Reading Comprehension in Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Role of Oral Language and Social Functioning

Jessie Ricketts • Catherine R. G. Jones •Francesca Happe ́ • Tony Charman

ASD

impairments in social interaction,communication and repetive and restricted behavior and interests.

in the early stages of learning to read,children must develop the word recognition skills that will enable them to read words and connected texts accurately and fluently.

由詞到句，婷婷這學期要把那些詞語都掌握，恆哥也要把該掌握的名詞、動詞都掌握到，然後攻句子

聽力理解、閱讀理解

自閉症人士閱讀理解能力比單詞識別能力要弱

oral language comprehension(e.g,receptive vocabulary,receptive grammar)

impoverished word recognition and oral language comprehension may present barriers to successful reading comprehension in ASD.

Wechsler Objective Reading Dimensions

基本閱讀

閱讀理解from single sentence statements to expository paragraphs

單詞拼寫

Test for Reception of Grammar (TROG-E; Bishop 2005)

select pictures that correspond to sentence fo increasing grammatical complexity

strange stories 

required understanding of concepts such as double bluff,misunderstanding ,lies and persuasion,

animations 

required the attribution of mental states to two interaction cartoon triangles

four short(c.45s)silent animations showed the traingles moving together in ways that suggested one triangle manipulating or anticipating the mental state of the other (coaxing,mocking,seducing,surprising)

這個我不太明白

many individuals with ASD experience difficulties with both oral and written language comprehension,which will impact on many aspects of functioning throughout the lifespan.