Overlap with the autism spectrum in young children with Williams syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The sociocommunicative abnormalities of young children with Williams syndrome (WS) with limited language were compared with those of children with clinical diagnoses of autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), or nonspectrum developmental disability.

Method

Participants were 30 children with WS and individually matched groups of participants with autism (n = 28), PDD-NOS (n = 17), and mixed etiology nonspectrum developmental disabilities (n = 16). The autism, PDD-NOS, and mixed etiology groups were matched individually to the children with WS for age, sex, and developmental level. All participants were administered the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Module 1 and the Mullen Scales of Early Learning.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Klein-Tasman BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2763277 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature