Brief Report: Social and Communication Abilities and Disabilities in Higher Functioning Individuals with Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Autor: | Ami Klin, Celine Saulnier |
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Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Intelligence Aptitude Mind-blindness Neuropsychological Tests behavioral disciplines and activities Developmental psychology mental disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations Language Development Disorders Asperger Syndrome Autistic Disorder Child Social Behavior media_common Intelligence quotient Communication Socialization Cognition medicine.disease Developmental disorder High-functioning autism Asperger syndrome Autism Psychology |
Zdroj: | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 37:788-793 |
ISSN: | 1573-3432 0162-3257 |
Popis: | Individuals with higher functioning autism (HFA) fail to translate their cognitive potential into real-life adaptation, and the severity of their symptoms is considerable despite their intellectual ability. This paper reports on a subsample from a larger study (A. Klin et al., in press) analyzed here by autism spectrum subtypes. It focuses on the nature of ability and disability in HFA and Asperger syndrome (AS) in relation to age and IQ. Participants included 32 individuals with autism and 35 with AS. Individuals with AS had significantly higher Verbal IQ scores and less symptomatology than individuals with autism, but their Vineland scores were equally impaired, highlighting the adaptive deficits in ASD regardless of classification. No relationship was found between adaptive functioning and symptom severity. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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