1. Bae YS, Chiang HM, Hickson L. {{Mathematical Word Problem Solving Ability of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their Typically Developing Peers}}. {J Autism Dev Disord};2015 (Feb 15)
This study examined the difference between children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and children with typical development (TD) in mathematical word problem solving ability and the factors associated with these children’s word problem-solving ability. A total of 20 children with ASD and 20 children with TD participated in this study. Independent sample t tests and Spearman’s rho correlations were used for data analysis. This study found: (a) Children with TD had higher word problem solving ability than did children with ASD; (b) Sentence comprehension, math vocabulary, computation, and everyday mathematical knowledge were associated with word problem solving ability of children with ASD and children with TD; and (c) Children with TD had higher everyday mathematical knowledge than did children with ASD.
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2. de Bildt A, Sytema S, Zander E, Bolte S, Sturm H, Yirmiya N, Yaari M, Charman T, Salomone E, LeCouteur A, Green J, Bedia RC, Primo PG, van Daalen E, de Jonge MV, Guethmundsdottir E, Johannsdottir S, Raleva M, Boskovska M, Roge B, Baduel S, Moilanen I, Yliherva A, Buitelaar J, Oosterling IJ. {{Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) Algorithms for Toddlers and Young Preschoolers: Application in a Non-US Sample of 1,104 Children}}. {J Autism Dev Disord};2015 (Feb 15)
The current study aimed to investigate the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) algorithms for toddlers and young preschoolers (Kim and Lord, J Autism Dev Disord 42(1):82-93, 2012) in a non-US sample from ten sites in nine countries (n = 1,104). The construct validity indicated a good fit of the algorithms. The diagnostic validity was lower, with satisfactorily high specificities but moderate sensitivities. Young children with clinical ASD and lower language ability were largely in the mild-to-moderate or moderate-to-severe concern ranges of the ADI-R, nearly half of the older and phrase speech ASD-group fell into the little-to-no concern range. Although broadly the findings support the toddler algorithms, further work is required to understand why they might have different properties in different samples to further inform research and clinical use.
