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Rutherford, M. D.; Young, Gregory S.; Hepburn, Susan; Rogers, Sally J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
This study describes a longitudinal design (following subjects described in Rutherford & Rogers [2003, "Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorder", 33, 289-302]) to test for predictors of pretend play competence in a group of children with autism. We tested the hypothesis that developmental change in pretend play performance can be predicted by…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Age, Play, Autism
Rutherford, M. D.; Pennington, Bruce F.; Rogers, Sally J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
Visual perception may be a developmental prerequisite to some types of social understanding. The ability to perceive social information given visual motion appears to develop early. However, children with autism have profound deficits in social cognitive function and may fail to see social motion in the same way that typically developing children…
Descriptors: Motion, Geometric Concepts, Visual Perception, Developmental Disabilities
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Rutherford, M. D.; Rogers, Sally J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2003
A study examined the cognitive underpinnings of spontaneous and prompted pretend play in 28 children with autism (ages 2-3), 24 children with developmental disorders, and 26 controls (ages 1-3). Children with autism were significantly delayed on pretend play scores. They also had significant deficits in a theory of mind measure. (Contains…
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Delays