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Peer reviewedJarrold, Chris; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
The ability of 24 children with autism (ages 3-12) to comprehend pretend acts, consisting of an experimenter pouring a pretend substance from a container onto a target figure, was explored. There was no significant difference between subjects and controls in ability to identify the pretend substance, predict the actions' pretend outcome, or…
Descriptors: Autism, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Imagination
Peer reviewedO'Connor, N.; Hermelin, B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
Two young autistic children exhibited normal reading comprehension but reading speeds considerably faster than controls. The effect of randomizing word order was minimal for the older of the two autistic boys. Results indicate that efficient grapheme-phoneme conversion is primarily responsible for the fast reading of the autistic children.…
Descriptors: Autism, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Reading Ability
