Communicative competence in parents of children with autism and parents of children with specific language impairment

Tilla F. Ruser; Deborah Arin; Michael Dowd; Sara Putnam; Brian Winklosky; Beth Rosen-Sheidley; Joseph Piven; Bruce Tomblin; Helen Tager-Flusberg; Susan Folstein

doi:10.1007/s10803-006-0274-z

Communicative competence in parents of children with autism and parents of children with specific language impairment

Tilla F. Ruser, Deborah Arin, Michael Dowd, Sara Putnam, Brian Winklosky, Beth Rosen-Sheidley, Joseph Piven, Bruce Tomblin, Helen Tager-Flusberg, Susan Folstein

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Abstract

While the primary language deficit in autism has been thought to be pragmatic, and in specific language impairment (SLI) structural, recent research suggests phenomenological and possibly genetic overlap between the two syndromes. To compare communicative competence in parents of children with autism, SLI, and down syndrome (DS), we used a modified pragmatic rating scale (PRS-M). Videotapes of conversational interviews with 47 autism, 47 SLI, and 21 DS parents were scored blind to group membership. Autism and SLI parents had significantly lower communication abilities than DS parents. Fifteen percent of the autism and SLI parents showed severe deficits. Our results suggest that impaired communication is part of the broader autism phenotype and a broader SLI phenotype, especially among male family members.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1323-1336
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	37
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0274-z
State	Published - Aug 1 2007

Keywords

Autism
Communication
Family study
Pragmatics
Specific language impairment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychology(all)

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Ruser, T. F., Arin, D., Dowd, M., Putnam, S., Winklosky, B., Rosen-Sheidley, B., Piven, J., Tomblin, B., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Folstein, S. (2007). Communicative competence in parents of children with autism and parents of children with specific language impairment. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(7), 1323-1336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0274-z

Communicative competence in parents of children with autism and parents of children with specific language impairment. / Ruser, Tilla F.; Arin, Deborah; Dowd, Michael; Putnam, Sara; Winklosky, Brian; Rosen-Sheidley, Beth; Piven, Joseph; Tomblin, Bruce; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Folstein, Susan.

In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Vol. 37, No. 7, 01.08.2007, p. 1323-1336.

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Ruser, TF, Arin, D, Dowd, M, Putnam, S, Winklosky, B, Rosen-Sheidley, B, Piven, J, Tomblin, B, Tager-Flusberg, H & Folstein, S 2007, 'Communicative competence in parents of children with autism and parents of children with specific language impairment', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 1323-1336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0274-z

Ruser, Tilla F. ; Arin, Deborah ; Dowd, Michael ; Putnam, Sara ; Winklosky, Brian ; Rosen-Sheidley, Beth ; Piven, Joseph ; Tomblin, Bruce ; Tager-Flusberg, Helen ; Folstein, Susan. / Communicative competence in parents of children with autism and parents of children with specific language impairment. In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2007 ; Vol. 37, No. 7. pp. 1323-1336.

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