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Autism Spectrum Disorders in Hispanics and Non-Hispanics
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Chaidez, Virginia; Hansen, Robin L.; Hertz-Picciotto, Irva – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Objectives: To compare differences in autism between Hispanic and non-Hispanics. We also examined the relationship between multiple language exposure and language function and scores of children. Methods: The Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) study is an ongoing population-based case-control study with children…
Descriptors: Autism, Genetics, Receptive Language, Expressive Language
Language Development in Individuals with Fragile X Syndrome
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Finestack, Lizbeth H.; Richmond, Erica K.; Abbeduto, Leonard – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability. The syndrome is caused by a single gene mutation on the X chromosome. Although individual differences are large, most individuals with FXS display weaknesses across all language and literacy domains compared with peers of the same chronological age with typical…
Descriptors: Age, Mental Retardation, Etiology, Comparative Analysis
Language Development, Literacy Skills, and Predictive Connections to Reading in Finnish Children with and without Familial Risk for Dyslexia
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Torppa, Minna; Lyytinen, Paula; Erskine, Jane; Eklund, Kenneth; Lyytinen, Heikki – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
Discriminative language markers and predictive links between early language and literacy skills were investigated retrospectively in the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia in which children at familial risk for dyslexia have been followed from birth. Three groups were formed on the basis of 198 children's reading and spelling status. One…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Morphology (Languages), Dyslexia, Phonological Awareness
Affective Prosody in Children with Williams Syndrome
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Setter, Jane; Stojanovik, Vesna; Van Ewijk, Lizet; Moreland, Matthew – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2007
The aim of the current study was to investigate expressive affect in children with Williams syndrome (WS) in comparison to typically developing children in an experimental task and in spontaneous speech. Fourteen children with WS, 14 typically developing children matched to the WS group for receptive language (LA) and 15 typically developing…
Descriptors: Genetics, Vowels, Speech Impairments, Children
Specific Language Impairment: Preliminary Investigation of Factors Associated with Family History and with Patterns of Language Performance.
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Lahey, Margaret; Edwards, Jan – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Analysis of characteristics of 53 children with specific language impairment (SLI), ages 4 to 9, suggested that family history is related to pattern of language performance. Children with deficits in only expressive language had a higher proportion of affected family members than did children with both expressive and receptive language deficits.…
Descriptors: Etiology, Expressive Language, Family Environment, Family Influence
Receptive Language Skills of Adolescents and Young Adults with Down or Fragile X Syndrome.
Abbeduto, Leonard; Murphy, Melissa M.; Cawthon, Stephanie W.; Richmond, Erica K.; Weissman, Michelle D.; Karadottir, Selma; O'Brien, Anne – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2003
This study compared the receptive language of adolescents and young adults with either Down syndrome (n=25), fragile X syndrome (n=19), or mental age matched typically developing children (n=24). Individuals with the syndromes differed in relative achievements across the domains of receptive vocabulary, receptive syntax, nonverbal cognition, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Congenital Impairments, Down Syndrome, Genetics