Word reading and oral language predict reading comprehension, which is generally poor, in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, working memory (WM), despite documented weaknesses, has not been thoroughly investigated as a predictor of reading comprehension in ASD. This study examined the role of three parallel WM N-back tasks…

Reading monitoring is poorly explored, but it may have an impact on well-documented reading comprehension difficulties in autism. This study explores reading monitoring through the impact of instructions and different error types on reading behavior. Individuals with autism and matched controls read correct sentences and sentences containing…

We compared the reading-related skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders who have hyperlexia (ASD+HPL) with age-matched children with ASD without HPL (ASD-HPL) and with single-word reading-matched typically developing children (TYP). Children with ASD+HPL performed (1) better than did children with ASD-HPL on tasks of single-word reading…