Kelley Elizabeth, Paul Jennifer J, Fein Deborah, Naigles Letitia R
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020, Storrs, CT 06269-1020, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2006 Aug;36(6):807-28. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0111-4.
This study examined whether language deficits persist even in children with optimal outcomes. We examined a group of children with prior diagnoses on the autism spectrum who had IQs in the normal range, were in age-appropriate mainstream classes, and had improved to such an extent that they were considered to be functioning at the level of their typically developing peers. Fourteen such children between the ages of five and nine were matched on age and sex with typically developing children, and were given a battery of 10 language tests to investigate their language abilities. Results indicated that while these children's grammatical capabilities are mostly indistinguishable from their peers, they are still experiencing difficulties in pragmatic and semantic language.
本研究调查了即使是在预后最佳的儿童中，语言缺陷是否依然存在。我们研究了一组先前被诊断为自闭症谱系障碍的儿童，他们智商处于正常范围，在适合其年龄的主流班级就读，并且已经改善到被认为其功能水平与正常发育的同龄人相当的程度。十四名年龄在五岁至九岁之间的此类儿童在年龄和性别上与正常发育的儿童相匹配，并接受了一系列十项语言测试以调查他们的语言能力。结果表明，虽然这些儿童的语法能力大多与同龄人无异，但他们在语用和语义语言方面仍存在困难。
