Soile Loukusa, Ilaria Gabbatore, Aija R Kotila, Katja Dindar, Leena Mäkinen, Eeva Leinonen, Laura Mämmelä, Francesca M Bosco, Katja Jussila, Hanna Ebeling, Tuula M Hurtig, Marja-Leena Mattila
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing knowledge of social communication skills of autistic peole, the interrelatedness of different skills such as non-linguistic comprehension, social inference and empathizing skills is not much known about. A better understanding of the complex interplay between different domains of social communication helps us to develop assessment protocols for individuals with social communication difficulties. AIMS: To compare the performances of autistic young adults, young adults with autistic traits identified in childhood and control young adults in social communication tasks measuring non-linguistic comprehension, social inference and empathizing skills...
February 1, 2023: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders