Abstract The National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of People With Severe
Disabilities (NJC) reviewed literature regarding practices for people with severe disabilities …

This paper addresses the issue of assessing communication, language, and associated
cognitive and behavioral abilities of minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder …

A data-driven exploration of how children's language learning varies across different
languages, providing both a theoretical framework and reference. The Wordbank Project …

Objective This study tested the effect of beginning treatment with a speech-generating
device (SGD) in the context of a blended, adaptive treatment design for improving …

This pilot RCT compared the effect of a self-directed and therapist-assisted telehealth-based
parent-mediated intervention for young children with ASD. Families were randomly assigned …

Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has an estimated prevalence of around 1.7%
of the population. People with ASD often also have language difficulties, and about 25% to …

Background Estimates of the proportion of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
who are minimally verbal vary from 25% to 35%. However, there is a lack of consensus in …

This systematic review examined definitions of “nonverbal” or “minimally verbal” and
assessment measures used to evaluate communication in intervention studies focusing on …

Purpose The mean length of children's utterances is a valuable estimate of their early
language acquisition. The available normative data lack documentation of language and …

Using our theoretical framework of multimodal processing, we developed and evaluated a
computer-animated tutor, Baldi, to teach vocabulary and grammar for children with autism …