An exploratory longitudinal study of social and language outcomes in children with autism in bilingual home environments.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about outcomes of early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder reared in bilingual homes. There are concerns that social communication deficits among children with autism spectrum disorder may reduce the developmental benefits of early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder raised in bilingual environments. We conducted an exploratory analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal data from a larger study to explore associations between home language environment and language ability and social skills in response to early autism spectrum disorder intervention. Participants, aged 12-26 months when recruited, were a subset of a larger 2-year, randomized intervention trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00698997). Children from bilingual home

SUBMITTER: Zhou V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5984072 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature