Pragmatic Impairments in Adults with Childhood Diagnoses of Autism or Developmental Receptive Language Disorder.

Eales, Martin J.

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ERIC Number: EJ475968

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Publication Date: 1993

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Pragmatic Impairments in Adults with Childhood Diagnoses of Autism or Developmental Receptive Language Disorder.

Eales, Martin J.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v23 n4 p593-617 Dec 1993

Analysis of conversations of 15 adults with autism and 17 with developmental receptive language disorders in childhood indicated that the autistic adults showed greater pragmatic impairment because of their greater difficulty in forming context-relevant communicative intentions. Pragmatic impairments arising from failures in translating intentions into spoken utterances did not distinguish between the groups. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Children, Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Pragmatics, Receptive Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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