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Jokiranta-Olkoniemi, Elina; Gyllenberg, David; Sucksdorff, Dan; Suominen, Auli; Kronström, Kim; Chudal, Roshan; Sourander, Andre – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
To examine the risk for premature mortality and intentional self-harm in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Based on a national birth cohort. Children born in 1987-2005, diagnosed with ASD by 2007 (n = 4695) were matched with four non-ASD subjects (n = 18,450) and followed until 2015 for mortality and intentional self-harm. The risk among ASD…
Descriptors: Death, Intention, Self Destructive Behavior, Autism
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Sandbank, Micheal; Woynaroski, Tiffany; Watson, Linda R.; Gardner, Elizabeth; Keçeli Kaysili, Bahar; Yoder, Paul – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Intentional communication has previously been identified as a value-added predictor of expressive language in preverbal preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder. In the present study, we sought to identify value-added predictors of intentional communication. Of five theoretically-motivated putative predictors of intentional communication…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Predictor Variables
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Schietecatte, Inge; Roeyers, Herbert; Warreyn, Petra – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
It is generally accepted that joint attention skills are impaired in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this study, social preference, attention disengagement and intention understanding, assumed to be associated with the development of joint attention, are explored in relation to joint attention skills in children with ASD at the…
Descriptors: Autism, Intention, Interpersonal Competence, Thinking Skills