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- Title
AVALIAÇÃO DA LINGUAGEM ORAL E ESCRITA EM SUJEITOS COM SÍNDROME DE ASPERGER.
- Authors
Dias, Karin Ziliotto; da Silva, Renata Cristina Dias; Pereira, Liliane Desgualdo; Perissinoto, Jacy; Bergamini, Carla de Queiroz
- Abstract
Purpose: to evaluate and characterize the oral and written language of subjects with Asperger Syndrome and compare them with a group of subjects with typical development. Methods: a total of 44 subjects were assessed and divided in two groups. The Asperger group was composed by 22 subjects diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome by an expert clinical team following the DSM-IV criteria. The comparison group, referred to as low risk for developmental disorders was also composed by 22 subjects matched with the subjects in Asperger group by chronological age. All the assessed subjects were right-handed males, with chronological ages between 10 and 30 years and intelligence quotients above 68 according to Wechsler Scale. They completed the following assessment tools: phonological conscience proof, image Peabody vocabulary test, words and pseudo words reading proof, reading comprehension proof, writing proof of dictated words and pseudo words, and the semi-directed text writing proof. Results: the statistical analysis revealed significant statistical differences between the medians obtained for the phonological conscience proof and the means of the image Peabody vocabulary test and the reading comprehension proof in both studied groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: for the oral and written language assessments the Asperger Syndrome group was characterized by a worse performance then the one displayed by the group of subjects with a typical development in the phonological conscience proof, Peabody vocabulary test and the reading comprehension proof, indicating handicaps in the phonological, semantic and pragmatic language levels.
- Subjects
LANGUAGE ability testing; ASPERGER'S syndrome; VOCABULARY tests; LANGUAGE disorders; WECHSLER Individual Achievement Test; INTELLIGENCE levels; READING comprehension; WRITTEN communication; DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities
- Publication
Revista CEFAC, 2009, Vol 11, p240
- ISSN
1516-1846
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1516-18462009005000004