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Tsai, Luke Y. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
This review focuses on identifying up-to-date number of publications that compared DSM-IV/ICD-10 Asperger's disorder (AspD) to Autistic Disorder/High-functioning Autism (AD/HFA). One hundred and twenty-eight publications were identified through an extensive search of major electronic databases and journals. Based on more than 90 clinical…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Publications
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Brown, Heather M.; Oram-Cardy, Janis; Johnson, Andrew – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
This meta-analysis examined 36 studies comparing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and control groups in reading comprehension. Three moderators (semantic knowledge, decoding skill, PIQ) and two text types (high vs. low social knowledge) were examined as predictors of reading comprehension in ASD. The overall standardized mean difference for reading…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Autism, Control Groups, Reading Comprehension
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Wang, Shin-Yi; Parrila, Rauno; Cui, Ying – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
This meta-analysis used hierarchical linear modeling to examine 115 single-case studies with 343 participants that examined the effectiveness of social skills interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The average effect size of the included studies was 1.40 (SD = 0.43, 95% CL = 1.32-1.48, N = 115). In the further, several…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Case Studies, Pervasive Developmental Disorders