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Journal of Speech and Hearing Research Vol.34 1339-1345 December 1991.
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Spontaneous Narrative-Discourse Performance of Parents of Autistic Individuals

Rebecca Landa 1
Susan E. Folstein 1

Crystal Isaacs 1
1 School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

The spontaneous narrative-discourse performance of parents of autistic individuals was compared to controls. The narratives of autism parents were similar in length to controls' narratives but were less complex and less coherent. A subgroup of autism parents produced either skeletal or rambling narratives that were not characterized by the type of simplifications that are reported to facilitate comprehension in very young or language-impaired children. The narrative-discourse deficits of this subgroup appeared to be consistent with the hypothesis of a genetic liability for autism that expresses in milder forms and may include impaired language abilities.

KEY WORDS: autism, genetics, narrative, language impairment, family study

Submitted on August 22, 1990
Accepted on March 5, 1991






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