Linguistic camouflage in girls with autism spectrum disorder / Julia PARISH-MORRIS in Molecular Autism, 8 (2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inMolecular Autism > 8 (2017) . - 48p. Titre : Linguistic camouflage in girls with autism spectrum disorder Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Julia PARISH-MORRIS, Auteur ; Mark Y. LIBERMAN, Auteur ; Christopher CIERI, Auteur ; John D. HERRINGTON, Auteur ; Benjamin E. YERYS, Auteur ; Leila BATEMAN, Auteur ; Joseph DONAHER, Auteur ; Emily FERGUSON, Auteur ; Juhi PANDEY, Auteur ; Robert T. SCHULTZ, Auteur Article en page(s) : 48p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Disfluency  Filled pauses  Gender differences  Language  Linguistic camouflage  Pragmatic communication  Sex differences Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed more frequently in boys than girls, even when girls are equally symptomatic. Cutting-edge behavioral imaging has detected "camouflaging" in girls with ASD, wherein social behaviors appear superficially typical, complicating diagnosis. The present study explores a new kind of camouflage based on language differences. Pauses during conversation can be filled with words like UM or UH, but research suggests that these two words are pragmatically distinct (e.g., UM is used to signal longer pauses, and may correlate with greater social communicative sophistication than UH). Large-scale research suggests that women and younger people produce higher rates of UM during conversational pauses than do men and older people, who produce relatively more UH. Although it has been argued that children and adolescents with ASD use UM less often than typical peers, prior research has not included sufficient numbers of girls to examine whether sex explains this effect. Here, we explore UM vs. UH in school-aged boys and girls with ASD, and ask whether filled pauses relate to dimensional measures of autism symptom severity. METHODS: Sixty-five verbal school-aged participants with ASD (49 boys, 16 girls, IQ estimates in the average range) participated, along with a small comparison group of typically developing children (8 boys, 9 girls). Speech samples from the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule were orthographically transcribed and time-aligned, with filled pauses marked. Parents completed the Social Communication Questionnaire and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. RESULTS: Girls used UH less often than boys across both diagnostic groups. UH suppression resulted in higher UM ratios for girls than boys, and overall filled pause rates were higher for typical children than for children with ASD. Higher UM ratios correlated with better socialization in boys with ASD, but this effect was driven by increased use of UH by boys with greater symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Pragmatic language markers distinguish girls and boys with ASD, mirroring sex differences in the general population. One implication of this finding is that typical-sounding disfluency patterns (i.e., reduced relative UH production leading to higher UM ratios) may normalize the way girls with ASD sound relative to other children, serving as "linguistic camouflage" for a naive listener and distinguishing them from boys with ASD. This first-of-its-kind study highlights the importance of continued commitment to understanding how sex and gender change the way that ASD manifests, and illustrates the potential of natural language to contribute to objective "behavioral imaging" diagnostics for ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-017-0164-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=330 [article] Linguistic camouflage in girls with autism spectrum disorder [texte imprimé] / Julia PARISH-MORRIS, Auteur ; Mark Y. LIBERMAN, Auteur ; Christopher CIERI, Auteur ; John D. HERRINGTON, Auteur ; Benjamin E. YERYS, Auteur ; Leila BATEMAN, Auteur ; Joseph DONAHER, Auteur ; Emily FERGUSON, Auteur ; Juhi PANDEY, Auteur ; Robert T. SCHULTZ, Auteur . - 48p. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Molecular Autism > 8 (2017) . - 48p. Mots-clés : Autism  Disfluency  Filled pauses  Gender differences  Language  Linguistic camouflage  Pragmatic communication  Sex differences Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed more frequently in boys than girls, even when girls are equally symptomatic. Cutting-edge behavioral imaging has detected "camouflaging" in girls with ASD, wherein social behaviors appear superficially typical, complicating diagnosis. The present study explores a new kind of camouflage based on language differences. Pauses during conversation can be filled with words like UM or UH, but research suggests that these two words are pragmatically distinct (e.g., UM is used to signal longer pauses, and may correlate with greater social communicative sophistication than UH). Large-scale research suggests that women and younger people produce higher rates of UM during conversational pauses than do men and older people, who produce relatively more UH. Although it has been argued that children and adolescents with ASD use UM less