Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
June 3, 2024Autism ResearchOpen Access

Language growth in verbal autistic children from 5 to 11 years

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Authors

ABAmanda BrignellKWKatrina WilliamsSRSheena Reilly

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Overview

Community sample analysis reveals early language ability drives language growth from ages 5 to 11 in verbal children, suggesting baseline skills outweigh autism diagnosis for outcomes.

Key Points

  • Children with low initial language skills exhibited accelerated expressive language growth from ages 5 to 11 compared with peers exhibiting typical language trajectories.
  • Assessment of 1026 children showed baseline expressive scores were 38.53 units lower in autistic low-language groups (p < 0.001), yet growth rates remained significantly faster.
  • Receptive and expressive language abilities at age 4 served as the primary predictor of age 11 language outcomes, demonstrating that baseline skills outweigh autism diagnosis.

Cite This Study

Brignell et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e66839b6db6435875f3d8dhttps://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3171
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1Early trajectories and moderators of autistic language profiles: A longitudinal study in preschoolers2024 · 20 citations
  2. 2Expressive language variation, growth and predictors in Mandarin-exposed young children with autism spectrum disorder2024 · 1 citations
  3. 3Early joint attention abilities measured by the ADOS-2 predict subsequent expressive language development in minimally verbal autistic children2025
  4. 4The role of language in social-emotional, educational, and vocational outcomes in autism and in individuals who have lost the diagnosis2025
  5. 5Assessing Language Skills in Children Aged 4 to 6 Years with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Prospective Study2025