“…First, WS is associated with a characteristic social phenotype which includes a strong interest in people ('hypersociability'), high levels of affective expression, and a greater tendency to approach strangers when compared to neurotypical children or children with other developmental disabilities of a similar age (Doyle, Bellugi, Korenberg, & Graham, 2004;Hauser-Cram, Howell-Moneta, & Young, 2011;Jones et al, 2000;Järvinen-Pasley et al 2008;Riby, Kirk, Hanley, & Riby, 2014;Weisman et al, 2015). Additionally, young children with WS show higher levels of empathic concern than developmentally-matched controls (Plesa Skwerer & Tager-Flusberg, 2016). isolation, and atypicalities in social cognition and interpretation of social cues (Davies, Udwin & Howlin, 1998;Riby, Hancock, Jones, & Hanley, 2013;Weisman et al, 2017).…”