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Age of First Words Predicts Cognitive Ability and Adaptive Skills in Children with ASD
Published February 1, 2013
in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Producing words by 2 years of age strongly predicted better outcomes in this study of language acquisition and later functioning in children with ASD. The authors suggest that the “acquiring useful language by age 5” criterion for positive prognosis can be updated.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-012-1558-0
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