M. Meghan Davidson|Susan Ellis Weismer
Characterization and Prediction of Early Reading Abilities in Children on the Autism Spectrum
University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin–Madison
many children autism spectrum disorder asd reading profiles characterized higher decoding skills lower reading comprehension study assessed whether profile apparent young children asd examined concurrent longitudinal predictors early reading discrepant profile reading higher alphabet lower meaning found 62 sample concurrent analyses revealed reading proficiency associated higher nonverbal cognition expressive language social ability negatively related alphabet knowledge nonverbal cognition expressive language mean age 2 years predicted later reading performance mean age 5 years results support importance early language skills foundation reading children asd