Language Abilities of Children with Asperger Syndrome

Abstract

Current diagnostic taxonomies (ICD-10, DSM-IV) emphasize normal acquisition of language in Asperger syndrome (AS). Although many linguistic sub-skills may be fairly normal in AS there are also contradictory findings. There are only few studies examining language skills of children with AS in detail. The aim of this study was to study language performance in children with AS and their age, sex and IQ matched controls. Children with AS had significantly lower scores in the subtest of Comprehension of Instructions. Results showed that although many linguistic skills may develop normally, comprehension of language may be affected in children with AS. The results suggest that receptive language processes should be studied in detail in children with AS.

Asperger's and Girls: What Teachers Need to Know

“…An adult participant also explained, 'We need clear, concise directions, and teachers need to check that we understand those directions and know what we are supposed to be doing' (Adult Participant 17, Question 7). This is consistent with the findings of Saalasti et al (2008), who reported that children with AS have more difficulty following verbal instructions in comparison to their typically developing peers. Attwood (2007) also emphasised that because children with AS generally have good verbal skills and can use complex sentences, teachers may be unable to comprehend the difficulty these students can experience in following instructions.…”

Neuropsychological Performance of Egyptian Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

“…Also, our results concur with other studies on language deficits in children with ASD and expanded the findings as affecting also children with ASD + ADHD. In line with earlier studies that compared children with ASD and ASD + ADHD to TD children (Ambery et al, 2006;Barron-Linnankoski et al, 2015;Bramham et al, 2009;Geurts et al, 2004;Tager-Flusberg, 2004;Narzisi et al, 2013;Rumsey & Hamburger 1988, 1990Saalasti et al, 2008;Turner 1999;Verte et al, 2006), both groups had wide-ranging language difficulties in generating words of semantic category, processing and responding to verbal instruction of increasing syntactic complexity, accessing and producing familiar words, understanding the grammar of sentences with increasing complexity, and in rhythmic oromotor coordination. Similarly, our ASD and ASD + ADHD samples demonstrated deficits in identifying words from segments and forming an auditory gestalt (Tager-Flusberg, 2004;Narzisi et al, 2013) and deficits in phonemic fluency (Tager-Flusberg, 2004;Schmidt, Kopelioff, Winterrowd, Pennington, Hepburn, & Rojas, 2008).…”

Tamizaje del Síndrome de Asperger en estudiantes de dos ciudades de Colombia a través de las escalas CAST y ASSQ/ Childhood Asperger syndrome test in Colombian school children through cast questionnaire and ASSQ TESTS

“…Williams, Thomas, Sidebotham, & Emond, 2008); Estados Unidos (Pedersen et al, 2012;Zahorodny et al, 2014) o España (Fortea, Escandell, & Sánchez, 2013;Morales, Domènech, Jané, & Canals, 2013). Ante esto, se genera tAmizAJe del síndrome de Asperger en estudiAntes de dos ciudAdes de colombiA A trAvés de lAs escAlAs cAst y Assq la incertidumbre sobre las manifestaciones encubiertas de niños y adolescentes en etapa escolar, quienes no son identificados ni por los sistemas de salud ni por el personal de las instituciones educativas o por sus cuidadores, y deben sobrellevar a su manera las consecuencias directas que generan las manifestaciones del SA en el orden social (Lázaro, 2013), comunicativo (Saalasti et al, 2008) Más específicamente, en esta investigación se encontró un predominio del SA en el género masculino, principalmente en la escala ASSQ (12,5 % IC 95% 5.3 a 19,6) comparado con el femenino (4,4 % IC 95% 0.0 a 10.1), lo que va en la misma dirección de hallazgos reportados en otras investigaciones (Oliveira et al, 2007;Sun et al, 2014;E. Williams et al, 2008) y confirma una vez más la necesidad de considerar señales de alarma cuando las manifestaciones se presentan en varones menores de 10 años de edad, siempre que estén asociados a los otros indicadores que hacen parte de los criterios diagnósticos.…”