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Direct linkYael Kimhi; Yifat Mirsky; Nirit Bauminger-Zviely – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Many children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have challenges in reading comprehension, especially when implicit information in narrative texts is involved. Three interrelated factors influencing reading comprehension have been proposed to explain these challenges: Theory of Mind -- ToM; executive functions -- EF; and central coherence -- CC.…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Grade 3, Children, Reading Comprehension
Randi, Judi; Newman, Tina; Grigorenko, Elena L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
The purpose of this literature review is to examine what makes reading for understanding especially challenging for children on the autism spectrum, most of whom are skilled at decoding and less skilled at comprehension. This paper first summarizes the research on reading comprehension with a focus on the cognitive skills and processes that are…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Autism, Cognitive Processes, Special Needs Students
