Backes Bárbara, Zanon Regina Basso, Bosa Cleonice Alves
Codas. 2013;25(3):268-73. doi: 10.1590/s2317-17822013000300013.
To investigate the relationship between language regression and the subsequent social-communicative development of preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Thirty children with ASD participated in the study and were divided into two groups: with (n=6) and without (n=24) language regression. Language regression was assessed by the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised and the social-communicative development was measured by the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.
Of the 30 children who met the criteria for participation in this study, six (20%) had regression of oral language skills, with a mean age of onset of 25 months. There were no statistical significant differences in the social-communicative development between the groups with and without language regression.
The findings of this research do not seem to confirm the relationship between the occurrence of language regression and the subsequent impairment on social-communicative development of children with ASD.
探讨自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）学龄前儿童语言倒退与随后社交沟通发展之间的关系。
30名患有ASD的儿童参与了该研究，并被分为两组：有语言倒退组（n = 6）和无语言倒退组（n = 24）。通过修订版自闭症诊断访谈评估语言倒退情况，并通过自闭症诊断观察量表测量社交沟通发展情况。
在符合本研究参与标准的30名儿童中，6名（20%）出现口语技能倒退，平均发病年龄为25个月。有语言倒退组和无语言倒退组在社交沟通发展方面无统计学显著差异。
本研究结果似乎并未证实语言倒退的发生与ASD儿童随后社交沟通发展受损之间的关系。
