR Naigles, S Tek - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) demonstrate impairments in social interaction
and communication, and in repetitive/stereotypical behaviors. The degree to which children …

Perceptual category learning in autism spectrum disorder: Truth and consequences

E Mercado III, K Chow, BA Church, C Lopata - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The ability to categorize is fundamental to cognitive development. Some categories emerge
effortlessly and rapidly while others can take years of experience to acquire. Children with …

Lexical skills in children with and without autism in the context of Arabic diglossia: Evidence from vocabulary and narrative tasks

M Abd El-Raziq, N Meir, E Saiegh-Haddad - Language Acquisition, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Arabic is characterized by diglossia, which involves the use of two language varieties within
a single speech community: Spoken Arabic (SpA) for everyday speech and Modern …

The shape bias in children with autism spectrum disorder: Potential sources of individual differences

A Abdelaziz, ST Kover, M Wagner… - Journal of Speech …, 2018 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) demonstrate many mechanisms of
lexical acquisition that support language in typical development; however, 1 notable …

The impact of subtle language and communication difficulties on the daily lives of autistic children without intellectual disability: Parent perspectives

A Sturrock, K Foy, J Freed, C Adams… - … Journal of Language …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Autistic children without intellectual disability will likely experience higher level
language and communication difficulties. These may appear subtle, in that they are not …

Early learning in autism as an atypical balance between assimilation and accommodation processes

G Vivanti, SJ Rogers, P Dwyer, S Rivera - Human Development, 2022 - karger.com
Many children on the autism spectrum are capable of learning large amounts of material in
specific areas–yet, they often show learning delays across multiple domains. Additionally …

Lexical semantic knowledge of children with ASD—a review study

N Sukenik, L Tuller - Review Journal of Autism and Developmental …, 2023 - Springer
Studies on the lexical semantic abilities of children with autism have yielded contradicting
results. The aim of the current review was to explore studies that have specifically focused …

[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of word learning in autistic and neurotypical children: Distinguishing noun-referent map**, retention, and generalisation

S Lund, C Rothwell, P Monaghan, C Hartley - Developmental Review, 2025 - Elsevier
Autism is often characterised by significant language comprehension impairments.
Differences in how autistic children learn words–including noun-referent map** …

Implicit learning in children and adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorders: Exploring the effects of individual differences

A Ziva, E Ziori - Quarterly Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Implicit learning plays an important role in the acquisition of various skills that are often
deficient in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study examines …

What categorical induction variability reveals about typical and atypical development

L Tecoulesco, F Deborah, LR Naigles - Journal of child language, 2021 - cambridge.org
Categorical induction abilities are robust in typically develo** (TD) preschoolers, while
children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) frequently perform inconsistently on tasks …