Differentiating autism and asperger syndrome on the basis of language delay or impairment

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 616-625

  Bennett, Terry ^a   Szatmari, Peter ^a,b   Bryson, Susan ^c   Volden, Joanne ^d   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^d   Vaccarella, Liezanne ^a   Duku, Eric ^a   Boyle, Michael ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences McMaster Innovation Park   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Language impairment; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41049113484     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0428-7     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders DSM-IV text revision (4th ed.). Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association.
2. Chapman, R. S. (2000). Children's language learning: An interactionist perspective. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41, 33-54.
3. Cook, R. J. (1987). PC-AGREE-Fortran program based on paper by Holman CDJ:Hamilton, ON.
4. Fenson, L., Dale, P. S., Reznick, J. S., Bates, E., Thal, D. J., & Pethick, S. (1994). Variability in early communicative development. Monographs of the Society of Research in Child Development, 59, 1-173.
5. Frith, U. (2004). Emmanuel Miller lecture: Confusions and controversies about Asperger syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 672-686.
6. Howlin, P. (2003). Outcome in high-functioning adults with autism with and without early language delays: Implications for the differentiation between autism and Asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33, 3-13.
7. Karmiloff, K., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2001). Pathways to language from fetus to adolescent. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: Harvard University Press.
8. Kjelgaard, M. M., Tager-Flusberg, G. (2001). An investigation of language impairment in autism: Implications for genetic subgroups. Language and Cognitive Processes, 16, 287-308.
9. Klin, A., Pauls, D., Schultz, R., & Volkmar, F. (2005). Three diagnostic approaches to Asperger Syndrome: Implications for research. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 35, 221-234.
10. Krug, D. A., Arik, J. L., & Almond, P. (1980). Behavior checklist for identifying severely handicapped individuals with high levels of autistic behaviour. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 21, 221-229.
11. Leung, A. K. C., & Kao, C. P. (1999). Evaluation and management of the child with speech delay. American Family Physician, 59, 3121-3128.
12. Levine, M. N. (1986). Arthur adaptation of the Leiter international performance scale: A handbook. Montreal, QC: Institute of Psychological Research.
13. Liss, M., Fein, D., Waterhouse, L., Allen, D., Dunn, M., Morris, R., & Rapin, I. (2001). Executive functioning in high-functioning children with autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42, 261-270.
14. Lord, C., Rutter, M., & LeCouteur, A. (1994). Autism diagnostic interview-revised: A revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 659-685.
15. Macintosh, K. E., & Dissanayake, C. (2004). Annotation: The similarities and differences between autistic disorder and Asperger's disorder: A review of the empirical evidence. Journal of Child Pscyhology and Psychiatry, 45, 421-434.
16. Mahler, M. S., & Furer, M. (1972). Child psychosis: A theoretical statement and its implications. Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 2, 213-218.
17. Majenemer, A., & Rosenblatt, B. (1994). Reliability of parental recall of developmental milestones. Pediatric Neurology, 10, 304-308.
18. McCormick, M. C., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1999). Concurrent health status and maternal recall of events in infancy. Pediatrics, 104, 1176-1181.
19. Nagy, J., & Szatmari, P. (1986). A chart review of schizotypal personality disorders in children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 16, 351-367.
20. Newcomer, P. L., & Hammill, D. D. (1988). Testof Language Development-2. Toronto: Psycan.
21. Schopler, E. (1996). Are autism and Asperger syndrome (AS) different labels or different disabilities?. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 26, 109-110.
22. Sparrow, S. S., Balla, D. D., & Chichetti, D. V. (1984). Vineland adaptive behavior scales (Survey Form). Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.
23. SPSS Inc. (2004). SPSS for Windows, Release 13.0.1. Chicago, IL.
24. Ssucharewa, G. E., & Wolff, S. (1996). The first account of the syndrome Asperger described? Translation of a paper entitled "Die schizoiden Psychopathien im Kindesalter" by Dr. G. E. Swsucharewa; scientific assistant, which appeared in 1926 in the Monatsschrift fur Psychiatrie und Neurologie 60:235-261 European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 5:119-132.
25. Stein, M. T., Klin, A., & Miller, K. (2004). When Asperger's syndrome and a nonverbal learning disability look alike. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 25, 58-64.
26. Szatmari, P., Bryson, S. E., Streiner, D. L., Wilson, F. J., Archer, L., & Ryerse, C. (2000). Two-year outcome of preschool children with autism or Asperger's syndrome. American Journal of Psychiatry, 1576, 1980-1987.
27. Szatmari, P. (2000). The classification of autism, Asperger's syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 45, 731-738.
28. Tager-Flusberg, H. (2004). Strategies for conducting research on language in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34, 75-80.
29. Thorndike, R. L., Hagn, E. P., & Sutter, J. M. (1985). Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (4th ed.). Chicago: Riverside.
30. Toppelberg, C. O., & Shapiro, T. (2000). Language disorders: A 10-year research update review. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 143-152.
31. Volkmar, F. R., Cicchetti, D. V., Dykens, D., Sparrow, S. S., Leckman, J. F., & Cohen, D. J. (1988). An evaluation of the Autism Behavior Checklist. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 18, 81-98.