This article reviews the current knowledge state on pragmatic and structural language
abilities in autism and their potential relation to extralinguistic abilities and autistic traits. The …

Difficulties with both executive functions and language skills are common but variable in
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Executive functions and language skills are related to one …

Purpose We aimed to outline the latent variables approach for measuring nonverbal
executive function (EF) skills in school-age children, and to examine the relationship …

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) served as a test case for determining
the role of extant vocabulary knowledge, endogenous attention, and phonological working …

Purpose This article reviews research on executive function (EF) skills in children with
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the relation between EF and language abilities. The …

The cognate facilitation effect, a classic example of cross-language interaction in the
bilingual lexicon, has mostly been studied in adults. We examined the extent to which such …

We examined the cognitive flexibility performance of young autistic children and a group of
neurotypical peers. Thirty‐six autistic children (72–83 months) and 200 age‐matched …

Word reading and oral language predict reading comprehension, which is generally poor, in
individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, working memory (WM), despite …

Analysing language characteristics and understanding their dynamics is the key for a
successful intervention by speech and language therapists (SLT). Thus, this review aims to …

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which researchers in the field
of developmental language disorder are utilizing validated methods to diagnose their …