Objective Pragmatics can be defined as the appropriate use of language in social
interactions. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and children with …

Social difficulties are a key aspect of autism, but the intervening factors are still poorly
understood. This study had two objectives: to compare the profile of ToM skills, executive …

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulties with understanding
pragmatic language and also nonliteral language. However, little is understood about the …

Background In typical development, early peer talk is crucial for pragmatic development. The
pragmatic deficit, reflected in remarkably deficient conversational capabilities, is considered …

By utilizing the Pragma test this study investigated how sixteen five-to ten-year-old children
with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and sixteen typically developing (TD) children …

There has been significant and extensive knowledge production in the last four decades
regarding pragmatic language impairment (PLI) in children with neurodevelopmental …

The primary aim of this study is to increase the existing knowledge about the pragmatic skills
of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Specifically, the study has two objectives …

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 …

This paper investigates automatic processing of novel metaphors in adults with Asperger
Syndrome (AS) and typically developing controls. We present an experiment combining a …

Youth who lose their ASD diagnosis may have subtle social and communication difficulties.
We examined social and communication functioning in 44 high-functioning autism (HFA), 34 …