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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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06-09-2019 | Original Paper

Advantage in Character Recognition Among Chinese Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Auteurs: Jing Zhao, Si Chen, Xiuli Tong, Li Yi

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 12/2019

Abstract

This study examined Chinese character recognition and its cognitive and linguistic correlates in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Forty-seven children with ASD and 51 IQ-matched typically developing (TD) children were tested on Chinese character recognition, rapid automatized naming, inhibitory control, digit span, IQ, vocabulary, phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and listening comprehension. Chinese children with ASD showed strong character recognition skills. Unlike TD children’s character recognition, which was correlated with all the measured cognitive and linguistic skills, character recognition of children with ASD was only significantly correlated with rapid automatized naming, inhibitory control, and phonological awareness. Our findings suggest that phonological awareness and rapid automatized naming may serve as important predictors for possible advantage in emergent literacy acquisition in Chinese children with ASD.

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Titel: Advantage in Character Recognition Among Chinese Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Auteurs: Jing Zhao
Si Chen
Xiuli Tong
Li Yi
Publicatiedatum: 06-09-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 12/2019
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04202-x

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