Authors: Susana Mouga Joana Almeida Cátia Café Frederico Duque Guiomar Oliveira
Publish Date: 2014/09/21
Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 1001-1012
Abstract
We investigated the influence of specific autism spectrum disorder ASD deficits in learning adaptive behaviour besides intelligence quotient IQ Participated 217 schoolaged ASD N = 115 and other neurodevelopmental disorders OND groups N = 102 matched by FullScale IQ We compared standard scores of Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale VABS in communication daily living skills socialization and adaptive behaviour composite Pearsoncorrelation analysis was performed between each domain of VABS and FullScale Verbal and Performance IQ and chronological age CA Results indicated that impairment in adaptive behaviour within the domain of socialization skills remains a distinctive factor of ASD versus OND independently of intellectual disability ID Cooccurring ID result in further debilitating effects on overall functioning especially in ASD CA is negatively associated with VABS scores
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