often than typical peers, prior research has not included sufficient numbers of girls to examine whether sex explains this effect. Here, we explore UM vs. UH in school-aged boys and girls with ASD, and ask whether filled pauses relate to dimensional measures of autism symptom severity. METHODS: Sixty-five verbal school-aged participants with ASD (49 boys, 16 girls, IQ estimates in the average range) participated, along with a small comparison group of typically developing children (8 boys, 9 girls). Speech samples from the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule were orthographically transcribed and time-aligned, with filled pauses marked. Parents completed the Social Communication Questionnaire and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. RESULTS: Girls used UH less often than boys across both diagnostic groups. UH suppression resulted in higher UM ratios for girls than boys, and overall filled pause rates were higher for typical children than for children with ASD. Higher UM ratios correlated with better socialization in boys with ASD, but this effect was driven by increased use of UH by boys with greater symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Pragmatic language markers distinguish girls and boys with ASD, mirroring sex differences in the general population. One implication of this finding is that typical-sounding disfluency patterns (i.e., reduced relative UH production leading to higher UM ratios) may normalize the way girls with ASD sound relative to other children, serving as "linguistic camouflage" for a naive listener and distinguishing them from boys with ASD. This first-of-its-kind study highlights the importance of continued commitment to understanding how sex and gender change the way that ASD manifests, and illustrates the potential of natural language to contribute to objective "behavioral imaging" diagnostics for ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-017-0164-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=330

Sex differences in the temporal dynamics of autistic children's natural conversations / Meredith L. COLA ; Azia KNOX ; Maggie Rose PELELLA ; Alison RUSSELL ; Aili HAUPTMANN ; Maxine COVELLO ; Christopher CIERI ; Mark LIBERMAN ; Robert T. SCHULTZ ; Julia PARISH-MORRIS in Molecular Autism, 14 (2023)  

Public ISBD [article]  inMolecular Autism > 14 (2023) . - 13 p. Titre : Sex differences in the temporal dynamics of autistic children's natural conversations Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Meredith L. COLA, Auteur ; Azia KNOX, Auteur ; Maggie Rose PELELLA, Auteur ; Alison RUSSELL, Auteur ; Aili HAUPTMANN, Auteur ; Maxine COVELLO, Auteur ; Christopher CIERI, Auteur ; Mark LIBERMAN, Auteur ; Robert T. SCHULTZ, Auteur ; Julia PARISH-MORRIS, Auteur Article en page(s) : 13 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Autistic girls are underdiagnosed compared to autistic boys, even when they experience similar clinical impact. Research suggests that girls present with distinct symptom profiles across a variety of domains, such as language, which may contribute to their underdiagnosis. In this study, we examine sex differences in the temporal dynamics of natural conversations between naïve adult confederates and school-aged children with or without autism, with the goal of improving our understanding of conversational behavior in autistic girls and ultimately improving identification. METHODS: Forty-five school-aged children with autism (29 boys and 16 girls) and 47 non-autistic/neurotypical (NT) children (23 boys and 24 girls) engaged in a 5-min "get-to-know-you" conversation with a young adult confederate that was unaware of children's diagnostic status. Groups were matched on IQ estimates. Recordings were time-aligned and orthographically transcribed by trained annotators. Several speech and pause measures were calculated. Groups were compared using analysis of covariance models, controlling for age. RESULTS: Autistic girls used significantly more words than autistic boys, and produced longer speech segments than all other groups. Autistic boys spoke more slowly than NT children, whereas autistic girls did not differ from NT children in total word counts or speaking rate. Autistic boys interrupted confederates' speech less often and produced longer between-turn pauses (i.e., responded more slowly when it was their turn) compared to other children. Within-turn pause duration did not differ by group. LIMITATIONS: Our sample included verbally fluent children and adolescents aged 6-15 years, so our study results may not replicate in samples of younger children, adults, and individuals who are not verbally fluent. The results of this relatively small study, while compelling, should be interpreted with caution and replicated in a larger sample. CONCLUSION: This study investigated the temporal dynamics of everyday conversations and demonstrated that autistic girls and boys have distinct natural language profiles. Specifying differences in verbal communication lays the groundwork for the development of sensitive screening and diagnostic tools to more accurately identify autistic girls, and could inform future personalized interventions that improve short- and long-term social communication outcomes for all autistic children. