Initiation and response of joint attention bids in autism spectrum disorder children depend on the visibility of the target.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Response to joint attention (RJA) and initiation of joint attention (IJA) are impaired in pre-schoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Children's response to joint attention may depend on the presence of the target in the child's field of vision or on the type of deictic index (head and eye orientation, pointing and verbalisations) used by the adult to initiate joint attention.

Methods

This study deals with 50 ASD children aged from 2 years 8 months to 11 years 7 months, with a communicative level comparable to children under 31 months of age, according to the French version of the Early Social Communication Scales (ECSP, by its French acronym). We compared the aforementioned ASD children with 50 typically developing (TD) children, aged 9 to 30 mont

SUBMITTER: Cilia F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685212 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature