Sentence Comprehension in Boys With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sentence comprehension in boys with autism spectrum disorder.

PURPOSE Previous research has suggested that language comprehension might be particularly impaired in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but this profile has been only broadly characterized. In the current study, the authors examined sentence comprehension in school-age boys with ASD, including a subgroup with intellectual disability (ID), with particular attention paid to errors tha...

Sequences of Mind Development in Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism is a pervasive neurodevelopment disorder, primarily encompassing difficulties in the social, language, and communicative domains. One of the most common social cognitive theories of autism is based on theory of mind (ToM), the "mentalizing" ability needed to infer that others have their own beliefs and desires in order to understand their behavior. In the current study, this hypothesis w...

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Reading Comprehension

Comparison of Motor Skills in At-risk with Autism Spectrum Disorder Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development Children

Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder characterized by repetitive and stereotypical patterns, and difficulties with social communication and interaction in early childhood. Motor development and dysfunction in children with ASD has been the subject of study in recent years and has attracted much of the attention of researchers. As motor dysfunctions can ...

Bumetanide in Children and Adolescents with Autism ‎Spectrum Disorder

Introduction: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by several impairments in communications and social interactions as well as restricted interests or stereotyped behaviors. Interventions applied for this disorder are based on multi-modal approaches, including pharmacotherapy. No cure or medication has been introduced so far; therefore, there were studies investigating several drugs ...