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-023-00545-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=513 [article] Sex differences in the temporal dynamics of autistic children's natural conversations [texte imprimé] / Meredith L. COLA, Auteur ; Azia KNOX, Auteur ; Maggie Rose PELELLA, Auteur ; Alison RUSSELL, Auteur ; Aili HAUPTMANN, Auteur ; Maxine COVELLO, Auteur ; Christopher CIERI, Auteur ; Mark LIBERMAN, Auteur ; Robert T. SCHULTZ, Auteur ; Julia PARISH-MORRIS, Auteur . - 13 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Molecular Autism > 14 (2023) . - 13 p. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Autistic girls are underdiagnosed compared to autistic boys, even when they experience similar clinical impact. Research suggests that girls present with distinct symptom profiles across a variety of domains, such as language, which may contribute to their underdiagnosis. In this study, we examine sex differences in the temporal dynamics of natural conversations between naïve adult confederates and school-aged children with or without autism, with the goal of improving our understanding of conversational behavior in autistic girls and ultimately improving identification. METHODS: Forty-five school-aged children with autism (29 boys and 16 girls) and 47 non-autistic/neurotypical (NT) children (23 boys and 24 girls) engaged in a 5-min "get-to-know-you" conversation with a young adult confederate that was unaware of children's diagnostic status. Groups were matched on IQ estimates. Recordings were time-aligned and orthographically transcribed by trained annotators. Several speech and pause measures were calculated. Groups were compared using analysis of covariance models, controlling for age. RESULTS: Autistic girls used significantly more words than autistic boys, and produced longer speech segments than all other groups. Autistic boys spoke more slowly than NT children, whereas autistic girls did not differ from NT children in total word counts or speaking rate. Autistic boys interrupted confederates' speech less often and produced longer between-turn pauses (i.e., responded more slowly when it was their turn) compared to other children. Within-turn pause duration did not differ by group. LIMITATIONS: Our sample included verbally fluent children and adolescents aged 6-15 years, so our study results may not replicate in samples of younger children, adults, and individuals who are not verbally fluent. The results of this relatively small study, while compelling, should be interpreted with caution and replicated in a larger sample. CONCLUSION: This study investigated the temporal dynamics of everyday conversations and demonstrated that autistic girls and boys have distinct natural language profiles. Specifying differences in verbal communication lays the groundwork for the development of sensitive screening and diagnostic tools to more accurately identify autistic girls, and could inform future personalized interventions that improve short- and long-term social communication outcomes for all autistic children. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-023-00545-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=513

Sex-specific metrics for success: Gaps in social word use are bigger for autistic girls than boys / Meredith COLA in Autism, 30-6 (June 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 30-6 (June 2026) . - p.1608-1614 Titre : Sex-specific metrics for success: Gaps in social word use are bigger for autistic girls than boys Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Meredith COLA, Auteur ; Sarah SCHILLINGER, Auteur ; Margaret LYONS, Auteur ; Amanda LEE, Auteur ; Calliana FAULK, Auteur ; Maxine COVELLO, Auteur ; Nasya HOWARD, Auteur ; Hannah FRANKE, Auteur ; Alexandria MULQUEEN, Auteur ; Lizzy FULOP, Auteur ; Azia KNOX, Auteur ; Sunghye CHO, Auteur ; Mark Y. LIBERMAN, Auteur ; Juhi PANDEY, Auteur ; Ashlee YATES FLANAGAN, Auteur ; Joseph DONAHER, Auteur ; Robert T. SCHULTZ, Auteur ; Julia PARISH-MORRIS, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1608-1614 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism  communication and language  sex differences  social communication  social phenotype Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autistic girls are often diagnosed late, missed, or misdiagnosed, which can negatively impact quality of life and mental health. Although research shows the social profiles of autistic girls differ from boys in systematic ways that might explain gaps in diagnosis, little is known about how autistic girls’ social language compares to their same-sex non-autistic peers. This study investigated social words—words that make reference to other people—produced by 138 age- and IQ-matched autistic and non-autistic youth (ages 6–15) during one Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition task. Girls used significantly more social words than boys across both diagnostic groups. There was a larger gap in social word