Parents play an essential role in supporting child development by providing a safe home,
proper nutrition, and rich educational opportunities. In this article we focus on the role of …

Conversational skills, which are essential for effective social interactions and typically pose
difficulties for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), include abilities such as …

Conclusions about the efficacy of tele-therapy for parent-mediated intervention for children
with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are limited, due to the shortage of direct comparisons …

In their first three years, children begin to maintain topics and add new information in
conversation. In turn, caregivers create opportunities for language learning. Compared to …

Background and aims Developmental motor speech impairment has been suspected, but
rarely systematically examined, in low-and minimally verbal individuals with autism …

Background The evaluation of treatment efficacy for individuals with fragile X syndrome
(FXS) or intellectual disability (ID) more generally has been hampered by the lack of …

Numerous studies have investigated the predictors of language in pre-verbal toddlers and
verbally fluent children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study investigated …

Although pragmatic speech impairments have been found across the autism spectrum, how
these manifest in minimally verbal (MV) individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has …

Variability in expressive and receptive language, difficulty with pragmatic language, and
prosodic difficulties are all features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Quantifying language …

Many theories of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) focus on a single system or factor as an
explanatory mechanism for autism symptoms and behavior. However, there is growing …