Hyperlexia in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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| Title: | Hyperlexia in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Newman, Tina M., Macomber, Donna, Naples, Adam J. |
| Source: | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Apr 2007 37(4):760-774. |
| Availability: | Springer. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-348-4505; e-mail: service-ny@springer.com; Web site: http://www.springerlink.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Comparative Analysis, Reading Skills, Language Skills, Cognitive Ability, Task Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Autism, Decoding (Reading) |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-006-0206-y |
| ISSN: | 0162-3257 |
| Abstract: | We compared the reading-related skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders who have hyperlexia (ASD+HPL) with age-matched children with ASD without HPL (ASD-HPL) and with single-word reading-matched typically developing children (TYP). Children with ASD+HPL performed (1) better than did children with ASD-HPL on tasks of single-word reading and pseudoword decoding and (2) equivalently well compared to word-reading-matched TYP children on all reading-related tasks except reading comprehension. It appears that the general underlying model of single-word reading is the same in principle for "typical" and hyperlexic reading. Yet, the study revealed some dissimilarities between these two types of reading when more fine-grained cognitive and linguistic abilities were considered; these dissimilarities warrant further investigations. |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Entry Date: | 2007 |
| Accession Number: | EJ760895 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We compared the reading-related skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders who have hyperlexia (ASD+HPL) with age-matched children with ASD without HPL (ASD-HPL) and with single-word reading-matched typically developing children (TYP). Children with ASD+HPL performed (1) better than did children with ASD-HPL on tasks of single-word reading and pseudoword decoding and (2) equivalently well compared to word-reading-matched TYP children on all reading-related tasks except reading comprehension. It appears that the general underlying model of single-word reading is the same in principle for "typical" and hyperlexic reading. Yet, the study revealed some dissimilarities between these two types of reading when more fine-grained cognitive and linguistic abilities were considered; these dissimilarities warrant further investigations. |
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| ISSN: | 0162-3257 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-006-0206-y |
