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Mazurek, Micah O.; Baker-Ericzén, Mary; Kanne, Stephen M. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Despite the importance of expressive language for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), expressive language assessments are not consistently included in ASD research and many studies do not adequately describe participants' verbal abilities. A valid and efficient measure of expressive language would facilitate consistent reporting…
Descriptors: Autism, Diagnostic Tests, Observation, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Fielding-Gebhardt, Heather; Bredin-Oja, Shelley L.; Warren, Steven F. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The development of an expressive language score for people with autism based on the ADOS-2 was recently reported by Mazurek et al. (2019). The current study examined the construct validity of the ADOS-2 expressive language score (ELS) in a sample of adolescents with fragile X syndrome (n = 45, 10 girls), a neurodevelopmental disorder with high…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Expressive Language, Genetic Disorders
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McDuffie, Andrea; Kover, Sara; Abbeduto, Leonard; Lewis, Pamela; Brown, Ted – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
The authors examined receptive and expressive language profiles for a group of verbal male children and adolescents who had fragile X syndrome along with varying degrees of autism symptoms. A categorical approach for assigning autism diagnostic classification, based on the combined use of the Autism Diagnostic Interview--Revised and the Autism…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Language Skills, Profiles