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Shield, Aaron; Cooley, Frances; Meier, Richard P. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: We present the first study of echolalia in deaf, signing children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We investigate the nature and prevalence of sign echolalia in native-signing children with ASD, the relationship between sign echolalia and receptive language, and potential modality differences between sign and speech. Method: Seventeen…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Deafness, Sign Language
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Cawthon, Stephanie – American Annals of the Deaf, 2011
Linguistic complexity of test items is one test format element that has been studied in the context of struggling readers and their participation in paper-and-pencil tests. The present article presents findings from an exploratory study on the potential relationship between linguistic complexity and test performance for deaf readers. A total of 64…
Descriptors: Language Styles, Test Content, Syntax, Linguistics