This article reviews the current knowledge state on pragmatic and structural language
abilities in autism and their potential relation to extralinguistic abilities and autistic traits. The …

In this systematic review, we analyzed and evaluated the findings of studies on prosodic
features of vocal productions of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in order to …

Paralinguistic analysis is increasingly turning into a mainstream topic in speech and
language processing. This article aims to provide a broad overview of the constantly …

Language and communication deficits characterize both autism spectrum disorder and
developmental language disorder, and the possibility of there being a common profile of …

Impairments in statistical learning might be a common deficit among individuals with Specific
Language Impairment (SLI) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Using meta-analysis, we …

It is known that individuals with Asperger syndrome (AS) may show no problems with regard
to what is said (eg, lexical content) but tend to have difficulties in how utterances are …

To describe the implications of the findings for clinical practice or research, we describe two
large projects, namely, JEMImE and Michelangelo, as examples of current studies that are …

Functional assessment has now entered the mainstream for evaluation and to aid in the
treatment of challenging behaviors, while experimental functional analysis was at the …

Background This study examined the reading performance of a nationally representative
sample of 110 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Method The sample was …

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the modified checklist for autism in
toddlers (M-CHAT) in a diverse rural American low-socioeconomic status (SES) sample …