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 …

BACKGROUND: The needs of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are complex
and this is reflected in the number and diversity of outcomes assessed and measurement …

We analyzed the microstructure of child-adult interaction during naturalistic, daylong,
automatically labeled audio recordings (13,836 hr total) of children (8-to 48-month-olds) with …

The history of autism has included waxing and waning of interest in language and
communication, from interpreting language abnormalities as secondary to deficits in social …

Three groups of 18 children were selected for this study, one group with autism spectrum
disorders (ASD), one group with developmental delays in which ASD was ruled out (DD) …

For generations the study of vocal development and its role in language has been
conducted laboriously, with human transcribers and analysts coding and taking …

BTBR T+ tf/J (BTBR) is an inbred mouse strain that displays social abnormalities and
repetitive behaviors analogous to the first and third diagnostic symptoms of autism. Here we …

Canonical babbling is a critical milestone for speech development and is usually well in
place by 10 months. The possibility that infants with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show …

Abstract Language profiles in autism are variable and atypical, with frequent speech onset
delays, but also, in some cases, unusually steep growth of structural language skills. Joint …

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) tend to show distinctive, atypical acoustic
patterns of speech. These behaviors affect social interactions and social development and …