Early Pragmatic Communication in Autism and Fragile X Syndrome.
Purpose: Autism and fragile X syndrome (FXS) are both associated with pragmatic communication difficulties, but the pattern of strengths and weaknesses varies. Early pragmatic communication skills include using communication for different functions, such as behavior regulation or establishing/mainta...
| Published in: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 68; no. 12; pp. 5978 - 5994 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=190171422&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 190171422 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2025 vid: 68 iid: 12 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 190171422 10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00054 ppf: 5978 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 994KB tig: atl: Early Pragmatic Communication in Autism and Fragile X Syndrome. aug: au: Hoffmann, Anne Berry-Kravis, Elizabeth Brady, Nancy affil: Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders, The University of Kansas, Lawrence Life Span Institute, The University of Kansas, Lawrence su: Illinois Communicative competence Cross-sectional method Language & languages Autism in children Attention Cognition Child behavior Children Asperger's syndrome in children Research funding Data analysis Questionnaires Kruskal-Wallis Test Fragile X syndrome Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Speech evaluation Statistics Comparative studies Data analysis software sug: subj: Communicative competence Cross-sectional method Language & languages Autism in children Attention Cognition Child behavior Children Illinois Asperger's syndrome in children Research funding Data analysis Questionnaires Kruskal-Wallis Test Fragile X syndrome Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Speech evaluation Statistics Comparative studies Data analysis software ab: Purpose: Autism and fragile X syndrome (FXS) are both associated with pragmatic communication difficulties, but the pattern of strengths and weaknesses varies. Early pragmatic communication skills include using communication for different functions, such as behavior regulation or establishing/maintaining joint attention. This study examines naturalistic samples of communication to assess pragmatic function variables in very young children with autism, FXS, and typical development (TD). Method: Using the Communication Complexity Scale, standardized communication samples were collected from children with autism (n = 10), FXS (n = 10), and TD (n = 10), matched on spoken word count. Patterns of overall communication and pragmatic functions are provided. The relationships between pragmatic communication and cognition, receptive language, expressive language, and autistic symptomatology were assessed. Group differences in the amount and complexity of the pragmatic functions of behavior regulation and joint attention were analyz ed. Results: Descriptively different patterns of overall communication and pragmatic functions emerged between groups, with lower amounts of joint attention in the group with autism. Trends toward significant correlations between expressive language and both pragmatic functions in FXS as well as behavior regulation and cognition in the FXS and TD groups emerged. There were no significant group differences. Conclusions: Findings highlight possible early differences in pragmatic communication between autism and FXS. Clinicians need to consider nuanced differences between groups. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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