production between autistic girls and non-autistic girls than autistic boys and non-autistic boys, with non-autistic girls using the most social words. Non-autistic girls’ social language behavior—including their social word production—sets an especially high bar for autistic girls, who often report trying to blend in with other girls. Growing evidence of the distinct social language profiles of autistic and non-autistic girls versus boys should guide researchers and clinicians to assess autism in ways that are sensitive to sex-associated differences and develop interventions that consider the norms of youth’s target social circles.Lay Abstract Autism is often diagnosed later in girls and women as compared to boys and men. More research is needed to understand how autism presents differently in girls. This study investigates how autistic and non-autistic youth aged 6 to 15 years use social words (e.g. “friend,” “mom,” “help,” “talk”) during an interview about friends, relationships, and marriage as part of an autism diagnostic assessment. Overall, girls used more social words compared to boys and talked more about friends. Specifically, non-autistic girls used the most social words in comparison with other groups. Highly social language produced by non-autistic girls may make it especially hard for autistic girls to blend in with other girls and could lead them to engage in more camouflaging behaviors to hide their autistic characteristics. With such different average social language behavior from girls and boys, researchers should consider adapting autism assessments and interventions to support the unique needs of autistic girls. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613261417535 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=586 [article] Sex-specific metrics for success: Gaps in social word use are bigger for autistic girls than boys [texte imprimé] / Meredith COLA, Auteur ; Sarah SCHILLINGER, Auteur ; Margaret LYONS, Auteur ; Amanda LEE, Auteur ; Calliana FAULK, Auteur ; Maxine COVELLO, Auteur ; Nasya HOWARD, Auteur ; Hannah FRANKE, Auteur ; Alexandria MULQUEEN, Auteur ; Lizzy FULOP, Auteur ; Azia KNOX, Auteur ; Sunghye CHO, Auteur ; Mark Y. LIBERMAN, Auteur ; Juhi PANDEY, Auteur ; Ashlee YATES FLANAGAN, Auteur ; Joseph DONAHER, Auteur ; Robert T. SCHULTZ, Auteur ; Julia PARISH-MORRIS, Auteur . - p.1608-1614. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 30-6 (June 2026) . - p.1608-1614 Mots-clés : autism  communication and language  sex differences  social communication  social phenotype Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autistic girls are often diagnosed late, missed, or misdiagnosed, which can negatively impact quality of life and mental health. Although research shows the social profiles of autistic girls differ from boys in systematic ways that might explain gaps in diagnosis, little is known about how autistic girls’ social language compares to their same-sex non-autistic peers. This study investigated social words—words that make reference to other people—produced by 138 age- and IQ-matched autistic and non-autistic youth (ages 6–15) during one Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition task. Girls used significantly more social words than boys across both diagnostic groups. There was a larger gap in social word production between autistic girls and non-autistic girls than autistic boys and non-autistic boys, with non-autistic girls using the most social words. Non-autistic girls’ social language behavior—including their social word production—sets an especially high bar for autistic girls, who often report trying to blend in with other girls. Growing evidence of the distinct social language profiles of autistic and non-autistic girls versus boys should guide researchers and clinicians to assess autism in ways that are sensitive to sex-associated differences and develop interventions that consider the norms of youth’s target social circles.Lay Abstract Autism is often diagnosed later in girls and women as compared to boys and men. More research is needed to understand how autism presents differently in girls. This study investigates how autistic and non-autistic youth aged 6 to 15 years use social words (e.g. “friend,” “mom,” “help,” “talk”) during an interview about friends, relationships, and marriage as part of an autism diagnostic assessment. Overall, girls used more social words compared to boys and talked more about friends. Specifically, non-autistic girls used the most social words in comparison with other groups. Highly social language produced by non-autistic girls may make it especially hard for autistic girls to blend in with other girls and could lead them to engage in more camouflaging behaviors to hide their autistic characteristics. With such different average social language behavior from girls and boys, researchers should consider adapting autism assessments and interventions to support the unique needs of autistic girls. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613261417535 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=586

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