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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2/2016

24-09-2015 | Brief Report

Brief Report: Imaginative Drawing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Learning Disabilities

Auteurs: Melissa L. Allen, Eleanore Craig

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 2/2016

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Abstract

Here we examine imaginative drawing abilities in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and learning disabilities (LD) under several conditions: spontaneous production, with use of a template, and combining two real entities to form an ‘unreal’ entity. Sixteen children in each group, matched on mental and chronological age, were asked to draw a number of ‘impossible’ pictures of humans and dogs. Children with ASD were impaired in spontaneous drawings and included fewer impossible features than children with LD, but there was no difference when a template was provided. An autism-specific deficit was revealed in the task involving combining entities. Results suggest that children with ASD do not have a general imaginative deficit; impairment is instead related to planning demands.
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A number of the drawings produced by one child could not be interpreted as it was unclear what each feature included in the picture had intended to represent. Therefore, only the drawings for the spontaneous human, real human and human–dog were analyzed for this participant. In addition, one child with ASD was unwilling to complete any spontaneous drawing, but he was willing to complete the template drawings, which were included in the analysis.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Brief Report: Imaginative Drawing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Learning Disabilities
Auteurs
Melissa L. Allen
Eleanore Craig
Publicatiedatum
24-09-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2599-y

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