A Preliminary Epidemiologic Study of Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder Relative to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Disability without Social Communication Deficits

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    • Availability:
      Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://link.springer.com/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      11
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS/PHS)
      National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
      Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
    • Contract Number:
      U10DD000180
      U10DD000181
      U10DD000182
      U10DD000183
      U10DD000184
      U10DD000498
      K18DC017111
      T32HD007489
      U10DD001215
      U54HD090256
    • Subject Terms:
      Communication Disorders; Interpersonal Communication; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Developmental Disabilities; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Behavior Problems; Children; Individual Characteristics
    • Accession Number:
      10.1007/s10803-020-04737-4
    • ISSN:
      0162-3257
    • Abstract:
      The goal of this preliminary investigation was to compare demographic and clinical characteristics in a sample of children with likely Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SCD) (N = 117) to those in children with possible (N = 118) and some (N = 126) SCD traits, other developmental delay (DD) (N = 91) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (N = 642). We used data from the Study to Explore Early Development (SEED), a multi-site case-control study. Items reflecting SCD DSM-5 criteria were selected from an autism diagnostic measure, with SCD categories identified by creating quartiles. Our results suggest that SCD may fall along a continuum involving elevated deficits (in comparison to DD with no SCD) in social communication and restricted and repetitive behavior that do not reach the clinical threshold for ASD.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2021
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1302652