The cognitive benefits of bilingualism in autism spectrum disorder: Is theory of mind boosted and by which underlying factors?

E Peristeri, E Baldimtsi, M Vogelzang… - Autism …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined whether bilingualism boosts Theory of Mind as measured by a non‐
verbal false belief (FB) task in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and how this …

The impact of bilingualism on the narrative ability and the executive functions of children with autism spectrum disorders

E Peristeri, E Baldimtsi, M Andreou… - Journal of Communication …, 2020 - Elsevier
While there is ample evidence that monolingual children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(ASD) face difficulties with narrative story-telling and executive functions (EF), there is …

Bilingual language development in autism

P Prévost, L Tuller - Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2022 - jbe-platform.com
Bilingual language development in children with autism is a new field; the entire body of
literature, which is so far sparse, has been published within the last ten years. The potential …

Narrative skills of bilingual children with autism spectrum disorder

H Hoang, AM Gonzalez-Barrero… - Discours. Revue de …, 2018 - journals.openedition.org
The study investigated how narratives are influenced by both autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) and bilingualism. We analyzed the short narratives of school-age Quebec French …

Why study bilingualism in autistic people?

R Davis, SC Hampton, S Fletcher-Watson - Autism, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
(Goetz, 2003; Kovács, 2009; Rubio-Fernández & Glucksberg, 2012). The mechanism for this
may relate to the need for bilingual children to map their language output to the …

Parents report fewer executive functioning problems and repetitive behaviors in young dual-language speakers with autism

AB Ratto, D Potvin, AA Pallathra, L Saldana… - Child …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
More dual language learners (DLLs) are being identified early with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD). However, many families are still being advised against dual language …

Narrative macrostructure and microstructure profiles of bilingual children with autism spectrum disorder: differentiation from bilingual children with developmental …

K Govindarajan, J Paradis - Applied psycholinguistics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show heterogeneous language profiles
beyond early language delays. Understanding the second language profiles of bilingual …

Cognitive and affective aspects of theory of mind in Greek-speaking children with autism spectrum disorders

E Baldimtsi, A Nicolopoulou, IM Tsimpli - Journal of autism and …, 2021 - Springer
Substantial research indicates that individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have
difficulties with Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities, but rarely have studies used a comprehensive …

Dual language learning predicts improved executive functioning in youth with autism

AB Ratto, G Reimann, N Nadwodny - Journal of Autism and …, 2022 - Springer
Previous findings show executive functioning advantages associated with dual language
learning (DLL) among neurotypical individuals, yet few studies have investigated these …

Interpretation of compound words by Greek-speaking children with autism spectrum disorder plus language impairment (ASD–LI)

M Kambanaros, N Christou… - Clinical linguistics & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The language abilities of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are highly variable.
More insight is needed into the mechanisms that underlie co-morbid language impairments …