Woodyatt G C, Ozanne A E
Department of Speech and Hearing, University of Queensland, Australia.
J Intellect Disabil Res. 1993 Aug;37 ( Pt 4):419-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1993.tb00885.x.
Changes in the cognitive, communicative and interactive development of a group of six girls with Rett syndrome (three younger and three older) were documented over a 3-year period. All six maintained a profound level of intellectual performance and a preintentional level of communication in which caregivers assigned meaning to the girls' limited behaviours. However, marked individual variation was noted in both cognitive and social interaction skills. The study supported the notion of an increased perception of social interactiveness by the caregivers over time. The development of means-end behaviour, in particular, seems closely linked with the measured increase in behaviours inferred as communicative. However, the results also show that factors such as cognitive level, physical status and educational intervention may be related to this perception.
对一组六名患有雷特综合征的女孩（三名年龄较小，三名年龄较大）在三年时间里的认知、沟通和互动发展变化进行了记录。所有六名女孩都保持着极低的智力水平和前意向性沟通水平，即照顾者为女孩们有限的行为赋予意义。然而，在认知和社交互动技能方面都观察到了显著的个体差异。该研究支持了随着时间推移照顾者对社交互动性的感知增加这一观点。特别是，手段 - 目的行为的发展似乎与推断为具有沟通性的行为的测量增加密切相关。然而，结果也表明，认知水平、身体状况和教育干预等因素可能与这种感知有关。
