Hobson R P, Lee A, Brown R
Developmental Psychopathology Research Unit, Tavistock Clinic, London, England.
J Autism Dev Disord. 1999 Feb;29(1):45-56. doi: 10.1023/a:1025918616111.
The nature of autism in congenitally blind children has long been a source of interest and perplexity. A group of nine congenitally blind children with an autism-like syndrome were closely matched on chronological age and verbal mental age with nine sighted autistic children, and were compared on the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (Schopler, Reichler, & Renner, 1986) and the Behavior Checklist for Disordered Preschoolers, together with the Play Items for Disordered Preschoolers (Sherman, Shapiro, & Glassman, 1983). A checklist of clinical features characteristic of autism (derived from DSM-III-R) was also completed through an interview with teachers. There was substantial similarity between the groups, but also suggestive evidence of possible group differences, specifically in the domain of social-emotional responsiveness. Research on the psychological development of congenitally blind children promises to yield insights into the nature of autism itself.
先天性失明儿童自闭症的本质长期以来一直是人们感兴趣和困惑的根源。一组九名患有自闭症样综合征的先天性失明儿童在实际年龄和语言心理年龄上与九名视力正常的自闭症儿童进行了密切匹配，并在儿童自闭症评定量表（Schopler、Reichler和Renner，1986年）、学龄前儿童行为检查表以及学龄前儿童游戏项目（Sherman、Shapiro和Glassman，1983年）上进行了比较。通过与教师的访谈，还完成了一份自闭症特征性临床特征清单（源自DSM-III-R）。两组之间存在实质性相似之处，但也有暗示性证据表明可能存在组间差异，特别是在社会情感反应领域。对先天性失明儿童心理发展的研究有望深入了解自闭症本身的本质。
