Article
Conversational skills of individuals with fragile-X syndrome: a comparison with autism and Down syndrome.
Developmental medicine and child neurology - 1 Sept 1991
Ferrier L J, Bashir A S, Meryash D L, Johnston J, Wolff P
Abstract excerpt
The conversational skills of 18 individuals with fragile-X syndrome (FXS) were compared with those of two other matched groups with autism and Down syndrome. The FXS group used more eliciting forms in conversation than those with Down syndrome, and also used partial self-repetition more often than the other two groups. The Down syndrome group had more speech dysfluencies than those with autism, but not more than...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Autistic Disorder
- Child
- Down Syndrome
- Female
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Humans
- Interpersonal Relations
- Language Development Disorders
- Language Tests