Heather Drysdale|Larah van der Meer|Debora M. Kagohara
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder from Bilingual Families: a Systematic Review
Hutt Hospital|Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University of Wellington
social communication impairment defining feature autism spectrum disorder asd making right decision regarding language use bilingual families children asd pertinent present review evaluated eight studies identified addressing bilingual language development 182 children asd issuesperceptions bilingualism 62 parents children asd studies summarized terms participants languages spoken communication level assessmentintervention instruments main findings evidence bilingual language development findings suggested bilingualism negative impact language development children asd majority parents reported practitioners predominantly advised providing bilingual environment evidencebased recommendations regarding adoption bilingualism families children asd discussed