The forms, functions, and complexity of nonverbal communication used by very young
children with autism were investigated. Fourteen children with autism were matched to 14 …

Objective The study was to examine nonverbal communication in young children with
autism. Methods The participants were 23 young children with autism (mean CA= 32.79 …

In a videotaped free-play session with a parent, autistic children were compared with mental-
age matched Developmental Language Delay (DLD) children and with normally developing …

Thirty children with autism were observed during their everyday school activities in order to
examine patterns of spontaneous communication. The forms, functions, and targets of their …

Examines the predictors of speech development in young children with autism in the United
States. Observation of the behavioral pattern in prelinguistic children with autism; How 50 …

In 118 children followed from age 2 to 5 (59 with autism, 24 with PDD-NOS and 35 with non-
spectrum developmental disabilities), age 2 and age 3 scores of non-verbal ability, receptive …

Young autistic children were compared to normal and control samples on measures of
nonverbal communication skills and object play skills. Deficits in non‐verbal indicating …

Autistic children have been stereotyped as noncommunicative and noninteractive; however,
this may be partly attributed to traditional research approaches that do not consider the …

The communicative behavior of autistic and developmental language delay (DLD) children
matched for nonverbal mental age and mean length of utterance (MLU) was compared to …

In this study we characterized profiles of communicative functions and forms of children with
autism and intellectual disability (n= 26), as compared to typically developing children (n …