Authors:
WHITEHOUSE, A.J.O., WATT, H.J., LINE, E.A., & BISHOP, D.V.M.
Authors notes:
International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 44, 511-528
Keywords:
adult psychosocial outcomes, children with specific language impairment, pragmatic language impairment, autism, devlopmental language disorder, psychosocial adjunstment, autism spectrum disorder
Abstract:
The few studies that have tracked children with developmental language disorder to adulthood have found that these individuals experience considerable difficulties with psychosocial adjustment (for example, academic, vocational and social aptitude). Evidence that some children also develop autistic symptomatology over time has raised suggestions that developmental language disorder may be a high-functioning form of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It is not yet clear whether these outcomes vary between individuals with different subtypes of language impairment.