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A Preliminary Epidemiologic Study of Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder Relative to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Disability Without Social Communication Deficits.
- Source :
- Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders; Aug2021, Vol. 51 Issue 8, p2686-2696, 11p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The goal of this preliminary investigation was to compare demographic and clinical characteristics in a sample of children with likely Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SCD) (N = 117) to those in children with possible (N = 118) and some (N = 126) SCD traits, other developmental delay (DD) (N = 91) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (N = 642). We used data from the Study to Explore Early Development (SEED), a multi-site case–control study. Items reflecting SCD DSM-5 criteria were selected from an autism diagnostic measure, with SCD categories identified by creating quartiles. Our results suggest that SCD may fall along a continuum involving elevated deficits (in comparison to DD with no SCD) in social communication and restricted and repetitive behavior that do not reach the clinical threshold for ASD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01623257
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151229715
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04737-4