ERIC Number: EJ1252868
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-May
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Brief Report: "Um" Fillers Distinguish Children with and without ASD
McGregor, Karla K.; Hadden, Rex R.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v50 n5 p1816-1821 May 2020
Two laboratories have reported that children with ASD are less likely than their typical peers to fill pauses with "um" but their use of "uh" is unaffected (Irvine et al., J Autism Dev Disord 46(3):1061-1070, 2016; Gorman et al., Autism Res 9(8):854-865, 2016). In this brief report, we replicated this finding by comparing the discourse of 7-to-15-year-olds with ASD (N = 31) to that of their typically developing same-age peers (N = 32). The robustness of this easily documented difference in discourse suggests a potentially useful clinical marker of ASD.
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Language Patterns, Speech Communication, Speech Acts, Discourse Analysis, Adolescents
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: R01DC003698